Alumni invited to Shakespeare event, July 19

Illinois Shakespeare Festival at Ewing Manor

The annual Alumni Night at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival is July 19. Seating will be reserved for alumni and their guests, who will enjoy a performance of “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Photo gallery: Art takes no break in the summer

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

Fine arts at Illinois State University continued throughout the summer, highlighted by the Concerts on the Quad series and the Shakespeare Festival. Below is a sampling of photographs from these events and other College of Fine Arts and Friends of the Arts events held since the beginning of May.

Illinois Shakespeare Festival opens

The Illinois Shakespeare Festival got off to a roaring start this summer with three main stage shows opening in three days in beautiful weather.

Patron of the arts supports Shakespeare Festival

Kevin Rich and Pat Grogg

For generations the theater has benefitted from those with an appreciation for the fine arts. Pat Grogg has continued this tradition of generosity through a gift to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

Shakespeare Festival Company Kick-off

Illinois State University's Shakespeare Festival's Inaugural Day Dinner

Monday marked the first official company event – the Inaugural Day Dinner – for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, as Festival Managing Director Dick Folse, Artistic Director Kevin Rich and Producer Janet Wilson and members of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival  Society Board of Directors hosted a dinner party to welcome the actors, artists, designers, directors and

Garden Party set for Illinois Shakespeare Festival opening, July 12

Illinois Shakespeare Festival at Ewing Manor

Join us at 6 p.m. Friday, July 12, for a Garden Party on the grounds of Ewing Manor to celebrate the opening of the 36th season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Stay for the hilarious classic The Comedy of Errors, featuring a walk-on role, one-night only, by longtime friend of the arts Pat Grogg.