Chicago Shakespeare In The Parks Brings THE COMEDY OF ERRORS To Aurora's RiverEdge Park

Make haste to downtown Aurora when Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks brings its summer touring production, The Comedy of Errors, to Thomas J. Weisner RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, for a free performance on Saturday, August 3.

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. The performance starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free thanks to the generous support of the Dunham Fund.

Guests at this event are invited to sit in the park's fixed seating, first come, first serve, or bring bag chairs and blankets for seating in the back of the park. For more information, visit riveredgeaurora.com or call (630) 896-6666.

"Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks is a terrific outreach program, bringing the magic of live theater to the public in their own backyard, and we are thrilled that RiverEdge Park is the tour's exclusive suburban stop," said Tim Rater, President and CEO, RiverEdge Park. "West suburban residents shouldn't miss this opportunity to see an amazing production from the acclaimed Chicago Shakespeare Theater, for free, right here in downtown Aurora."

So get thee to RiverEdge Park when a specially equipped truck rolls up, a stage unfolds and a company of top Chicago actors perform a free, 75-minute summer night production of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors along the banks of the Fox River.

Audiences will enjoy the wildly entertaining tale of a man and his servant landing in a foreign land, searching for their long-lost twin brothers. Everywhere they go, strangers insist that they're old friends. Mistaken identities abound, but in the end, chaos gives way to clarity in this comedy filled with mayhem and madness.

Shakespeare's popular comedy is adapted and directed by veteran Chicago Shakespeare director David H. Bell, with Scenic Designer Tom Burch, Costume Designer Ana Kuzmanic, Sound Designer Scotty Iseri, Wig and Make-up Designer Richard Jarvie, Assistant Director Eli Newell, and Verse Coach Ross Lehman.
The cast features a Paramount Theatre audience favorite, Meghan Murphy, as Aemilia/Courtezan. Audiences will recall Murphy's memorable performances as Fraulein Kost in Cabaret, the Acid Queen in The Who's Tommy and Joanne in RENT. The cast also includes Will Allan (Dromio of Syracuse), Amira Danan (Adriana), Samuel Douglas (Antipholus of Syracuse), Russell Mernagh (Antipholus of Ephesus), Andrea San Miguel (Luciana), Drew Shirley (Egeon/Luce/Dr. Pinch), Alec Silver (Dromio of Ephesus), Laurence Stepney (Duke), and ensemble members Wesley Daniel, Nathaniel Elfant, Max Fabian and Sam Krey.

Since the inception of the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program seven years ago, more than 155,000 Chicagoans have taken advantage of free performances in their communities.

In addition to RiverEdge Park, Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks will present 24 performances of The Comedy of Errors at 18 parks throughout the city this summer, including Ogden Park, Columbus Park, Loyola Park and Ping Tom Memorial Park. The tour is made possible by a renewed civic, cultural and corporate partnership between Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Boeing and production sponsor BMO Harris Bank.

For the full list of tour dates and locations, visit chicagoshakes.com/parks.

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