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ASF ready for 1998-99 season |
MONTGOMERY - Alabama Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce the end of another season filled with both artistic and financial success. From the highly acclaimed world premiere of Vernon Early, the new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote, to the blockbuster musical Always .. Patsy Cline, ASF continued its tradition as a cultural and entertainment touchstone for the State of Alabama and the Southeastern United States.
Although the season closed on September 6, one of the 1997-98 season highlights, an innovative production of The Taming of the Shrew set in 1950s America, will embark on a national tour during the month of October. This is ASF’s first tour in nine years, and will travel to eleven states, from Florida to Massachusetts.
This season saw an overall growth in support from individual, corporate, foundation, and government sources. ASF Director of Development Eve Loeb said the reputation and longevity that ASF enjoys has encourage more donors to view the Festival as a sound investment opportunity. Additionally, they see a contribution to ASF as a way to add to the economic, cultural and educational impact that the Festival has on the state and region.
ASF’s 1998-99 season begins in a few weeks with a stellar line-up of 13 plays, including Shakespearean masterpieces, a musical, and three world premieres:
- The Illusion, by Pierre Cornielle, adapted by Tony Kushner
- Fair and Tender Ladies, by Eric Schmiedl, adapted from Lee Smith’s novel
- Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne, based on Kenneth Grahame’s story The Wind in the Willows
- Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Eric Coble from the works of the famous poet
- It Ain’t Nothin but the Blues, by Bevel, Gaithers, Myler, Taylor, and Wheetman, based on an original idea by Ron Taylor
- We Are Married, by J.B. Priestly
- As You Like It, by William Shakespeare
- Lurleen, by Barbara Lebow (SWP world premiere)
- Richard III, by William Shakespeare
- Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare
- Sockdology, by Jeffrey Hatcher (world premiere)
- Lost Highway, by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
The 3rd annual Shakespeare Renaissance Faire will be held June 12th & 13th during the summer of 1999. For more information on performances and dates call the box office at 800-841-4273 or visit the Internet site at http://www.asf.net
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Published October 1998, Alabama
Prime Times
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