JACKSON – Looking for a culinary experience? Whole Foods Market invites you to a segment taping of JTV’s Food Circus with celebrity chef Adrien Sharp, 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, November 3, at 3135 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor. Take your cooking skills to the next level and make plans to attend this unique opportunity to learn how to create a fabulous meal.   Known for his Southwestern cuisine, Sha...

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JACKSON – The Michigan Shakespeare Festival announced it will hold auditions for its expanded High School Tour, which will feature productions of Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth during the 2011-12 school year.   Auditions will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, September 4 and from noon-7 p.m., Monday, September 5, at the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal Hall, 215 W. Michigan Ave., Jac...

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Now you can download and print a copy of the 2011 Michigan Shakespeare Festival poster to pin up where you work, eat, shop or otherwise hang out.

  JACKSON – Nearly 10,000 Michigan high school students experienced the passion and drama of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet in the manner William Shakespeare intended – through a live performance – as part of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s ShortShakes Tour, which concluded its 2011 spring season this week.   The ShortShakes Tour traveled to 36 high schools in Calhoun, Ingham, ...

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Dearborn native Sarah Leahy, a senior Theatre Arts and History major at Eastern Michigan University, is in her second season portraying Juliet in the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s High School Tour production of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, which will wrap up its 2011 season this week, having visited three dozen high schools and entertaining nearly 10,000 students. She recently took some ti...

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        Hello again from the Michigan Shakespeare Festival!       It’s getting close to the beginning of rehearsals and build for the 2011 Season.  First, some housekeeping: If you haven’t yet, please come by our website and check out the company for 2011 (www.MichiganShakespeareFestival.com) and pick up your tickets. The ear...

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Ty Mitchell is in his first season portraying Benvolio in the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s High School Tour production of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, which will visit approximately 40 high schools this spring. He recently took some time to share his thoughts on what has become a very popular extension of 17-year-old Festival.   What do you find to be most challenging in playing Be...

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  JACKSON – Finding information about the Michigan Shakespeare Festival just became easier, following the recent launch of the organization’s redesigned website at www.MichiganShakespeareFestival.com.   Highlights of the new design include easier access to online ticket purchases, descriptions of the 2011 shows – Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale and Tartuffe – and information...

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  Want to keep up-to-date with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival? This newsletter is not the only way to learn what's new with MSF. We also have a strong presence on social networking site, Facebook.   In the last year, our Facebook fan page has grown from 200 followers to nearly 1,700, with more joining every week. A clearing-house of Shakespearean news, from movies to new books, the...

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  JACKSON – Three fan favorites will return in featured roles for the 17th annual Michigan Shakespeare Festival.   Janet Haley, William Irwin, and David Blixt, who have appeared in a combined 16 seasons of The Official Shakespeare Festival of Michigan, will headline a 2011 season that includes Shakespeare classics Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale and Moliere’s farcical com...

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           The past three months have been full of constant work here at MSF.  Rather than a time where we are able to relax, our time between performance seasons is full of the foundational responsibilities needed for the Festival to produce the next season.  Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplore...

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JACKSON (March 29, 2011) -- In an effort to support the mission of non-profit organizations around the state while promoting its 2011 season, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival announced today that it is partnering with eight organizations as part of its “Great Theatre, Great Causes” campaign. Beginning April 1, the MSF will donate a percentage from tickets sold online using specific c...

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JACKSON (Feb. 11, 2011) -- The Michigan Shakespeare Festival announces auditions for our 2011 season, which consists of Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale and Moliere’s Tartuffe, performed in repertory July 14-August 7 in the Baughman Theatre at Jackson Community College. Auditions will be held:   10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, March 5 at the Hilberry Theatre rehearsal hall, 47...

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JACKSON (February 9, 2011) -- Students will have an opportunity to experience the passion and drama of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet in the manner William Shakespeare intended – through a live performance – as the Michigan Shakespeare Festival brings its ShortShakes Tour to approximately four dozen Michigan high schools this spring. The ShortShakes Tour, now in its second season, is bein...

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JACKSON (February 8, 2011) -- Individual tickets for the 2011 Michigan Shakespeare Festival are now on sale, featuring productions of two Shakespeare classics Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale as well as Tartuffe by Moliere. “We have listened to our supporters and for 2011 offer the perfect triple play(s): A well known, but not over-performed Much Ado About Nothing, a lesser performe...

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JACKSON (January 28, 2011) -- Matthew Andersen of Ann Arbor and Sarah Leahy of Dearborn have been cast in the title roles of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s 2011 ShortShakes Touring production of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. The ShortShakes Tour, now in its second season, is being offered to high schools in Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Was...

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JACKSON (January 5, 2011) -- In celebration of William Shakespeare’s famed Twelfth Night, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival announced today the availability of season passes for the 2011 season. Today through January 31, season subscription buyers will have exclusive rights to purchase tickets and select seats to performances of Shakespeare classics Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s T...

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January 2011 -- Beginning next week, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival will be presenting its ShortShakes Tour in high schools around the state. But we think students shouldn’t have all the fun. A special public performance of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 at the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Hall, 215 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson. Tickets are $10 at the...

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November 17, 2010 -- The Michigan Shakespeare Festival announces auditions for our 2011 ShortShakes High School Touring Production, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. Auditions will be held: 1-7 p.m. Friday, December 10 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, December 11 at the Jackson Symphony Orc...

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