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Eli Simon

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

Students in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts in front of the Contemporary Arts Center.

Flourishing this fall: UCI arts

Upcoming performance season includes such bold and ambitious programs as a modern take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’

UC Shakespeare Trial – ‘Julius Caesar’

Is Brutus guilty of high crimes?

Behind the scenes at the New Swan

The festival’s artistic director, Eli Simon, discusses this summer’s productions and the enduring appeal of Shakespeare