[NEohioPAL] Ohio Shakespeare Festival opens 2014 Season

[Nancy Cates via NEohioPAL]

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's 2014 Summer Season includes

Twelfth Night and Henry IV, Part One

 

"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."
(Cleveland Scene Magazine)

 

Ohio Shakespeare Festival, performing for a magical thirteenth summer at
beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, will present William
Shakespeare's romantic comedy about unrequited love, Twelfth Night, followed
by Shakespeare's most accessible and fascinating history play, Henry IV,
Part One.

 

Twelfth Night will preview on July 3, open July 4 and run through July 20.
Henry IV, Part One will preview on July 31, open August 1, and perform
through August 17.  Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights at 8pm, with a Greenshow of songs, dances, swordfights and parodies
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, including sandwiches, snacks, wines, and
microbrews. 

 

Twelfth Night will feature OSF Company members Lara Knox (Kate, Ophelia) as
Olivia, and Anand Nagraj (Othello, Valentine) as Orsino, along with Tess
Burgler (Imogen, Juliet) as Viola, the unintended love interest to them
both.  Also returning to the company will be Joe Pine as Feste, Geoff Knox
as Malvolio, Derrick Winger as Sir Toby Belch, and Holly Humes as Maria.

 

Henry IV, Part One will begin OSF's new two-year project producing some of
Shakespeare's overlooked, and yet thrilling dramatizations of history.
Henry IV tells the story of the Plantagenet King (who usurped the throne
from his unpopular cousin, Richard II) and his hard-partying, decadent son,
Prince Hal, the future Henry V.  Company member Andrew Cruse (Hamlet, Romeo)
will play both Prince Hal, and later the brand-new King in next season's
production of Henry V.  Joining Cruse are Company Artistic Director Terry
Burgler (Lear, Iago) as Sir John Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's most beloved
comic characters, Joe Pine as Hotspur, and David McNees (Antonio, Tybalt) as
Henry IV.

 

In order to make Shakespeare accessible to all audiences, OSF is offering
two evenings with ticketing supported by both the Corbin Foundation and the
Akron Community Foundation.  Twelfth Night will have a "Pay what you 'Will'"
performance on Thursday, July 10, and Henry IV will have a performance free
for all students (with ID) on Thursday, August 7.

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is located at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron.
Tickets are $30 for reserved seating (the first 100 seats in the center,
closest to the stage), or $25 for festival (open) seating.  Student tickets
are $15, and further discounts on adult tickets are available for OSF, WKSU,
and Stan Hywet Members.  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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