Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre Announces 2020 Season

Conway Institute of Music

CONWAY โ€” Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST) at the University of Central Arkansas announced its 2020 season of professional theatre at an Oct. 15 Season Reveal party held at the UCA Presidentโ€™s Home.

โ€œThe 2020 season will feature Shakespeareโ€™s delightful comedy โ€˜As You Like It,โ€™ the beautiful and intriguing musical โ€˜Into the Woodsโ€™ and the hilarious mashup โ€˜The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),โ€™โ€ said Mary Ruth Marotte, ASTโ€™s executive director.

Performances will take place on the UCA campus, both in Reynolds Performance Hall and outdoors on the lawn of McAlister Hall.

As she prepares for her ninth year as producing artistic director of AST, Rebekah Scallet said she wanted an exciting repertory season that would capture audiencesโ€™ imaginations and challenge them to think about their lives. She chose the three shows in the 2020 season based around the theme โ€œSweet are the uses of adversity,โ€ a line from โ€œAs You Like It.โ€

Actors, directors, designers and crew members will arrive in Conway in early May 2020 to begin the process of creating the three shows in ASTโ€™s 14th season.

โ€œWeโ€™ll open the season with โ€˜The Complete Worksโ€™ outdoors on the beautiful lawn of McAlister Hall. Our outdoor venue draws huge crowds, and our audiences look forward to the show and the entire experience of Shakespeare under the stars. We hope that theatre-goers in Arkansas and around the region will recognize AST for its dedication to the cultural and artistic growth that is currently underway in our state,โ€ said Marotte.

Guys and Dolls Chad and Rebecca
Guys and Dolls Chad and Rebecca

The remaining two productions will be performed in UCAโ€™s Reynolds Performance Hall.

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre is the stateโ€™s only professional Shakespeare company and is proud to make its home on the UCA campus. Each summer, AST offers full productions of Shakespeare’s works, as well as other plays and musicals that help fulfill AST’s mission to entertain, engage and enrich the community. For more information, visit arkshakes.com or call (501) 852-0702.

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