Tickets Now on Sale for Utah Shakespeare Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the 2009 fall season at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. The fall season runs from September 18 to October 17 with performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Tickets are currently available at www.bard.org and 1-800-PLAYTIX.

"We have such grand stories to tell this autumn at the Festival," said Anna Marie Wilharm, Festival communications assistant. "We will hilariously reveal the depth and richness that is the Bard, explore the wisdom of life through a student's weekly visits, and overcome fear and vanquish the ghosts of the past."

The fall season includes "Tuesdays with Morrie," "The Woman in Black," and "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).

Based on the popular book and movie, "Tuesdays with Morrie," by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, is a triumphant story that will be enjoyed by all. In a world full of cynicism and consumerism, the lessons Morrie Schwartz teaches his former student are powerful, deeply emotional, and, many times, unselfishly humorous. Although Morrie is dying, he is teaching Mitch (in weekly doses) how to live, forgive, love, laugh, and be human.

"The Woman in Black," by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill, is the first ever ghost story presented by the Festival. Haunted houses, supernatural happenings, and a mysterious, ghostly woman all combine in this thrilling mystery, which taps into our primal fears. Are Arthur Kipp's memories accurate? Did he really see the woman in black? Can he ever have peace again? The truth will leave you shivering in this theatrical ghost story.

Three actors. Ninety-seven minutes. All thirty-seven of the Bard's plays-and the sonnets! It's all here, with large doses of clowning, street theatre, and vaudeville thrown in for good measure. "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" is an irreverent, hilarious, and lightning-paced overview of the greatest plays of all time that will have you rolling out of your seat and jumping in the aisles.

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