Houston Shakespeare Festival's 50th Anniversary Season

The Houston Shakespeare Festival, the professional arm of the University of Houston’s School of Theater and Dance, will celebrate its 50th anniversary season this summer with performances of two of the Bard’s most beloved plays: Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The free performances begin Aug. 1 at Miller Outdoor Theatre. 

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is Shakespeare’s beloved fairy tale of midsummer madness, an adventure into an enchanted forest filled with love, magic and mischief where fantastical dreams blur with reality. "Romeo & Juliet”, the greatest love story ever told, is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. Two star-crossed lovers, swept up by the hatred of their feuding families, believe their love is strong enough to overcome the violence around them.
 
The Houston Shakespeare Festival was founded in 1975 by Dr. Sidney Berger, UH professor emeritus and longtime director of the UH School of Theater and Dance, who passed away in 2013. The festival, which has entertained more than one million Houstonians since its inception, is a professional, equity acting company that gives a select group of UH student artists the chance to learn the craft of acting and design alongside seasoned professionals.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – August 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9
Performance: 8:15 p.m.; Bard Talk: 7:45 p.m. 

"Romeo & Juliet” – August 2, 6, 8 and 10
Performance: 8:15 p.m.; Bard Talk: 7:45 p.m.