Merced ShakespeareFest

This coming weekend you can see magical fairies hiding in the woods, simple and funny workmen putting on a hilarious play, and watch the Queen of the Amazons getting married to the Duke of Athens, with two other couples. Where? It is all on the stage of the beautiful Merced Theatre in the colorful, exciting production of the…

After a two year hiatus, the Shakespeare in the Park program has once again brought colorful costumes, poetry, fight scenes, and dramatic acting…

For three years, audiences and the local Shakespeare company, Merced Shakespearefest, had to wait for FREE Shakespeare in the Park — the fine,…

This week, the Times received a press release from the Merced ShakespeareFest with the following news: “With much sadness and disappointment, the local Shakespeare festival, Merced ShakespeareFest, has canceled this year’s production in Applegate Park.” When artistic director, Heike Hambley, and the Board of Directors planned the festival…

This 20th season is a busy time for Merced Shakespearefest! Not only are directors and editors, dramaturgs and composers working on post…

Merced has a diverse, bustling and rich arts scene. And not only downtown on Main Street, but also at Merced College, the UC Campus, high school auditoriums and…

Community members have the opportunity to appear in a small or large way inMerced Shakespearefest’s upcoming work, “Don Quixote de la Merced”, by auditioning on March 13 or 15. Because of the success of the bilingual film of Shakespeare’s “Richard II” created last year, Merced Shakespearefest has started working on an eight-part bilingual screen…

Merced Shakespearefest will hold auditions for its new webseries in mid-March. Following up on the success of last year’s bilingual “Ricardo II” webseries…

In this new year of 2021, the local Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 20th season! Artistic Director and Founder Heike Hambley directed the…

The Merced Open Air Theater, also known as the MOAT, inside Applegate Park was recently renovated, thanks to a generous donation of $25,000 by Monika and Michael Modest, along with matching funds from the City of Merced. Bret Briggs Construction was retained for the amount of $37,440.75, approved by the City Council on March 2. …