From Capital Classics: Princes and Shrews and Lear, Oh My!

News release

Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival
Two Shows in Repertory
July 10-August 4, 2024
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

For the first time in its 33-year history, Capital Classics will perform two productions in repertory!

Directed by Geoffrey Sheehan
Featuring Mauricio Miranda as Hamlet
(Member of Actor's Equity Association; Benedick in Capital Classics' Much Ado About Nothing; Hartford Stage's A Christmas Carol)

The Prince of Denmark has returned home after the death of the King. Mourning the loss of his father, the young prince must navigate the proclamations of a ghost; dangerous friends and relatives; and the disorienting discovery of his own place in the world.

AND

Directed by Jan Mason
Featuring Eddie Cruz, Jr. (CC's As You Like It, Sweat, Water by the Spoonful) as Petruchio and Kiera Sheehan (CC's Macbeth, As You Like It) as Katherine

Lucentio has his heart set on marrying the beautiful Bianca. However, there's one complication: her father won't allow her to wed until her older sister, the tempestuous Katherine, is settled in her own marriage. Can the mercenary Petruchio "tame" Katherine, collect her dowry, and allow Lucentio and Bianca's courtship to proceed...or will the titular "shrew" avoid the snares of her erstwhile suitor?

THE DETAILS

Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew will each be performed 10 times over the course of four weeks. The alternating productions will begin performances on Wednesday, July 10 and run through Sunday, August 4, 2024, at our home on the campus of the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford. Performances will be Wednesday through Sunday evenings.

THE TICKETS

General Admission tickets for each show: $25.

Seniors (65 and up), full-time students (with ID), active military (with ID), groups of 10 or more: $17 each.

DOUBLE UP! Save when you purchase tickets to enjoy both Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew!

General Admission tickets when purchasing both shows: $20 per person for each show

Seniors, full-time students, active military, and groups of 10 or more: $15 per person for each show

GROUPS of 10 or more can also get special reserved lawn locations.

Schedule & Tickets

BRUSH UP YOUR
SHAKESPEARE
with our Shakespeare Book Club

We're celebrating our 10-year anniversary of the Shakespeare Book Club with the West Hartford Public Library! Join us as we present Capital Classics' TOP TEN SHAKESPEARE PLAYS: WHY I LOVE THIS PLAY! moderated by CC's Artistic Associate and CCSU-Housatonic Theatre Professor Geoffrey Sheehan.

Monday, April 1 at 6:30pm

KING LEAR

FREE! Join us in person at the Noah Webster Library or on Zoom!

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WE'RE EXPANDING!

The 2024 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival will feature two full productions. You know what that means: double the Shakespeare, double the production costs.

We need you! Help us meet our expanded budget with an individual donation, sponsorship, and/or program ad.

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