Arclight Repertory Theatre presents the first annual “SHAKESPEARE ON THE SQUARE FESTIVAL” in downtown San Jose. June 6, 2008

Arclight Repertory Theatre presents the first annual “SHAKESPEARE ON THE SQUARE FESTIVAL” in downtown San Jose.

The festival will feature Shakespeare’s romantic comedy of mistaken identity and bad karma: Twelfth Night, re-imagined on the ancient Indian island of Illyria. In addition, we are offering “The Green Show”—a FREE performance on Saturdays and Sundays for the community. It will be a performance of Indian classical music, dance and love poetry presented by the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose and Arclight one hour prior to the Twelfth Night performances.

The Festival will run June 6th – June 28th (Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm) at the Theatre on San Pedro Square with the “Green Show” performances on Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 6pm outside on San Pedro Street next to Peggy Sue’s Restaurant.

The Theatre on San Pedro Square is located at 29 N. San Pedro Street above Peggy Sue’s Restaurant. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students/seniors (65 and older) and Theatre Bay Area members. Reservations can be made through Brown Paper Tickets at (800) 838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com.

Arclight Repertory Theatre (ART)—a professional, nonprofit performing arts organization is partnering with the The Abhinaya Dance Company, Lincoln Glen Church and The San Jose Downtown Association to present the first annual “Shakespeare on the Square” festival.

ART is dedicated to producing original, classical and contemporary plays in imaginative and innovative ways. ART offers educational outreach programs to underserved and at-risk youth in Santa Clara County and develops new voices for the theatre through its “Sparklight Play Development Series.” Arclight Rep will present Mark W. Jordan’s original adaptation of Henry IV entitled, Henry, Harry and Sir John on Sunday, May 18th at the Theatre on San Pedro Square at 7pm.

Last summer, Arclight Repertory Theatre presented Shakespeare’s dark comedy, Measure for Measure. The San Jose Metro critic Marianne Messina described it as “an extremely lucid production” and added that “Pushing creatively on the text, Arclight’s production adds revelation between the spoken lines, which makes it full of surprises”.
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