Thirteen advanced acting students from several colleges are spending the summer building sets, leading camps and performing at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival at California Lutheran University.
In a new addition this year, the apprentices will present two free staged readings of plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. “The Tamer Tamed” by John Fletcher will be performed at 3 p.m. July 16 and 17 in Kingsmen Park.
As in years past, the apprentices will understudy the professional actors in the company, play small roles and create and perform pre-show entertainment. They will also teach sessions of the company’s Summer Theatre Camp, build scenery, make costumes and set up and clean up the festival grounds. The apprentices started on June 6 and will continue working long days through Aug. 13.
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The professional theater company of CLU is presenting “The Taming of the Shrew” from July 1 through 17 and “The Merchant of Venice” July 22 through Aug. 7. The festival, which is in its 15th season, is one of the area’s most popular theatrical events. For more information, visit http://kingsmenshakespeare.org.
