MSF 2011 SUMMER SEASON ANNOUNCED, SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE.
Here’s a way to take arms against ... the winter of your discontent? Anyway, you can bust the winter blues by dreaming of summer, and securing your Michigan Shakespeare Festival 2011 season passes right now.
Act by January 15, and season subscription buyers will have exclusive rights to purchase tickets and select seats to performances of two Shakespeare classics and a Moliere favorite performed in English.
Founded in 1995, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival has entertained nearly 45,000 people of all ages during its traditional summer season. It has grown from a humble, single-week attraction with local amateur performers to a four-week, 23-show event featuring regional professional actors, playing to rave reviews each summer.
MSF Board Chairman John Cross commented on their rich 2011 season:
‘We have listened to our supporters and for 2011 offer the perfect triple play(s): A well-known, but not over-performed Much Ado About Nothing, a lesser performed, but classic Shakespeare romance The Winter's Tale, and finally a play we have all seen in some way in real life, Tartuffe. It will be interesting indeed to see which of the three draws the largest audience.’
Subscriptions to the 17th season, scheduled for July 14 through August 7 in the Baughman Theatre at the Jackson Community College Potter Center, start at $80 for mezzanine level seating and include one ticket to each of the three shows.
Additionally, season subscriptions purchased before April 23 will also include free admission to a limited late-night production of Shakespeare Unplugged, an evening of songs and scenes, monologues and stories by the MSF cast being presented at The Bon Ton Room, 3017 Wildwood Ave., Jackson.
‘Unplugged is just another way for the Festival to make Shakespeare come alive,’ MSF Chief Operating Officer Richard Griffis said. ‘The informal setting of The Bon Ton Room makes for a great way for our cast and audience to celebrate a fun, ‘afterparty’ of sorts and gives us an opportunity to expand the Festival out into the community more.’
In 2011, the Festival schedule is being expanded to include two Wednesday afternoon matinee performances.
‘Previous audience surveys have shown an interest in having a mid-week matinee and we are happy to be able to offer that option this year,’ Griffis said. “Those shows, combined with the late night Unplugged shows, will allow us to share the gift of Shakespeare to a broader range of audiences by creating a flexible schedule that allows people to attend at a time that is convenient to them.’
Tickets and more information are available at the MSF website.
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