Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.
Outdoors in Austin Gardens.

Performances June 13-July 13, 2013.
Previews June 13-14
Opening Night Saturday, June 15 at 8:00 pm
Thursday – Saturday 8 pm/Sundays 7 pm.
No performance Thursday July 4
Plus Wednesdays, July 3 and 10 at 8pm

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
Outdoors in Austin Gardens.

Performances July 18-August 24, 2013.
Previews July 18-19
Opening Night Saturday, July 20 at 8:00 pm
Thursday – Saturday 8 pm/Sundays 7 pm.
Plus Wednesday August 21 at 8pm

Previously this Season:

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness. Directed by Belinda Bremner.
At The Madison Street Theatre, 1010 W. Madison, Oak Park.
Performances October 4 – November 11, 2012.
Previews October 4-5
Opening Night Saturday, October 6 at 8:00 pm
Thursday – Saturday 8 pm/Sundays 3 pm

 

Classics Connections – Shakespeare: Scenes, Sonnets and Songs

Oak Park Festival Theatre is pleased to continue their successful touring show into the 2012-13 season. Classics Connections – Shakespeare: Scenes, Sonnets and Songs will visit Oak Park, River Forest, suburban and metropolitan Chicagoland area schools, and organizations and groups, bringing Shakespeare to a wide range of audiences. Libraries, colleges, senior residences, and special group events will want to bring the Bard to their site with this witty and lively presentation. Directed by Kevin Theis, the forty minute show will feature scenes, sonnets and songs from such favorite titles as Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors. The production will foster a new appreciation for the works of the world’s most enduring playwright. For more information, or to book Classics Connections, please contact our education partner Urban Gateways.

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Performance History – Over 35 Years of Shakespeare

 

and Classics

• 1975 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 1976 Twelfth Night
• 1977 Romeo and Juliet
• 1978 Othello
• 1979 The Taming of the Shrew
• 1980 As You Like It
• 1981 A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Faustus / The Twins
• 1982 Hamlet
• 1983 Twelfth Night
• 1984 The Tempest
• 1985 Julius Caesar
• 1986 The Comedy of Errors
• 1987 The Taming of the Shrew
• 1988 The Merchant of Venice
• 1989 As You Like It
• 1990 Falstaff (adapted by Tom Mula from Henry IV parts I & II)
• 1991 Richard III
• 1992 Dr. Faustus (adapted by Tom Mula)
• 1993 Romeo and Juliet
• 1994 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 1995 The Tempest
• 1996 Hamlet
• 1997 Much Ado About Nothing
• 1998 The Adventures of Don Quixote (Adapted by Dale Calandra)
• 1999 MacBeth
• 2000 Twelfth Night
• 2001 Taming of the Shrew
• 2002 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 2003 As You Like It
• 2004 Romeo and Juliet
• 2005 Comedy of Errors / All My Sons
• 2006 Tartuffe / Julius Caesar / Picnic
• 2007 Murder by the Book / Talley’s Folly / Robin Hood
• 2008 Blithe Spirit / Much Ado About Nothing / Dancing at Lughnasa
• 2009 Arms and the Man / 5th of July / Cyrano de Bergerac
• 2010: Of Mice and Men / Love’s Labour’s Lost
• 2010-11: Betrayal / Faith Healer / The History of King Henry the Fourth / Henry V
• 2011-12: Glass Menagerie / Beyond the Fringe / Inherit the Wind / Richard III

2012-2013
Fall – Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness
Spring – Seascape by Edward Albee
Summer – Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night