Shakespeare Under the Stars Returns

JULY 24, 25 & 26 at 7pm. Three nights of Shakespeare: “ A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream”-- outside at the Governor Sprague Mansion Museum -- performed by Rhode Island’s longest running RI Shakespeare Company. They are back for more entertaining Shakespeare plays at the Sprague Mansion, previously performing there for 4 seasons. The Company is known for their highly irreverent and entertaining approach to Shakespeare and strives to bring Shakespeare to the masses, putting smiles on the audience faces! Joseph Wallace teaches drama at Cranston East, where he has taught for more than 30 years.
Several RI theater veterans also make up the cast and crew, as well as several returning company actors. A fun evening you won’t want to miss.

About the Play: “A Mid-Summer Night's Dream" is a comedic play about love, magic and mistaken identity in Athens and the surround forest. The story revolves around the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta, with a subplot involving four young Athenian lovers who get caught in a series of romantic entanglements due to the interference of fairies. The play was written by William Shakespeare as a comedy sometime between 1595 or 1596 and considered one of his best and frequently performed plays. This play takes place in the “woodland realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon”.

Tickets for the events are $20 each night at the door. Children 12 and under are free! For more information, call or text 401-440-7055. Food trucks may be available on premise. Please no pets for these performance dates at Governor Sprague Mansion. Feel free to bring a chair or lawn blanket and bug spray! Parking in back of Sprague Mansion. Weather permitting.
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