[NEohioPAL] 2010 Season at OSF

[Nancy Cates]

Ohio Shakespeare Festival

507 E. Crain Avenue

Kent, OH 44240

330-673-8761 box office

 <http://www.ohioshakespeare.com> www.ohioshakespeare.com

 

For Immediate Release

 

Ohio Shakespeare Festival Prepares 2010 Summer Season

 

"If you have ever wished that a Shakespeare production could somehow be
outfitted with annotations and footnotes to help you understand what's going
on at every moment, there's a much easier and more enjoyable alternative.
Just sit in the audience while the Ohio Shakespeare Festival is performing."
--Christine Howey, Rave and Pan

 

Ohio Shakespeare Festival, performing for the ninth summer at beautiful Stan
Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, will present William Shakespeare's merry
comedy The Taming of the Shrew along with the not-often-performed tragedy,
King Lear.

 

The Taming of the Shrew will preview on July 8, open July 9 and run through
July 24.  King Lear will preview on July 29, open July 30, and perform
through August 15.  Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights at 8pm, with a Greenshow of songs, dances and skits performed by the
younger Company members each evening at 7:30.  Stan Hywet's grounds open at
6pm for picnicking in a wide variety of scenic locations, and concessions
are available.

 

The Taming of the Shrew will feature favorite OSF Company members Lara
Mielcarek and Andrew Cruse as Kate and Petruchio, Shakespeare's most popular
feuding-turned-passionate lovers.  Lara and Andrew played Ophelia and Hamlet
opposite one another in the 2008 season, as well as husband and wife in The
Comedy of Errors.

 

King Lear will feature OSF Artistic Director Terry Burgler in the title
role, along with "sharper than a serpent's tooth" daughters Dede Klein,
Holly Humes and Tess Burgler.  Company members Eric Lualdi (The Tempest,
Romeo & Juliet), Timothy Champion (Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing),
Alfred Anderson (Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet) and Tom Stephan (everything) are
all returning, accompanied by many other longtime and brand new Company
members.

 

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is located at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron.
Tickets are $30 for reserved seating (the first 100 seats closest to the
stage), or $25 for festival (open) seating.  Student tickets are $15, and
further discounts on adult tickets are available for OSF and Stan Hywet
Members.  Starting June 1, reservations may be made any time through OSF's
web site at  <http://www.ohioshakespeare.com> www.ohioshakespeare.com, or by
calling the box office at (330) 673-8761 daily (except Mondays) from noon to
5pm.

 

 

"Burgler and his band of actors perform Shakespeare for the sheer joy of it.
We audience members are fortunate to partake in such a gorgeous treat."
(Akron Beacon Journal)

 

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