Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream endures as one of Shakespeare’s most popular and accessible plays and we are proud and thrilled to bring you this lively, very traditional and highly theatrical production in 2010, on our tenth anniversary of the festival. We have assembled an amazing cast of local and visiting artists, performing as Shakespeare did, - in the open air and without a fourth wall in the Forest Service Park in Ketchum.
The Sun Valley Renaissance Faire
The SUN VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL proudly presents:
THE SUN VALLEY RENAISSANCE FAIRE:
Celebrating the life and times of William Shakespeare
AUGUST 21st & 22nd 2010
The fun begins on Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday: 11 am – 4 pm
Two whole days of Shakespearian Amusements
With Actors, Jesters, Minstrels, Dancers, Jugglers, Puppeteers, Pirates,Medieval Fighters, Artisans & Local Purveyors of Delicious Renaissance Food and Drinks as well as skits from
The Compleat Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)!
by Laughing Stock Theatre Company
Free admissionThe Sun Valley Renaissance Faire is produced annually by our Ren Faire volunteer committee & hundreds of volunteers and artists from thecommunity with all proceeds benefitting our Festival. Our special thanks to all who help to make this recreation of the life of our beloved Bard possible!
The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspre (Abridged)
“Compleat Works” is not just for everyone who loves Shakespeare, but also for the hundreds who simply don’t get what all the fuss is about, so it holds great appeal to the youth audiences we strive for. This Laughing Stock theatre production in 2010, on our tenth anniversary of the festival, is a parody of the plays written by William Shakespeare with all of them being performed (in shortened form) during the show by only three actors. The actors in this Laughing Stock production for the Festival are: well-loved local professional actor Steve D’Smith, local arts advocate/actor Matt Gorby and William Hemmings, local man of leisure and Shakespeare aficionado!
Compleat Wrks was written by three American Shakespeare students, Adam Long, David Singer and Jess Winfield, and first performed at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, California, and then subsequently at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1987. The play later transferred to the Criterion Theatre in London, where it ran for nine record-breaking years. It has become one of the world's most popular shows, playing frequently in a variety of languages. It is notable for holding the (self-proclaimed) world record for the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet, clocking in at 43 seconds. The fourth wall is nonexistent in the performance with the actors speaking directly to the audience during much of the play, and some scenes involve audience participation.
The play will also be showcased at our Festival’s Renaissance Faire, which is attended by many people who do not usually attend plays at the theatre, with scenes from “Compleat Works” being played out in the open air at the Forest Service Park.
The SV Shakespeare Festival is sponsored in part by the ICA and The National Endowment for the Arts. Sun Valley Performing Arts/nexStage Theatre is a member of the Wood River Arts Alliance.
The Sun Valley Shakespeare Festival History:
2000: Twelfth Night
2001: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2002: The Taming of the Shrew
2003: All’s Well That Ends Well & the SV Renaissance Faire
2004: As You Like It & the SV Renaissance Faire
2005: The Merry Wives of Windsor & the SV Renaissance Faire
2006: The Comedy of Errors & the SV Renaissance Faire
2007: Much Ado About Nothing
2008: Much Ado About Nothing & The Compleat Wrks Of Wllm Shkspr, Abridged & the SV Renaissance Faire
2009: Hiatus
2010: A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Compleat Wrks Of Wllm Shkspr, Abridged & the SV Renaissance Faire |
