2010 Riverside Shakespare shows set

Riverside – Riverside Theatre is proud to announce the plays that will be featured in the 11th annual Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Both shows will run in rotation from June 11 through July 11, 2010 at the Riverside Festival Stage in Iowa City’s lower City Park. Tickets will go on sale in April 2010.

Ron Clark will direct Romeo and Juliet. Perhaps the most enduring love story of all time, the play follows two teenagers pulled by passion into a desperate struggle to be together, despite the violent feud between their families. Clark says he intends to direct a very “romantic and exciting production with lots of good swordplay, dance and a brand new musical score.” Clark is Resident Artist and Production Manager at Riverside Theatre. He directed last summer’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Kansas City director Theodore Swetz will direct Love’s Labour’s Lost. This witty, wild comedy presents four young noblemen who swear off interactions with women in order to focus on intellectual pursuits, only to then be visited by four of France’s most alluring ladies. Swetz says that in the play, “man’s impulsive nature rules the day, but women’s wisdom and depth are ultimately celebrated.” Swetz is a founding company member of American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and is currently head of graduate actor training at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Romeo and Juliet and Love’s Labour’s Lost will be performed at the Riverside Festival Stage in Lower City Park. For more information, please go here.