Illinois Shakespeare Festival The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is held in Bloomington, Illinois, United States at Ewing Theatre and in Normal, Illinois , United States at the Center for Performing Arts Theatre at Illinois State University . The Festival began in 1978 and will celebrate its 42nd season in the summer of 2019. The Festival usually presents three pieces by "The Bard" as a revolving rep , though occasionally the third piece is from a playwright. The Festival is produced by the School of Theatre and Dance and the College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University. Performances take place at Ewing Cultural Center on Ewing Theatre, a re-creation Globe Stage complete with open air amphitheater. The Festival markets itself as "theatre under the stars!" Before each nightly performance, the Festival presents a free pre-show entertainment, including live jazz, an abbreviated version of the play to come, or other fun performances. The Ewing Grounds serve as picnicking spots for the audience . The Festival runs from the later part of June through the middle of August. In 2008, The Festival began a fourth show aimed towards younger audiences which is usually performed on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 10am.Production History Unless otherwise noted, the plays are written by William Shakespeare .1978 As You Like It Macbeth Twelfth Night 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Cymbeline King Lear A Midsummer Night's Dream 1986 As You Like It Hamlet The Tempest 1987 Measure for Measure Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night 1988 1989 1990 1991 Antony and Cleopatra Othello The Taming of the Shrew 1992 Macbeth As You Like It The Winter's Tale 1993 Richard II Pericles A Midsummer Night's Dream 1994 Romeo and Juliet The Two Gentlemen of Verona Henry IV, Part 1 1995 Cymbeline Henry IV, Part 2 The Comedy of Errors 1996 1997 1998 Much Ado About Nothing Measure for Measure The Falcon's Pitch , an adaptation by Jeffrey Sweet of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays 1999 The Merry Wives of Windsor Richard III Wild Oats by John O'Keefe 2000 The Taming of the Shrew King John The Three Musketeers adapted by Eberle Thomas and Barbara Redmond 2001 Love's Labour's Lost Coriolanus Othello 2002 Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet 2003 2004 2005 Macbeth Twelfth Night Henry VIII 2006 Julius Caesar Pericles The Comedy of Errors 2007 Much Ado About Nothing Henry V Love's Labour's Lost 2008 2009 2010 The Tempest The Three Musketeers adapted by Robert Kauzlaric The Merry Wives of Windsor As You Like It 2011 2012 As You Like It Othello The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Comedy of Errors 2013 The Comedy of Errors Macbeth Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins The Magical Mind of Billy Shakespeare by Kevin Rich 2014 Much Ado About Nothing Antony and Cleopatra Elizabeth Rex by Timothy Findley 2015 Love's Labours Lost Q Gents — an adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona by The Q Brothers Richard II Love's Labor's Won by Scott Kaiser 2016 Hamlet Twelfth Night Peter and the Starcatcher 2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline -- adapted by Chris Coleman I Heart Juliet - an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by The Q Brothers 2018 The Merry Wives of Windsor Henry V Shakespeare in Love - adapted for the stage by Lee Hall and based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard 2019 As You Like It - adapted by Robert Quinlan and Jordan Coughtry Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - adapted by Deanna Jent Caesar - adapted from Julius Caesar by Quetta Carpenter Such publications as the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times'' have given the Festival positive reviews.
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