The pop-up New Swan Theater is modeled after Elizabethan stages where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.

Shakespeare under the stars

New Swan returns to its open-air playhouse for its 11th season

UCI Libraries to host reception launching ‘400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio’ exhibit

EVENT: UCI Libraries is hosting a reception to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibit, “400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio.” The event begins at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with a discussion between Derek Quezada, exhibit curator and rare-books librarian at the University of Southern California, and Eric Rasmussen, Regents Teaching Professor and Foundation Professor […]

UC Shakespeare Trial – ‘Julius Caesar’

Is Brutus guilty of high crimes?

Shakespeare is alive and well at UCI

For more than 400 years, William Shakespeare’s plays have endured. They’ve been studied, performed, remixed and celebrated across generations and geographies. As we celebrate his April birthday, we also celebrate the three-year anniversary of the launch of the UCI Shakespeare Center. Co-directed by Julia Reinhard Lupton, professor of English and associate dean for humanities research, and […]

Shakespeare under the stars

UCI’s third annual summer festival to feature fresh takes on ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and ‘Twelfth Night’

Eli Simon

‘Shakespeare Under the Stars’

Twelve-night midsummer festival is fulfillment of drama department’s 20-year dream.

Julia Reinhard Lupton

Shaking up Shakespeare

From drama to design, English professor Julia Reinhard Lupton thrives on innovation and collaboration.

Shakespearean scholar named Chancellor's Fellow

Julia Lupton, English and comparative literature professor at UC Irvine, has been awarded the title of Chancellor’s Fellow effective Oct.…

Dancers rehearse for UCI’s production of “Cabaret,”

Revisiting ‘Cabaret’

Provocative musical is part of UCI’s Year of Free Speech lineup

A 400th birthday bash under glass

Exhibit salutes rare Shakespeare First Folio held by UCI Libraries