Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
notre dame shakespeare festival formerly summer shakespeare university notre dame annual festival seek combine professional production work william shakespeare community engagement educational program notre dame shakespeare festival part university notre dame shakespeare initiative entitled shakespeare notre dame program recognizes centrality study shakespeare humanistic pedagogy university fifteenth season summer known also celebrating th birthday william shakespeare th anniversary first full production shakespeare university record indicate first performance shakespeare university notre dame took place collection scene also henry iv anniversary season consisted professional company production henry iv directed michael goldberg young company performance merry wife windsor directed west hyler annual shakescenes show featuring actor age south bend surrounding community notre dame shakespeare festival professional theatre residence university notre dame direct outgrowth experimental course called shakespeare performance created dr paul rathburn ndsfs founder premise course shakespeare work theatrical script literary text illuminated best work theater classroom began summer program inaugural production taming shrew since evolved include guest artist production shakescenes community program young company production produced staffed entirely notre dame saint mary student following production henry v dr paul rathburn retired role producing artistic director company artistic director jay paul skelton current ryan producing artistic director notre dame shakespeare festival grant mudge resident lighting designer festival since inception nd associate professor kevin dreyer arguably centerpiece annual festival professional company production consists professionally mounted performance one play william shakespeare production always directed designed theatrical professional typically either chicago theatre world university faculty staff number professional actor also employed well notre dame saint mary student south bend community member beginning production student actor technician professional company production given chance perform production produced entirely though directed senior company member role young company performance necessarily larger offstage professional company assistant technical director may become young company technical director student playing first soldier may chance play king richard iii although past young company performance taken place set used professional company performance saw introduction green show performance young company member traveled local park south bend surrounding community shakespeare love adapted r john robert shakespeare comedy vaudeville adapted r john robert falstaff dream adapted susan hart directed susan hart brother menaechmus plautus translated richard pryor adaptation jay paul skelton directed jay paul skelton learned lady molière directed kevin asselin witch thomas middleton directed kevin asselin deceived glingannati accademia degli intronati siena translation ken rea directed kevin asselin taming shrew william shakespeare directed kevin asselin like william shakespeare directed kevin asselin midsummer night dream william shakespeare directed kevin asselin comedy error william shakespeare directed kevin asselin shakescenes ndsfs community outreach program employing local theatre troupe school perform selected scene shakespeare work coordinating director shakescenes inception deborah girasekchudzynski south bend stanley clark school baton passed christy burgess shakespeare outreach program director notre dame robinson community learning center participant range age scene director usually educator local grade school high school college director area civic theatre individual cast direct respective scene well facilitate costume prop choreography member shakescenes company attend acting workshop taught local national theatre artist article summer shakespeare return notre dame henry v article playing assumption bard article summer shakespeare flawless error article summer shakespeare return dome article notre dame shakespeare festival mark three milestone