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New Swan Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to the investigation and production of Shakespearean plays and relevant theatrical works.

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Season 2019!

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Here are our shows for the 2019 Season. We're very excited!

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Here is a wonderful video created by Beth Lopes that tracks our shows over the past seven years.

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What an incredible seventh season! Thank you to everyone that made this happen: Our wonderful audiences, donor family, stage managers, crew, actors, and directors. We were sold out for the entire... https://t.co/q27kk97HhR

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Amazing Blaze It Forward day and night at New Swan this week. We held workshops, performed Midsummer, and held a talk-back for 100 students from Orange County High School of Arts. A huge round of... https://t.co/PaTFtcFRTx

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Midsummer is completely sold out. Winter's Tale is at 93%, so tix are still available online. There are usually tickets available at Rush. Best to get to the theater at 7 pm for Rush...

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Here's Charles McNulty's review of Midsummer in the LA Times:

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Here's a lovely review of The Winter's Tale, directed by Beth Lopes. Running now through the end of August!

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Here's a lovely video for Winter's Tale that director, Beth Lopes, put together (with photos by Paul Kennedy). This is an incredibly well conceived, directed, and acted production, and it's rarely produced. Come check it out! https://t.co/Nu8O25yVKQ

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More shots from our 2018 season. Photos by Paul Kennedy.

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Here are the first of Paul Kennedy's photos of Midsummer. It's going to be a magical summer in the woods!

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Here are photos from New Swan's amazing production of The Winter's Tale, directed by Beth Lopes and featuring an all-UCI line-up of actors. More to come!

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A BIG MOMENT at the start of the season: The drawbridge to our entryway is opened to welcome our guests!

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Here's our costume designer, Katie Wilson, putting together fabrics for our season. Katie is designing both shows. She's a founding company member and we rely on her to make our actors look incredible. She never lets us down!

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Rehearsals are underway and we are loading the New Swan Theater into Gateway commons. It's truly an exciting time, with first previews less than a month away. Here are a few pics for your viewing pleasure.

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Our good friends, Tira Palmquist and Phil Thompson, dropped by. Here they are rocking the (now) old New Swan hat, and this year's version.

In the second photo, Bridget, Matt, and Gretchen model their new hats in the Prop Shop.

Thus, our 2018 season begins in high fashion!

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Did we mention that tickets are now on sale for our 2018 season? We are already over 25% sold out. So, get your seats now - join us for another spectacular night (or two) under the stars!

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And while we're welcoming back members of the company, here's a nifty video Beth put together that features our... https://t.co/I0PYJA5X8u

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Producing Artistic Director, Eli Simon, wins 2017 Theater Man of the Year Award in Daily Pilot / LA Times.... https://t.co/F8iY6fPud5

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Happy New (Swan) Year!!
Here are our poster designs for this coming summer.
It will be our seventh season under... https://t.co/ixoBnVb3Zg