Summer Shakespeare at the University of 91吃瓜 will welcome the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis on its national tour of William Shakespeare鈥檚 tragedy 鈥淥thello鈥� in five performances Feb. 26 and 27 (Thursday and Friday) at 7 p.m., Feb. 28 (Saturday) at 2 and 8 p.m., and Feb. 29 (Sunday) at 2 p.m. in the O鈥橪aughlin Auditorium Theater at Saint Mary鈥檚 College.
Admission ranges in price from $12 to $22.50 and tickets are available in advance at the O鈥橪aughlin box office or by calling 574-284-4626.
The production is one of six Shakespearean plays that will tour the country as part of the National Endowment for the Arts鈥� Shakespeare in American Communities initiative. In cooperation with the Sallie Mae Fund and Minneapolis-based Arts Midwest, the project is dedicated to bringing top-quality productions of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays to communities across the nation, particularly small and mid-sized cities with limited theater resources.
Summer Shakespeare at 91吃瓜 is the direct outgrowth of an experimental course called 鈥淪hakespeare-in-Performance,鈥� begun in 1989 at the University. Its premise is that Shakespeare鈥檚 works are both theatrical 鈥渟cripts鈥� and literary 鈥渢exts,鈥� and are illuminated best through work in the theater and in the classroom. Team-taught courses by Shakespeare scholars, who work with theater professionals, focus both literary and theatrical perspectives on each play being produced.
Founded in 1963 by the Irish director Sir Tyrone Guthrie, the Guthrie Theater is a professional, not-for-profit organization that excels in both modern and classical production and has frequently performed Shakespeare.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 鈥渦rn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office鈥� ?>
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