Merced ShakespeareFest

Merced ShakespeareFest has brought a truly unique production to its annual series at the Merced Open Air Theater in Applegate Park. This year a modern version of the bard’s Comedy of Errors is set in outer space — as in, like, beyond Earth. On stage, the space station Ephesus finds itself locked in a war with the nearby rogue…

If you love science fiction — perhaps the original Star Ttrek series with characters larger than life boldly going where no one had gone before — or the…

Merced Shakespearefest continues its 18th season this summer at Applegate Park with a unique version of “The Comedy of Errors." The raucous, farcical…

In its 18th Season, Merced Shakespearefest invites actors to audition for the popular slapstick comedy “The Comedy of Errors” on Saturday, June 29, at 11 a.m. at the MAC, the Merced Arts Center, on 645 W. Main Street, in downtown Merced. Performance dates will be Sept. 14, 15, 21, 22 at Applegate Park in Merced, and possibly one more weekend…

True love, passion, loyalty and devotion and their opposites — hatred, jealousy, deception, and betrayal — were forcefully portrayed on the stage of…