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"Travesties" Opens Marin Shakespeare Summer Festival
Enjoy a riff on Wilde's Earnest
The Marin Shakespeare Company's summer mainstage season opens Friday night with Tom Stoppard's "Travesties."
The Tony award winning farce borrows from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," as well as James Joyce's "Ulysses," Dada poetry and early 20th century politics.
Directed by Robert Currier, artistic director, the production continues through Aug. 15 at the Forest Meadows Amphitheater.
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Previews begin July 16 and 18 for William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," a swashbuckling, seafaring version of the romantic tale. It runs through Sept. 26.
On a more serious note, Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" will be presented Aug. 20 through Sept. 25. This follows last summer's production of "Julius Caesar," and continues the Roman saga and the love story of Antony and the queen of Egypt.
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The San Rafael-based Marin Shakespeare Company features an outdoor summer festival of three plays annually. Tickets are $30 for general admission, $25 for seniors and $20 for youths when purchased in advance. Add $5 for general audience members and seniors when purchasing tickets at the door.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 4 p.m. on most Sundays. On July 4 and 11, and Sept. 6 and 19 Sunday performances begin at 5 p.m.
Forest Meadows is on the Dominican University of California campus at 1475 Grand Ave. in San Rafael.
For more scheduling and more information go to www.marinshakespeare.org. Also see: http://www.dominican.edu/about/campus/campus-tour/recreational/forestmeadows.html.
