by: Elizabeth Sedway, TahoeKidsGuide.com
Each summer, Sand Harbor State Park is the setting for the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. This Saturday, July 11th marks the opening night performance for this summer's festival. In addition to the nightly performances, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival also offers special performance just for kids and their chaperones. These "Young Shakespeare" performances are free.
Beginning July 21st, the curtain will open on the first of these one hour performances. Each performance will be a Young Shakepeare interpretation of Shakespeare's Classic, Much Ado About Nothing, set in contemporary times and created with the young audience member in mind.
Presented in collaboration with The Nevada Shakespeare Company, these performances feature a mixed cast of professional actors and young actors and will take the work of the bard to several venues throughout the Reno-Carson-Tahoe-Truckee region.
2009 Young Shakespeare Schedule:
Tuesday,
July 21
10:00 a.m. Sand Harbor State Park
Wednesday,
July 22
10:00 a.m.
Sand Harbor State Park
Thursday,
July 23
10:00 a.m. Sand Harbor State Park
Friday,
July 24
9:30 a.m. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheatre at
Bartley Ranch
Sunday,
July 26
5:30 p.m.
Great Basin Adventure in Rancho San Rafael Park
Tuesday,
July 28
10:00 a.m.
"Salty" Gebhardt Amphitheatre, Truckee
Wednesday,
July 29
10:00 a.m. Sand Harbor State Park
Thursday,July 30
10:00 a.m. Sand Harbor State Park
Friday,
July 31
9:30 a.m.
Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheatre at Bartley Ranch
Tuesday,
August 4
10:00 a.m.
CVIC, Minden
Tuesday,
August 4
2:00 p.m. The Carson City Community Center
Wednesday,
August 5
11:00 a.m. Tahoe Tallac at Valhalla
(South Lake Tahoe)
Thursday,
August 6
10:00 a.m. Sand Harbor State Park
Friday,
August 7
9:30 a.m.
Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheatre at Bartley Ranch