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+Platinum Plus subscription includes priority parking until section is full, one free non-alcoholic beverage per show, one “New Friend” ticket for one show, and 20 percent discount on gift shop merchandise. Check the website for all subscription perks.

Individual TicketsAdult Silver Gold Platinum Platinum+ Sunday $12 $27 $37 $45Tues-Thurs $18 $27 $37 $45Fri-Sat $22 $31 $41 $49

Senior/Student Silver Gold Platinum Platinum+ Sunday $12 $23 $33 $41Tues-Thurs $14 $23 $33 $41Fri-Sat $18 $27 $37 $45

Improvised Shakespeare Company | $16 each—general seating

All prices include a $2 facility maintenance fee. Senior/Student tickets include patrons 60+ and students through college. $12 Sunday tickets available in the silver section for all ages.

Group Discount—10 or more tickets for one show. 20 percent off all regular individual show ticket prices.

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Ewing Outdoor Theatre | Located behind the Ewing Manor at 48 Sunset Road, Bloomington. Free parking at St. John’s Lutheran Church across the street off Emerson.

Westhoff Theatre | This intimate 120-seat studio is located at 400 W. Beaufort on the ISU campus. Free parking across the street in spots above Permit #250. For I Heart Juliet performances only.

40th Season Schedule

The festival performs plays in classic repertory fashion with all three shows rotating from day to day. This allows visitors the chance to see a complete season in only two or three days!Go to IllinoisShakes.com for lodging and tourist information and packages.

Note | The two outdoor shows start at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 7:30 p.m. other days. I Heart Juliet performs at Westhoff Theatre Sundays 2 p.m. and Tuesdays 7:30 p.m.

*Indicates half-priced previews.

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Special eventsTheatre For Young Audiences—FREE Sleeping Beauty, by Stacy Lane, performances at 10 a.m., July 12–August 12Wednesdays at Ewing Theatre and Saturdays at the Connie Link Amphitheater, sponsored by the Town of Normal.

The IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE Company Back for a fifth summer by popular demand! Chicago’s “best improv group” (Chicago Reader and the Chicago Examiner) creates a fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your eyes! Performances on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., July 11, 18, 25, August 1 and 8.

Join the Illinois Shakespeare Festival SocietyOur growing support group that sponsors the John Stevens Memorial Golf Outing among other activities. Membership starts at $50.

The 16th annual “shotgun” golf outing tees off June 20, 12:30 p.m. at the Ironwood Golf Course. Call (309) 438-8783.

Ice Cream Socials too! Meet the cast and discuss the performance every Wednesday evening following the show.

Order your tickets today!CALL (309) 438-2535 ONLINE AT ILLINOISSHAKES.COMBox office walk up hours: 12–4 p.m., Monday–Friday at the ISU Center for the Performing Arts.

Individual show tickets also available via Ticketmaster.com. Additional service fees apply.

If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in this program/ event, please contact Illinois Shakespeare Festival at (309) 438-2535. Please allow sufficient time to arrange accommodation. An equal opportunity/affirmative action university encouraging diversity. This document is available in alternate formats upon request.

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Vintage photo of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in its 1980 debut at ISF.

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What better way to celebrate Illinois Shakespeare Festival’s 40th anniversary than with ISF’s magical, musical, and imaginative

interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? This family-friendly production of Shakespeare’s world-famous comedy follows four

young lovers into an enchanted forest for an unforgettable journey of trickery, laughter, and love. Featured in this production is a

musical Puck, whose original score is sure to cast a spell on you!

Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical plays, making it a perfect fit for our magical 40th! A brilliant princess, an evil queen, a misguided king, and a thoroughly rotten clown are just some of the characters in this fairy tale romance. The production is made

even more whimsical and theatrical by Chris Coleman’s six-person adaptation, in which five actors and a musician play all the parts.

by William Shakespeare

adapted by CHRIS COLEMAN

SHAKESPEARE ’S AMAZING

You asked, and we listened! The Q Brothers dazzled audiences in 2015 with Q Gents, a hilarious hip-hop adaption of Two Gentlemen of Verona. It is a delight to include their latest creation, I Heart Juliet, in our 40th anniversary season. This time with 10 actors, the Q Brothers Collective is at it again. They bring incredible energy, humor, and hip-hop verse to

Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Romeo & Juliet.

by THE Q BROTHERS COLLECTIVE

(GQ, JQ, JAX, POS)