Shakespeare

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

Exhibit salutes rare Shakespeare First Folio held by UCI Libraries

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

Is Brutus guilty of high crimes?

Beloved Shakespeare play transformed for a virtual world

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

Students learn to better see themselves and the world around
them through the lens of popular arts and culture initiative

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 […]

Sixth season of UCI Shakespeare festival features ‘Tempest’ and ‘Taming of the Shrew’

50th anniversary publication reveals little-known facts about campus’s bright past, brilliant future