The Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) announced its 2025 repertory season with three artistic offerings, including two Shakespeare plays and an Oscar Wilde classic. Performances run June 25 through August 2.
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Beyond the Stage interview: Adapting Jane Austen’s voice
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Quetta Carpenter about the upcoming production of Sense and Sensibility at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: On the picturesque
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses “the picturesque” in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Beyond the Stage Interview: The other side of a leader
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Corey Allen about the upcoming production of Macbeth at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: The goddess of witchcraft
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses the godess Hecate and her role in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
Not-so-hidden idol: Survivor contestant to appear onstage at Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Tevin Davis, a contestant on the most recent season of the popular reality game show “Survivor,” is a visiting artist performing in this summer’s Illinois Shakespeare Festival.
Quinlan announced as next artistic director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) announces the appointment of Robert Quinlan as the next artistic director, following John C. Stark who will retire after the 2024 season. Quinlan is the eighth person to hold the position since the Festival’s founding by Cal Pritner in 1978. Quinlan will assume his responsibilities in the fall of 2024 but has been active with the Festival as a director since 2013.
Beyond the Stage: If music be the food of love, play on
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm explores the theme of music in Shakespeare plays
Beyond the Stage Interview: Love from many different angles
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Robert Quinlan, who is also Associate Professor of Directing in the School of Theatre and Dance, about the upcoming production of Twelfth Night at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Illinois Shakespeare Festival offers 2024 summer camps and classes
The Festival has eight exciting camps for youth. Brand new offerings include a filmmaking camp as well as a dance camp. Registration is now open.