Young American Shakespeare Festival
featuring THREE plays in repertory May 9-19

(visit waldentheatre.org for details on times and which productions play on which days)

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
directed by Julane Havens
After years of isolation on a remote, magical island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero summons a spectacular storm to sweep his enemies ashore. Will he be a thrall to his own sorcerous vengeance?

Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
directed by J. Barrett Cooper
Valentine and his self-serving friend Proteus are fools in love with Sylvia. As they vie for her affection, one is banished as an outlaw and the other is spied upon by a jilted lover disguised as his page. Will either man get the girl --any girl-- in this unlikeliest of buddy comedies?

The Liar
by Pierre Corneille, adapted by David Ives
directed by Charlie Sexton
he motto "the unimagined life is not worth living" drives Dorante into a hysterical high-wire act of confabulation as he lies his way into -- and out of, and into -- trouble in this agile-tongued adaptation of a classic French comedy.