Shakespeare Festival

The Shakespeare Festival is a weekend-long event featuring full-length Shakespeare plays in the beautiful Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater. Come for a summer evening of comedy, tragedy and romance as locally established theater companies pay homage to William Shakespeare's work in a truly fitting setting.

Admission to these performances is free. Suggested donation: $4 per person. Your donation is greatly appreciated and helps to make the Shakespeare Festival possible.

Parking
In addition to our main parking lot, performance parking is available at the Lexington-Diffley Athletic fields. Banners and signs will be posted. Walking distance to amphitheater is a hilly five minute hike from either entrance.

Julius Caesar
Friday, June 24, 6:30 p.m. (rain date: June 26, 6:30 p.m.)
Presented by Cromulent Shakespeare Company

Nothing is new--even in politics. In this play, a close friend of Julius Caesar is cajoled into joining a group of vengeful conspirators who fear that Caesar is becoming too powerful. The conspiracy is successful, but was it to the nation's benefit? Lessons unlearned in history, plague us still.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Saturday, June 25, 6:30 p.m. (rain date: June 26, 6:30 p.m.)
Presented by Minnesota Shakespeare Company
Saturday afternoon weather update: The show will be performed as scheduled -- tonight at 6:30 p.m. Stay tuned for additional updates.


A Midsummer Night's Dream is a typical Shakespearean comedy, beginning with what looks like tragedy. Hermia rejects her parent's choice for a husband, elopes into the words with Lysander, her choice for a husband. In the woods, the couple encounter ancient mythical beings; the magic spells and mayhem leave us wondering is it all a dream?

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