Gannon's Schuster Theatre Brings Back Shakespeare Summer Nights
Well met, by moonlight
BEGINNING SUNDAY, JUN. 15
If traveling to New York City to see Shakespeare in the Park is out of your budget, let us put you onto Erie's own Gannon University Schuster Theatre, which is yet again producing its Shakespeare Summer Nights this June. This year's performance is A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of the Bard's most famous comedies, written in 1595 or 1596, and directed by Karalyn Headly.
While none of the performances will actually take place during summer, hopefully come mid-June it will feel start to like it, and there is no better place in the city to enjoy a magical bit of theater on a twilit warm night than at Frontier Park. Though the production does have a rain backup location (Schuster Theatre on the Gannon campus), as long as the weather permits, guests can take a seat – or bring a comfier one – in the open-air amphitheater that is formally known as the McCain Outdoor Classroom. And did we mention it's totally free and open to the public?
All of the actors performing on the subsequent June evenings will actually be doing double duty, as is popular with Shakespearean plays, with leads like Katrina Buchanan, who takes the stage as Titania, Queen of the Fairies, also playing one of the Mechanicals, Francis Flute; and Chris Smith, who plays Oberon, King of the Fairies, will also take on the role of tailor Robin Starveling.
So, let Frontier Park and the Schuster Theatre players provide a little summer-adjacent entertainment, and while you thankfully won't ill meet anyone by moonlight, the sylvan setting of the performance will nonetheless transport you to the fairy realm of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Sunday, June 15 through Tuesday, June 17, 7 p.m. // Frontier Park, 1501 W. 6th St // Free // For more info: facebook.com/gannonschustertheatre
