Don’t Miss Shakespeare on the Shoreline’s Much Ado About Nothing

Don’t Miss Shakespeare on the Shoreline’s
Much Ado About Nothing
August 7 – 11

“The play’s the thing” and this is one you won’t want to miss!  Shoreline Arts Alliance welcomes back Shakesperience Productions, Inc. for this summer’s Shakespeare on the Shoreline production of the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing.  Bring blankets, chairs and picnic dinners and come out for ‘theatre under the stars’ on the historic Guilford Green.  Showtime is 7:30pm nightly.  On Wednesday, August 7 and Friday, August 9 (rain date August 10) there will be a pre-show and post-show talk with the Artistic and Managing Directors and members of the cast and crew.  Pre-show talks begin at 6:30pm and post-show talks will be immediately following the performance under the white tent.  Join in and uncover some of the mysteries of Shakespeare’s language as well as some of the nuances of the story and how relevant the themes are to us today.  Also, learn from the Artistic Director and members of the cast about this particular adaptation and interpretation.  The talk backs as well as the main stage performance are all FREE to attend!

Much Ado About Nothing is a dark comedy that could just as easily turned tragic.  It follows the trials, tribulations and ultimately happy ending for two couples: Hero and Claudio and Beatrice and Benedick.  As in many Shakespearean plays there is misunderstanding, misrepresentation, jealousy, fabrication, deceit and luckily reconciliation.  The ‘battle of the sexes’ between Beatrice and Benedick is central to the plot and finally resolves into ‘happily ever-after’.

Come early, stay late and meet the cast of Shakesperience Productions, Inc. and join the Shoreline Arts Alliance for the 12^th annual Shakespeare on the Shoreline program.

Also, for those with young children or grandchildren Shakesperience Productions, Inc.  will be performing a daytime show for children and families.  The Sword in the Stone will be presented on Wednesday, August 7 at 10am on Jacobs Beach, Guilford and at 1pm at the Surf Club in Madison.  This is also a free to attend event but beach parking may apply.

Thank you to our sponsors for this year’s Shakespeare on the Shoreline: Mary & Jeff Beeman, Christ Episcopal Church, Chubb Insurance, CT Humanities, CT Office of the Arts (DECD), Liz & Niall Ferguson, First Niagara Bank, Guilford Foundation, Guilford Fund for Education, Guilford Savings Bank, NewAlliance Foundation, National Roofing, Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, Shore Publishing Newspapers, Town of Guilford, Yale New Haven Hospital.