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Three Shows at $75 ($95 value)
As You Like It:
“There is no clock in the forest…”
In the face of great societal upheaval, a rag tag community forms in the forest of Arden. In the natural rhythms of the woods young love blossoms, hearts are broken and mended, and the denizens of the Forest learn to see each other and themselves with clarity and compassion.
Shakespeare’s most transformative and most musical comedy comes to the Porters’ stage in Fall of 2026.
Antony and Cleopatra
“I have immortal longings in me…”
Julius Caesar has been dead for years, as have those who murdered him.
Rome has survived under a fragile peace, that now frays as tensions rise between two of its most powerful citizens—Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar.
At the heart of their quarrel, and at the heart of Rome’s rise or ruin sits the mercurial queen of Egypt: Cleopatra.
Shakespeare’s epic tragedy of burning love and fading glory plays in rotating rep with A Midsummer Night’s Dream in January and February of 2027.
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
“These are the forgeries of jealousy…”
Hermia and Lysander love each other. Helena loves Demetrius. Demetrius wants Hermia. Hermia’s father wants Demetrius as a son in law.
An amateur dramatics society wants to rehearse their play for the upcoming nuptials of Duke Theseus in private.
All parties flee to the woods, and find themselves caught in the crossfire as warring gods Titania and Oberon battle over the custody of a small changeling child.
Thus begins one hell of a Midsummer Night…
Shakespeare’s most famous comedy takes to the stage in a wildly inventive production playing in rep with Antony and Cleopatra in January and February, 2027.