Here you will find VERY brief samplings of our previous shows. More in-depth details about these shows will be available when our official website is launched. Much Ado About Nothing (2006) Comedy – Performed July 30, 31 and August 6, 7, 2006 Summary: A military war has just ended, but the "merry war" between Beatrice and Benedick rages on! Can their friends trick them into falling in love instead? For that matter, can Claudio and Hero’s devotion survive the evil Don Ana’s vicious lies? It's up to the blundering Dogberry to save the day so that the course of true love may yet run smooth! Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with the California Friday Night Live Program and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. The Taming of The Shrew (2007) Comedy – Performed July 26, 28 and August 10, 12,
2007 Summary: When wealthy Baptista Minola decides that her second daughter Bianca can only marry after her elder ill-tempered daughter Katherine does, Bianca's many suitors devise a husband for the shrewish Kate that is in every way her match; if only she didn't hate him so much! Watch the mad marriages and unlikely love stories that unfold in Shakespeare's beloved comedy, the Taming of the Shrew, and decide who exactly tames who! Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with the California Friday Night Live Program and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. Summer 2007 Got Shakespeare? Summary: There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, or at least in the world of Shakespeare. When the murderers from Richard III decide not to kill Clarence, two Helenas decide to stop chasing their spurning lovers, Juliet is convinced the Romeo is not dead but on a pleasant vacation in Scotland and Hamlet has turned into a bad poet who merely repeats the lyrics to Weezer songs the characters decide that something needs to be done! Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with The Placer County Health and Human Services Friday Night Live Program and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. Romeo & Juliet (2008) Tragedy – Performed August 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2008 Summary: The children of warring families in Italy fall in love and secretly marry. But things do not end well for these star-crossed lovers… Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with The Rocklin Kiwanis Club and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. *Click Here for Romeo and Juliet Slide Show Got Shakespeare (2009) Madcap Comedy – Performed July 31 and August 1,
2, 7, 8, and 9, 2009 Summary: In this expansion and
re-imagining of our 2007 one-act play, William Shakespeare’s ill-fated
characters form a mob and invade his house (and his head) as they try to change
their destinies. Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with The Rocklin Kiwanis Club and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010) Comedy-- Performed July 29, 30, 31 and August 13, 14, 15, 2010 Summary: Helena loves Demetrius, Demetrius loves Hermia and Hermia loves Lysander. This becomes even more complicated when the four get lost in a magical forest and are meddled with by fairies, potions and the farcical nature of young love. Produced by Rocklin Shakespeare in Partnership with The Rocklin Kiwanis Club and the City of Rocklin Department of Parks and Recreation. |


