Red House Arts Center launches its annual Shakespeare in the Park Tour with Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare in the park tour performances are free, open to the public, family friendly productions at various outdoor venues throughout Central New York.
Romeo and Juliet features a cast of 6 professional actors who play all the roles. Join us for this 1 hour, outdoor, family friendly production of a Shakespearean classic. Complete your day with an epic romance, a tragic ending and sword fights! Join us as the bard takes to the park in a CNY annual tradition. This year's cast features Maxwell Anderson as Romeo, Kelly Downes as Juliette, Chris Coffey as Benvolio, mary nickson as the Nurse, Galen Sato as Mercurio and Chad Tallon as Friar Lawrence. While these are their main roles they each will also be performing several other roles with several costume changes, making for a fun and exciting outdoor theater experience.
"We are thrilled to be entering our 6th successful year of the Shakespeare By the Lake Program. It enables Redhouse to bring free, innovative, and accessible programming to families all over the CNY area. It also allows us to sustain our educational and outreach efforts which are so vital to engaging our surrounding communities" says Managing Director, Samara Hannah. Below is a listing of all the free events.
WHERE and WHEN:
June 30 @ 7PM Lorenzo Historic Site, Cazenovia
July 6 @ 7PM Johnson Park - Liverpool
July 8 @ 7PM Village Green Gazebo - Hamilton
July 9 @ 2PM Rotary Park - Clifton Springs
July 10 @ 1PM ArtRage - Syracuse
July 12 @ 7PM Marcellus Park - 2443 Platt Rd.- Marcellus
July 13 @ 7PM Fort Stanwix National Monument - Rome
July 15 @ 7PM Center for the Arts - Homer
July 16 @ 2PM Destiny USA Canyon - Syracuse
July 16 @ 7PM Beard Park - Fayetteville
FREE and open to all ages!
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The Shakespeare in the Park tour will end with a Special Event to raise money for The Red House Arts Center. This TICKETED event will take place July 17th at the newly renovated New Marriott Downtown (Hotel Syracuse) and includes brunch and a performance of Romeo and Juliet in newly renovated Persian Terrace Ballroom. Doors open at 10:30am Food 11am Show Noon. For more information on the Special Event including ticket pricing and reservations, email sue@theredhouse.org or call the box office at (315) 362-2785.
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