Shakespeare on the Green's Season of Young Love!

Join us for our 24th Season of FREE Shakespeare for all!

Two Gentlemen of Verona (the Musical)

Adapted by John Guare & Mel Shapiro             Lyrics by John Guare             Music by Galt MacDermot

Based on the play by William Shakespeare

June 24-27, July 8, 10, 2010

The performance on Thursday, July 8 will be ASL-interpreted.

                        Services made possible through the support of the William R. Patrick Foundation.

     Julia:  They do not love that do not show their love.

     Lucetta:  O! they love least that let men know their love. (I.ii.31)

Proteus and Valentine are the best of friends until Proteus also falls for the new object of Valentine's affections: Silvia. Forsaking his own betrothed, Julia, Proteus sets out to betray his unsuspecting friend, only to find that both Silvia and Julia have a thing or two to teach him about loyalty and love.

A young man's folly drives the action in this Tony Award-winning musical based on what may have been Shakespeare's first comedy: a madcap romp that bubbles over with the playwright’s own youthful energy.

Romeo and Juliet

July 1-4, 9, 11, 2010

  The performance on Friday, July 2 will be ASL-interpreted.

                    Services made possible through the support of the William R. Patrick Foundation.

     These violent delights have violent ends.  (Friar Lawrence, II.vi.9)

The houses of Montague and Capulet are sworn enemies. When Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, fall in love they do not know whom each other is. They marry in secret, while the feud rages. When Romeo's friend Mercutio is killed by Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, Romeo in turn kills Tybalt. He is banished from Verona, while Juliet's family plan to marry her to someone else. Friar Lawrence hatches a plan to reunite the lovers, but messages are crossed and they are driven to their deaths instead.

Shakespeare On The Green
A lovely tree-lined section of Elmwood Park is nestled just south of UNO's Bell Tower.
64th & Dodge, Omaha
Parking all over campus including the East parking facility and West around the Alumni House.

5:30 PM
Towne Square - Cafe Verona
Menu Includes BARD-B-Q, Chick-On-A-Stick and delicious salads and desserts.
Pre-ordered Much Ado Picnic Baskets For Two from Cubby's Downtown, 341-2900

Will's Best Friend Contest Sunday June 27
Categories: the best Shakespeare character, the smallest, the biggest, the oldest, the friendliest, the heaviest and the people's choice.

Enter at PETCO (72nd & dodge) or send an email to info@nebraskashakespeare.com to register.

Souvenir and Friends booths.
T-shirts and other favorite items.
Raffle nightly for Handmade Quilts generously donated by the Omaha Quilter's Guild and their Helping Hands Committee.

Quilt Lovers, plan to attend the Omaha Quilters' Guild 2010 Quilt Show June 18, 19, 20.  For more information, click HERE.

Omaha Quilter's Guild Helping Hands Committee

6:00 PM
Camp Shakespeare/indoor performance
Weber Fine Arts Building  July 9, 10, 11

6:30 PM
Seminars
Professional artists from the Company discuss and answer questions about the two plays.
(Just North of the Main Stage)

7:00 PM
Camp Shakespeare/outdoor  performance July 9, 10, 11
(Just North of the Main Stage)
Towne Square:
    Musicians
    Shakespearience!
       Interactive Activities for young people

Welcome Greeting by Media Personalities

8:00 PM
Performance
Before the performances, join us at 6:30 pm for our Preshow Seminars where you can meet and speak with the artists and scholars who work together to create our summer Shakespeare productions.  Learn more about Shakespeare and the world of his plays, but also about our unique, original productions.

This program is funded in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.  The views expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views of the Nebraska Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.