Utah Shakespeare Festival
Location:
Cedar City, UT 
Founded in 1961, Utah Shakespeare Festival began as the dream of visionary professor Fred C. Adams. Today, they are one of the oldest and largest Shakespearean festivals in the country with an audience of over 150,000 patrons annually. The company provides a complete theatrical and educational experience in a destination setting and produces six productions during an eleven-week summer season and three productions during a five-week fall season. The Festival employs over 350 theatre professionals during its summer season and over 60 professionals produce the three plays during the fall season. All productions run in rotating repertory with actors performing two to three roles each.
As part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, The Utah Shakespeare Festival will produce Romeo and Juliet as part of its Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring program. Using a 10-member company comprised of seven actors and a stage manager, technician, and company manager, Utah Shakespeare Festival plans to perform a 90-minute version of the play, reaching 25,000 students from 120 schools in Utah and the greater Intermountain West region. A set that can be utilized in gymnasiums, classrooms, prisons, and theatres will be designed so that it can be set up in two hours yet endure the rigors of the road. In addition to the production, interactive workshops will be taught following each performance, featuring stage combat, improvisation, and Shakespeare’s text. The Festival plans to serve ten new schools; expand coverage in Phoenix, Arizona; continue developing relationships with the Navajo communities; expand to schools in North Las Vegas; and provide performances for youth correctional facilities and the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Company Website:
http://www.bard.org 
