NDSF 2022 SEASON ANNOUNCED • AFTLS "MUCH ADO" JAN. 26-28
The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival is thrilled to unveil its 2022 season, headlined by a new Professional Company staging of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's most celebrated and popular plays. Also returning is the venerable Touring Company, who will perform All's Well That Ends Well in multiple locations across Michiana, as well as Community Company events including ShakeScenes and Shakespeare Around the Bend.
NDSF 2022 season announced!
Romeo and Juliet
August 16-28, 2022
Previews: Aug 16-17; Season Gala: Aug. 18
Fourteen performances; tickets on sale in February
One of Shakespeare's most popular and iconic tales, the classic story of star-crossed romance between young lovers still has the power to thrill and move audiences anywhere. Romeo and Juliet explodes the notions of the proper behavior of youth, with a story that could be ripped from today's headlines. As tensions between their families escalate, Romeo and Juliet's secret romance ignites a chain reaction of increasingly dangerous street violence, and the growing unrest threatens to topple an entire city. The NDSF Professional Company returns to Romeo and Juliet for the first time in eighteen years with a new staging by Chicago-based director Chris Anthony. Tickets on sale in February.
All's Well That Ends Well
July 15 to August 24, 2022
Ten performances; FREE
What play reopened Shakespeare's theatre after a forced shutdown due to the plague? Arguably, it was All's Well That Ends Well. A brilliant young woman named Helena charts her own life's course, becomes a healer, and selects the husband of her choosing. She follows her misguided man, Bertram, through a fairy tale with a modern twist, from France to Florence and back again. With that much travel, it's the perfect play to herald the return of NDSF's Touring Company. All's Well That Ends Well will bring an out-of-the-trunk, Shakespeare-in-the-Park energy to this comedy, with live music sung and performed by the cast. Performances throughout Michiana; complete performance schedule coming soon. Free.
ShakeScenes
July 16, 2022
FREE Performance
An NDSF staple since 2005, ShakeScenes is a perennially popular community event featuring elementary, middle, and secondary school ages working with adults from the South Bend area to perform scenes from and inspired by Shakespeare. Since its inception, this family-friendly performance has introduced thousands of children across the area to Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Around the Bend
June through August 2022
FREE Performances
Shakespeare Around the Bend performs with communities in South Bend and features cast and crew members of all ages drawn from those neighborhoods. More information on performances coming soon!
Tickets on sale now!
Actors From The London Stage is back with a brand-new staging of Shakespeare's effervescent romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, performing at Notre Dame January 26-28, 2022, and scheduled to tour across the United States through March 2022.
Exuberant, joyful, and above all ravishly entertaining, Much Ado About Nothing deftly explores notions of identity, marriage, and communication through the sparring between Benedick and Beatrice, two of Shakespeare’s most gloriously realized characters. With its piquant blend of prickly banter, mistaken identities, and swoon-worthy romance, Much Ado About Nothing is sheer theatrical delight.
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