Meet the directors of the 2018 Illinois Shakespeare Festival

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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) welcomes three incredible talents to the Ewing and Center for the Performing Arts theatres—Directors Karen Kessler, Deanna Jent, and Marti Lyons hold years of experience and they are sure to make this summer’s season fantastic.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival tours Lincoln-Shakespeare play

Image of three actors performing a scene for Illinois Shakespeare Festival's Theatre for Your Audiences

In celebration with the Illinois Bicentennial, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) has commissioned a new play to be performed by the Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) troupe at multiple locations.
The play, titled “Double, Double”, tells the story of a young Abraham Lincoln, his discovery of the joy and genius of Shakespeare’s writings and the impact on the President’s life and work.