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The festival's three productions—The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet—run in rotation through Aug. 2.
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The 2025 Illinois Shakespeare Festival marks a first-ever production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" and two directorial debuts by Central Illinois natives Kim McKean and Vanessa Stalling.
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It is the first season for artistic director Robert Quinlan, whose history with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival began in 2013.
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The 1623 tragedy by William Shakespeare is the final play to open at Illinois Shakespeare festival this season. Survivor season 46 star Tevin Davis plays Ross.
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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival costume shop is getting ready for their 2024 season.
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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival has named Robert Quinlan as its next artistic director. Quinlan will take over in the fall when current director John Stark retires.
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Local theater companies aren't suffering as badly as the nationwide trends, but without more financial support, they can't afford to go pro.
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"Macbeth" was last produced at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival in 2013. The so-called Scottish play was originally scheduled for 2020 and is only now finding its way back into rotation.
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For 46 years, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival has brought the works of the Bard to Bloomington-Normal residents — and beyond.
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Illinois Shakes newcomer Geoffrey Warren Barnes II and Adonis Perez-Escobar play some of the silliest characters this season. Getting the comic relief right is not as easy as it looks.