This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Hofstra chapter.
This spring at Hofstra marks the 67th year that Hofstra will host a Shakespeare festival! Hofstra University’s Annual Shakespeare Festival began in 1950 and in it’s time has presented a varied selection of the plays of William Shakespeare, lesser-known short plays from the period, and musicales. Each year a different piece is performed on the main stage, representing one of 26 plays of the Shakespearean canon presented at the festival and another does a few performances at Hofstra and tours, performing at many local high schools. This year’s shows are As You Like It, The Play’s The Thing: A One Hour Hamlet, and the Collegium Musicum Love Is Merely A Madness. After the Shakespeare Festival, we have the Hofstra University Department of Drama and Dance mainstage play. This year’s play is Peer Gynt. The faculty choreographed Dance concert is next, followed by the Student Rep Festival, an assortment of student-produced festival of one-hour plays, musicals, and dance shows.
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AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni
One of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies in which “All the world’s a stage/And all the men and women merely players.” Set mostly in the Forest of Arden and featuring Rosalind, one of his greatest female heroines, Shakespeare explores the human and social condition, in which actors and audience alike seek true love and make attempts to learn the roles that will help them most to succeed.
Show Times
Fridays, February 19 and 26 at 8 p.m.
Saturdays, February 20 and 27 at 8 p.m.
Sundays, February 21 and 28 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, February 18 at 7 p.m. – Join us for a reception at 6 p.m., and a post-show
talkback with cast and crew.
Location
Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus
Tickets
$12, $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID
Two free tickets with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard
THE PLAY’S THE THING
A One-Hour Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Jean Dobie Giebel
Hamlet comes home from school to attend his father’s funeral and finds his mother is about to marry his uncle, his girlfriend’s dad says she has to break up with him, and worst of all, he’s seeing ghosts. What?!?
Show Times
Thursday, February 25 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 27 at 2 p.m. – Special Performance with The Festival Musicale
Location
The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South
Campus
Tickets: $6
Two free tickets with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard
PEER GYNT
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Marta Rainer
Sweeping adventure, heartbreaking romance, madmen, trolls, and the Devil himself all make an appearance in Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen’s poetic masterpiece about a lovable rogue who spends his life roaming around the world in an attempt to be somebody, anybody, except himself. Challenging the limits of theatrical convention, Peer Gynt is a feast for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.
Show Times
Fridays, April 8 and 15 at 8 p.m.
Saturdays, April 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.
Sundays, April 10 and 17 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 14 at 8 p.m.
Location
Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus
Tickets
$10, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID
Two free tickets with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard
SPRING DANCE CONCERT
Spring Dance Faculty Dance concert will feature Hofstra faculty choreographers and
special guests.
Show Times
Thursday, April 14 at 8 p.m.
Friday, April 15 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 at 2 and 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m.
Location
John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Tickets
$12, $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID
Two free tickets with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard
THE STUDENT REP
An exciting festival of student acting, directing and dance.
Show Times
Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 1 at 7 p.m.
Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
Location
Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus
FREE Admission