THE OFFICIAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
2027 Season
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Based on Robert Fagles acclaimed translation of Homer’s epic poem of the Trojan War, An Iliad - by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare – features a Poet doomed to retell the events of the War in hope of ending humanity’s attachment to violence. With a clever and powerful script that fluctuates between modern descriptions and allusions to dynamic lyricism and electrifying drama, An Iliad is an ode to classical theatre, storytelling, and the human spirit. “For once, Achilles, who is addicted to rage--as so many of us are, really, when it comes right down to it--this fighting man feels the rage well up in his heart . . . and he makes it disappear. He just--how did he do that?”
June 4 - June 27
The Rep
June 30 - August 7
While the official title is The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, the story of these star-crossed lovers is so much more a comedy gone wrong.
Cunning and quick-witted characters fighting for their happy endings while the community around them relies on old grudges and animosities, Shakespeare’s best known (thank you, 9th grade English) is also one of the most fun and best structured of his plays.
Not produced on the MSF MainStage since 2010, Romeo & Juliet will be a lush and vivid production directed by MSF Producing Artist Director Janice L Blixt.
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea / My love as deep. The more I give to thee / The more I have, for both are infinite.”
One of the most cinematic – quick scenes, multiple locations - of Shakespeare’s plays, Antony and Cleopatra jumps back and forth between Rome and Egypt in the final years of the Roman Republic.
Antony, a Roman General, finds himself in love with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt and her life of passion and opulence.
Recalled to Rome to be a part of the political turmoil that followed the death of Caesar, their relationship becomes a pawn for the powers that be.
A Michigan Shakespeare Festival debut.
“Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch / Of the ranged empire fall: here is my space.”
TBA
1930s Classic American Comedy