Written near the end of Shakespeare’s life, this astounding story encompasses his many gifts and style explorations as a playwright.  Witness romance, tragedy, loss, forgiveness, fantasy, battles, evil, absurd comedy and some of the Bard’s most exquisitely defined characters!  Cymbeline offers food for all tastes and thought for all moods.  What could be better than Shakespeare’s incredible understanding of humanity culminating into a beautiful play and a glorious happy ending? 

A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare

directed by Melora Marshall

In a place of enchantment inhabited by lovers both fairy and human, three worlds collide: the unrequited loves of Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena; a rehearsal of the Pyramus and Thisby legend by a group of Rustics; and the domestic troubles in the land of the fairies.  Shakespeare's powerful language evokes a brilliant world of wonder, magic and romance, where confusions are resolved and all is reconciled through midsummer night revelries and faith in the power of nature.

JULIUS CAESAR

William Shakespeare

directed by Ellen Geer

June 6 – September 26

There are no simple heroes or villains in Shakespeare’s powerful rendering of this pivotal historical event. A group of high government officials assassinate a popular leader, then urge the people of Rome to back their heinous deed.  Were the conspirators motivated by envy and ambition or honor and patriotism?  Julius Caesar  is the all-too familiar story of a misguided political regime that loses its balance by ignoring the will of the people, unwittingly driving their once mighty nation into chaos and civil war.

THE CHERRY ORCHARD

by Anton Chekhov

directed by Heidi Helen Davis

June 27 – September 26

In this new adaptation by Heidi Helen Davis and Ellen Geer, we set this classic drama in 1970 Virginia when the civil rights movement was paving the way to America’s first African American President. The text and emotional turmoil are emphatically true to the original masterpiece. In this, we honor one of Russia’s greatest writers – the grandson of a serf -- who pulled himself up from poverty into the light of education and dreams.

THE MISER

By Moliere

directed by Ellen Geer

July 25 – September 27

 

Audiences will delight in this masterful French playwright’s farcical tale of a man whose love for his money overshadows the love for his children.  When a selfish old widower tries to marry off his son and daughter against their will, the entire family schemes to steal his fortune. With forbidden romance in the air and a secret treasure buried in the backyard, it's a riotously-entertaining race to see who will come out on top.