The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University is returning for its first full season since 2019. Opening night celebrations for each production will include a gala reception with the cast.

The season will open with As You Like It, directed by Jon Greene and Torey Hayward. The Lagniappe event this summer is By Any Scenes Necessary: Richard III, presented in partnership with The NOLA Project. The season will conclude with Henry IV, Part 1, presented for the first time by the Festival in its 29-year history.

Schedule

As You Like It | June 10 – June 25 | Evening Performances at 7:30 p.m.│Matinees at 1:30 p.m.
Preview Performance: Thursday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night Celebration: Friday, June 10, 7:30 p.m.

When cousins Rosalind and Celia flee their home for the Forest of Arden, they encounter a whimsical community in nature beaming with joy, poetry, and radical acceptance. One of Shakespeare’s most beloved romantic comedies, As You Like It reminds us love is fluid, love is forgiving, and love is full of song, food, dance, and good humor. Because, after all, love is exactly “as you like it.”

By Any Scenes Necessary: Richard III | June 22, 7:30 p.m. | One night only

The Shakespeare Festival partners with the NOLA Project once again to bring back this Festival favorite. By Any Scenes Necessary is a riotous theatre/improv hybrid that will attempt to recreate Shakespeare’s Richard III … without a script.

Henry IV, Part 1 | July 15 – July 30 | Evening Performances at 7:30 p.m.│Matinees at 1:30 p.m.
Preview Performance: Thursday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night Celebration: Friday, July 15, 7:30 p.m.

King Henry IV prepares for war at home and abroad while his son, Prince Hal, spends his days and nights drinking with the boastful drunkard, Falstaff. Meanwhile, the formidable Hotspur plots his revolution against the king. Will Prince Hal change his ways and become the king he was destined to be? Find out when everything comes to a point at the battle of Shrewsbury as King Henry and Prince Hal fight to keep the crown.

The plays will be presented in the Lupin Theater in the Dixon Hall Annex on the Tulane University campus. The 2022 season is dedicated to the memory of Shakespeare Festival Board member Max Nathan.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit here. The Lupin Theater box office is open Monday–Friday from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.