{"id":1287,"date":"2014-01-20T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psf.2ss.net\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2020-03-02T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:57:45","slug":"pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-announces-2014-summer-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pashakespeare.org\/press\/pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-announces-2014-summer-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Announces 2014 Summer Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Center Valley, PA \u2013 The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival\u2019s 23rd season features Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0<em>Macbeth<\/em>\u00a0in repertory with the inventive hit comedy\u00a0<em>Lend Me a Tenor<\/em>, the Bard\u2019s romantic comedy\u00a0<em>The Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em>\u00a0and the beloved musical\u00a0<em>Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>. The season also includes Tina Packer\u2019s masterful\u00a0<em>Women of Will<\/em>, which will launch a national tour following its run at PSF.<em><\/p>\n<p><\/em>\u201cThe vibrant interaction between the artists and the audiences at PSF continues to be the centerpiece of a uniquely enriching experience for our patrons,\u201d says Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director. \u201cRecord subscriptions are a great sign that it\u2019s working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanded programming has led to deeper engagement by giving our audiences more opportunities for pre- and post-show experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the fourth consecutive season, PSF will produce two plays in repertory on its main stage:\u00a0<em>Macbeth\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Lend Me a Tenor.\u00a0<\/em>Mulcahy returns to the director\u2019s chair with\u00a0<em>Macbeth\u00a0<\/em>for the first time since his triumphant production of\u00a0<em>Hamlet<\/em>\u00a0in 2011. \u201cThis is a scorching personal and political nightmare made real \u2013 and I\u2019m envisioning a production that will appeal to multiple generations, as Shakespeare always has and always will,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lend Me a Tenor\u00a0<\/em>will be directed by long-time Festival artist Jim Helsinger, who directed\u00a0<em>The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>\u00a0last season and also played the role of Lady Bracknell to rave reviews. \u201cMy favorite description of the play is an accelerating snowball of laughter,\u201d Mulcahy says. \u201cIt has the class and charm of a Kaufman and Hart comedy plus all the door-slamming hilarity of a Marx Brothers\u2019 classic like\u00a0<em>Room Service<\/em>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a masterwork of comic mayhem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his lauded production of\u00a0<em>Oklahoma!\u00a0<\/em>last summer<em>,\u00a0<\/em>PSF Associate Artistic Director Dennis Razze will direct\u00a0<em>Fiddler on the Roof<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cFiddler on the Roof<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0great American musical. The combined talents of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and Jerome Robbins all perfectly coalesced to create this modern masterpiece based on\u00a0<em>Tevye the Dairyman<\/em>\u00a0and other tales by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem. Set in 1905 in Czarist Russia, this musical has been performed all over the world and appreciated by people of every faith and culture. The fiddler balanced precariously on the roof is a metaphor of survival, and of the traditions and faith that help provide balance and direction in the upheaval of challenging times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best friends fall for the same girl in Shakespeare\u2019s earliest romantic comedy\u00a0<em>The Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em>. A Duke, a debutante and a dog join the cast in this lively exploration of loyalty and love. Matt Pfeiffer, who previously directed last season\u2019s hit\u00a0<em>The 39 Steps<\/em>, returns to direct.<\/p>\n<p>Funny and fierce,\u00a0<em>Women of Will<\/em>\u00a0is the masterful summation of Tina\u2019s Packer\u2019s 40-plus years investigating all things Shakespeare. Exploring themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence and power through the heroines in Shakespeare\u2019s text, Packer traces the chronological evolution of Shakespeare\u2019s female characters. Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Shakespeare &amp; Company, Tina Packer has won accolades from Ben Brantley of\u00a0<em>The New York Times\u00a0<\/em>for this work. Starring Ms. Packer and Nigel Gore,\u00a0<em>Women of Will\u00a0<\/em>will be directed by Eric Tucker.<\/p>\n<p>The production runs July 20 through August 3 in the intimate Schubert Theatre, and will launch a national tour. \u201cTina has been a force of nature in Shakespeare performance in England and in America for decades,\u201d says Mulcahy.\u00a0 \u201cAny understanding of Shakespeare\u2019s women would be incomplete without\u00a0<em>Women of Will<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 season will also include two productions for children:\u00a0<em>Cinderella\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Shakespeare for Kids.<\/em>\u00a0The season opens May 30 and runs through August 3 in the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.<\/p>\n<p>Subscription renewals are available in mid-November; new subscriptions will be available after January 1st.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, a professional company in residence at DeSales University, is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth and a professional, not-for-profit theatre company. An independent 501 c 3 organization, PSF receives support from DeSales University and relies on contributions from individuals, government agencies, corporations and foundations. PSF is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the Shakespeare Theatre Association, the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, and Discover Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Stage Theatre<\/strong><br \/>\nFiddler on the Roof \u2022 June 11 \u2013 June 29<br \/>\nMacbeth \u2022 July 17 \u2013 August 3<br \/>\nLend Me a Tenor \u2022 July 9 \u2013 Aug. 3<br \/>\nShakespeare for Kids \u2022 July 23 \u2013 August 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schubert Theatre<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Two Gentlemen of Verona \u2022 June 18 \u2013 July 13<br \/>\nWomen of Will \u2022 July 20 \u2013 August 3<br \/>\nCinderella \u2022 May 30 \u2013 August 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center Valley, PA \u2013 The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival\u2019s 23rd season features Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0in repertory with the inventive hit comedy\u00a0Lend Me a Tenor, the Bard\u2019s romantic comedy\u00a0The Two Gentlemen of Verona\u00a0and the beloved musical\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof. 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