SHAKESPEARE in the PARK - "The Tempest"

This summer, Shake on the Lake tours the Genesee Valley for the first time – presenting Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. In its fourth season, the professional theatre festival is expanding to include performances in Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Letchworth State Park, Arcade, and Attica as well as a main stage performance on Silver Lake at the Perry Public Beach.

Shake on the Lake
2015 Schedule
Tickets $10 and $35 for 5 tickets (shows with * are Free!)

 


Shake on the Lake co-founder and producing artistic director, Josh Rice, is directing this year’s production of ‘The Tempest’. Mr. Rice is a Silver Lake native who graduated from Perry High School before starting a career in theatre arts.

He has an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and most recently finished Artist in Residency programs in Iceland, Maine, and Alaska, as well as performing as a puppeteer with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra in Stravinsky's Petrushka at the Barbican Theatre in London

Mr. Rice is a 2014 Creative Community Fellow with National Arts Strategies for his puppetry program with seniors living with Alzheimer's and Dementia, The Mnemonic Theatre Project. In August, Josh will travel to Japan to study traditional kuruma ningyo puppetry with 5th-generation puppet master and Japanese National Treasure, Koryu Nishikawa V, as part of the TCG Andrew W. Mellon In the Lab Grant. 

This season is the fourth consecutive year for the festival. For the first time, the festival was a New York State Regional Economic Development Council Grant awardee. The grant supports the festival’s growth to new venues in Wyoming and Livingston Counties. The Arts Council for Wyoming County and Livingston Arts are both partners with the festival this year.

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s fantasy plays featuring magic, the titular storm, a shipwreck, and the resulting adventures on this remote island, told through SOTL's signature physical style and elements of puppetry. Mr. Rice said "The Tempest is one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. It has elements of comedy and tragedy, but also romance and magic that make this story of revenge and redemption so beautiful and fun." 

Shake on the Lake also hosts a week-long theatre residency at YMCA Camp Hough, and community educational events including actor talks and performances at the Perry Farmers’ Market.

Performances of the ‘The Tempest’ begin in Geneseo (Wadsworth Homestead) on July 30 at 6:30 p.m. and continue to Letchworth State Park (Highbank Recreation Area) on July 31 at 6:30 p.m.; Attica (Attica Historical Society) on August 1 at 6:30 p.m.; Mt. Morris (Livingston Arts Center) on August 2 at 2:00 p.m.; Arcade (Village of Arcade Park) on August 4 at 6:30 p.m. The main stage performances  at Silver Lake on the Perry Public Beach (42 Walker Road, Perry) are Thursday August 6, Friday August 7, and Saturday August 8 at 6:30 p.m. and a matinee Saturday August 8 at 2:00 p.m. There are alternate locations for each performance in case of inclement weather. The Attica, Arcade, and Letchworth State Park performances are free. Tickets for all other venues are $10.

For more information on Shake on the Lake, including updates on events and fundraising, volunteer, and sponsorship opportunities visit Facebook (Shake on the Lake), www.shakeonthelake.org, email of phone.

Shake on the Lake is a live theatre festival located in Silver Lake, New York. Founded in 2012, as the first live outdoor theater festival in Wyoming County, the mission of the festival is to entertain, engage, and enrich those in the community by creating professional theater productions in a natural outdoor setting. 

This program is funded in part by the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, administered by the Arts Council for Wyoming County and Livingston Arts.


Shake on the Lake
2015 Schedule
Tickets $10 and $35 for 5 tickets (shows with * are Free!)