Great River Shakespeare Festival
great river shakespeare festival grsf professional equity theatre company winona minnesota mississippi river town southeastern part state starting produced several simultaneous performance summer held winona state university dufresne performing art center annual audience season run june july grsf described cornerstone winona’s reputation unmatched destination cultural event festival feature many artistic musical event annual sonnet contest entry around world additionally company conversation weekly talkbacks company member hosted sunday blooming ground coffee house downtown winona grsf also offer educational opportunity especially youth including apprenticeintern production youth class offered grade titled shakespeare young actor sya shakespeare young designer syd shakespeare young filmmaker syf near end every season grsf company member produce onenight performance known callithump ridiculously fun boisterous wildly entertaining fundraiser variety show typical act include singing skit additionally event host auction costume set piece commonly auctioned company member participate show colloquially known thumpians show precallithump held outside performing art center often includes dunk tank carnivalesque attraction debut year winter tale midsummer night dream richard iii much ado nothing romeo juliet twelfth night macbeth like merchant venice taming shrew tempest love labour lost comedy error othello daly news henry iv part one midsummer night dream fantasticks two gentleman verona king lear complete work william shakespeare abridged twelfth night king henry v merry wife windsor hamlet rosencrantz guildenstern dead romeo juliet much ado nothing glass menagerie like julius caesar georama comedy error richard iii shipwrecked entertainment amazing adventure louis de rougemont donald marguiles iliad alls well end well midsummer night dream shakespeare love venus fur macbeth cymbeline servant two master adapted beth gardiner child nilaja sun white rabbit red rabbit tempest great expectation adapted gale child daly every brilliant thing duncan macmillan jonny donahoe twelfth night african company present richard iii carlyle brown always patsy cline town stage winona story like world premiere imbroglio melissa maxwell winter tale hamlet much ado nothing following shakespeare show yet produced mainstage great river shakespeare festival coriolanus henry vi king john pericles titus andronicus troilus cressida like twelfth night cymbeline julius caesar pericles hamlet titus andronicus king lear alls well end well macbeth troilus cressida king john coriolanus henry vi merchant venice love labour lost romeo juliet shakespeare young actor abbreviated sya twoweek workshop student grade program aim teach student skill used professional acting industry particularly understanding analysis interpretation shakespearean text see scansion program began performed following show henry v winter tale like romeo juliet tempest macbeth comedy error hamlet twelfth night henry v additionally festival hosted performance two gentleman verona done visiting group shakespearean youth theatre shakespeare everywhere digital showcase like midsummer night dream richard iii king lear included design shakespeare young designer cassandra bearly beloved quack due recent coronavirus pandemic season cancelled many event took place online via zoom including shakespeare young actor designer presentation shakespeare everywhere online event sometimes referred season ½ additionally postponementcancellation caused shift naming season pandemic season referred number ex season grsf named year season take place ex season grsf show slated instead performed season season took place almost entirely outdoors decision made january restriction around indoor gathering eased festival performance took place levee park public park next mississippi river stage built specifically season several performance cancelled due weather concern including air quality problem due smoke eastern wildfire great river shakespeare festival website facebook page instagram page