Oxford Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce the Summer 2009 ‘A Season of Enchantment’ as it continues the tradition of summer theatre at Ole Miss and Oxford. Last summer, for our 5th Anniversary, we presented MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. PINAFORE.

This season we again proudly present three professional productions: Experimental Shakespeare, CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare (in the Ford Center Studio Theater); Traditional Shakespeare, THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare (in Meek Hall Auditorium); and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s IOLANTHE (in the Ford Center Main Hall).

OSF continues to build on the support from our new and continuing sponsors – the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the Department of Theatre Arts, the Department of Music, Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and the Gertrude Castellow Ford Foundation. We thank all our sponsors and we ask that you give our business partners a look. (See Sponsors and Patrons page on OSF website.)

New this season: Ole Miss Staff/Faculty discounts, to accompany new ticket prices; dinner and a show packages; Group sales packages; Cast and Staff bios and photos on the OSF website; and the Gertrude C. Ford Symposium scholarly event will return again, during the third week of productions.

The Festival was created with you in mind. You are why we build, direct, design, and perform. Experience Shakespeare’s comedy and drama, Gilbert and Sullivan’s music and song, from June 12th through July 2nd, 2009, at the beautiful Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts and Meek Hall Auditorium, both on the Ole Miss campus, as we celebrate Theatre Arts in Mississippi. We thank you for your continued support!

Joe Turner Cantú
Artistic Director

110 Isom Hall, Theatre Arts
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 39677
Phone: (662) 915-5745 or (662) 915-5816
Email: osf@olemiss.edu