dates: June 15 - July 9, 2006
8 p.m. Thursday — Sunday
Hasn’t everyone fallen in love with their best friend’s guy or gal? Put that teen-age crisis at the heart of a story filled with a Duke, servants, young lords and ladies - all desperately in love – and mix it with a heroine in disguise, a gang of benevolent outlaws and a dog and you have this heady mix of comedy and near tragedy. Shakespeare’s great theme that true love can only be found in selflessness is the central celebration of this buoyant, hilarious presentation, produced in faithful, Elizabethan style.
Left: Daniel Gilbert (Proteus) and Right: Jordan Weeks (Valentine).
Photo credit to Andrea Norris.
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Aug. 12 - Sept. 4
Bicentennial Park - Downtown OKC One of Shakespeare's most thrilling and popular plays, Romeo and Juliet confronts each new generation with its passion and force. Through the hate of warring factions, in defiance of their families and in secrecy from their closest friends, a young couple risk all they have to be together. Director Kathryn McGill explores the play set in a volatile modern world. (show info)
