Treacherous brothers, love at first sight, a pair of clowns, and one hilarious monster are all a part of this magical island adventure. Performances continue through July 25th and the cost of admission is $8.
Come see this streamlined version of Tempest and find out why audiences (for over 400 years) have been captivated by this tale of romance, revenge, and redemption.
The Greenville Shakespeare Company’s Tempest runs approximately 60 minutes including one delicious intermission! Performances are held at the Performance Hall at Bob Jones University.
Please visit www.summershakespeare.org for additional information.
Having worked for several summers with students attending speech and drama camps, Greenville Shakespeare Company founder Jeffrey Stegall decided that the students he was coaching would benefit from seeing a live stage production during their week at camp. Pooling the talents of colleagues and former students, he directed Love’s Labor’s Lost in 1995, and Summer Shakespeare was born.
For the next three summers, two more of the Bard’s comedies and The Importance of Being Earnest were presented. After taking a few summers off, Summer Shakespeare was reborn in 2004 and has been growing ever since. Their shortened Shakespeare adaptations have become the highlight of the summer season for many Greenville residents.
In 2008 and 2009, the Brave New World Theatre Workshops were held in downtown Greenville, SC. This and subsequent educational endeavors in area schools led to Summer Shakespeare’s incorporation as The Greenville Shakespeare Company, a nonprofit organization.
Summer Shakespeare’s preferred venue is Performance Hall, the cozy black box theater on the campus of Bob Jones University.
In 2011 GSC ventured into unknown territory: downtown Greenville and Travelers Rest. St. Louis performer Leigh Ellen Fort brought her one-woman show about Irish immigrants on the Titanic to the Upcountry History Museum and Travelers Rest High School. Since 2012, the Summer Shakespeare troupe has performed at the Greenville Country Art Museum and was invited back this year for the 2016 season of the museum’s Sundays@2 series. Last year the company also performed at the Greer Opry House. This summer the entire troupe will travel to the Chicago suburbs in August to perform four shows and conduct children’s Shakespeare camps for Overshadowed Productions in Itasca, Illinois.
The 2016 production of Tempest is Summer Shakespeare’s 17th production.