Shakespeare in the Community
“Bethumped with Words!”
Year-round personalized program for your book club
Invite a CSF Dramaturg (the director's assistant and researcher for the production) to visit your local area book club and participate in your discussion of Macbeth, Henry the Eighth, Love's Labour's Lost, Woody Guthrie's American Song, or The Three Musketeers. The program includes a discount ticket to your chosen play for each member attending the book club discussion. Please schedule with us at least 3 weeks in advance.
Program cost: $50
Director/Designer Presentations
FREE! At the Boulder Public Library
Attend a preview discussion presented by the 2008 CSF directors, scenic, costume, and sound designers with a behind the scenes look at the shows.
- Monday, June 9, 2008 — Macbeth— Director, Lynne Collins
- Monday, June 16, 2008 — Woody Guthrie's American Song — Director, Peter Glazer
- Monday, June 23, 2008 — Love's Labour's Lost — Director, Gavin Cameron-Webb
- Monday, June 30, 2008 — Henry the Eighth — Director, James Symons
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008 — The Three Musketeers — Director, Carolyn Howarth
All presentations take place at 6:30pm in the Boulder Creek Meeting Room
Classics 101
FREE! At the Boulder Public Library
Take part in a discussion of the text and director's concept of Shakespeare's plays with each show's dramaturg—the director's assistant and researcher for the production.
- May 14 — Macbeth — Sarah Crockarell, Arapahoe Conference Room
(This discussion includes Daniella Vinitski, dramaturg for MacB, a special one-night-only performance at CSF on August 1, by the African American Shakespeare Company!) - May 21 — Woody Guthrie's American Song — Robert Blush, Arapahoe Conference Room
- May 28 —The Three Musketeers — Jason Bisping, Arapahoe Conference Room
- June 4 — Henry the Eighth — Elizabeth Jochum, Boulder Creek Meeting Room
- June 11 — Love's Labour's Lost — Greg Thorson, Boulder Creek Meeting Room
All presentations take place on Wednesdays at 7:00pm
Colorado Shakespeare Festival at The Boulder History Museum
• Sunday, June 22– Peter Glazer, Director of Woody Guthrie's American Song, presents his insights on the production, Guthrie, and more. 6 PM at the Boulder History Museum. Presentation will conclude with a free drawing for tickets to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival summer season.
See Boulder History Museum for their current programs.
Boulder Great Books
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This book discussion group, sponsored by the Boulder Public Library meets year-round. This summer, their Shakespeare reading selection is TBA. See Boulder Great Books to find out what other great literature the group will be discussing this year.
Norlin Costume Exhibits
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See our costume exhibit on the left hand side inside the Norlin Library East entrance, M-Th & Sun to 7pm, Fri & Sat to 5pm
Events at the Festival!
Backstage Tours & CSF Day Tours
Prologue (before each and every play) — FREE!
Actors' Talkbacks (after the play, select performances) — FREE!
Shakespeare Garden Tour – FREE!
