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Great River
2022 Season
Shakespeare
Festival
Group Info
JUNE 18 - JULY 31 2022
A Midsummer Nights Dream (2018) Photo by Dan Norman
Contact Us!
Taylor Nasinec
Group Sales Specialist
Find us Online:
groupsales@grsf.org
Instagram: @grshakes
507.474.9375
Facebook: @GreatRiverShakes
121 E 3rd St Check out our new website:
Winona, MN 55987 grsf.org
About Great River Shakespeare Festival
Great River Shakespeare Festival (GRSF) in Winona, MN is an ideal
destination for groups of all ages. Our mission is dedicated to
dynamic, clearly spoken productions of Shakespeare’s plays which
enrich people’s lives, extensive community education, and community
outreach programs, and comprehensive theater training.
To accomplish this mission, we engage and sustain a highly skilled
company of theatre professionals including Equity Actors, and seek
and treasure patrons and partners who value and support the Festival’s
commitment to bringing Shakespeare to the people and making
artistic excellence affordable. With all of our shows being performed
by a single strong company, you will get an opportunity to see actors
performing different roles in multiple plays.
At the festival, we also stage plays by other playwrights, encourage
artistic events of high quality, and provide educational opportunities
for learners of all ages and backgrounds.With plays running all summer
long and a variety of opportunities for every age, you’ll get an experi-
ence unlike any other.
Let us accomodate all of your needs upon arrival and past the last bow.
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“Live theater done
right... This is the
best live
Shakespeare
experience you are
likely to have for a
thousand miles.”
- TripAdvisor Review Shakespeare In Love (2018) Photo by Dan Norman
Servant of Two Masters (2019) Photo by Dan Norman
“Immersive professional theatre. GRSF puts
on phenomenal plays designed to reach
Shakespeare lovers and newbies. Highly
highly recommend.” - Dan B.
“GRSF puts a fabulous new twist
on all its interpretations of the
plays. I love seeing their shows!
They have some of the best
Shakespeaer summer camps,
too”
- Alex C.
Chippewa Valley Theater Guild group trip 2021
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Pick your
seat!
Group Rates
10-29 people: $40 (Blue), $35 (Yellow), $20 (Green)
30-49 people: $35 (Blue), $30 (Yellow), $15 (Green)
50-69 people: $30 (Blue), $25 (Yellow), $15 (Green)
70+ people: Negotiable -- please contact us for
customized rates!
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Create an experience
for your group!
Choose one (or more!) of these exclusive
opportunities to add on for your group:
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Coordinated with our Education Director, GRSF Teaching Artists,
actors, and directors are happy to spend some time with your group
to discuss the theatrical process, themes in the play, and more.
BACKSTAGE TOURS
Learn more about what happens behind the scenes to create the
magic you see on stage. GRSF employs dozens of seasoned theater
professionals & artisans, all of whom are happy to share their
knowledge and answer any questions your group may have.
COORDINATED VISITS TO AREA ATTRACTIONS
We are ready to assist in coordinating your visit to the Festival with
visits to other area attractions. Whether your group is interested in
paddling the backwaters of the Mississippi, visiting the historic
Willet-Hauser stained glass workshop, or seeing the Monet,
O’Keeffe, and Cassat paintings at the
Minnesota Marine Art Museum right on the river.
STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOPS
Tailored to the ages and abilities of your group, stage combat
workshops can be arranged for those who want to get in
on the action!
Interested in more theater practice? Want to work on
your abilities? Take some classes taught by our very
own professional actors!
A HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE
Get an entertaining tour through Shakespeare’s life and work,
presented by GRSF company members!
Got another idea? We’d love to hear and work with you!
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Season 18
Productions
In 1821, forty years before Lincoln ended slavery, the first Black
theatrical group in the country, the African Company of New York, is
presenting Richard III to which both Black and White audiences are
flocking. Meanwhile, uptown theatre impresario, Stephen Price, has
hired a famous English actor to perform the very same play at Price’s
theatre. Fearing he’ll be unable to deliver the promised crowds,
Price sets about shutting down the competition. Festival favorite
Corey Allen (GRSF’s King Lear, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Midsummer)
returns to direct this true and uniquely American story.
Internationally renowned theater artist Lisa Wolpe (Shakespeare
and the Alchemy of Gender, 2019 Front Porch series) joins the
Festival to direct Shakespeare’s fierce and energetic comedy
The Taming of the Shrew, gender-reversed and set in a music-filled
saloon in the American West. Follow Kat and Petrucia on this
joyous romp as they face off at high noon and gamble on an
explosive high-stakes marriage at gunpoint.
When Viola is washed ashore after a shipwreck, she dons a disguise
to serve a lovelorn Duke and delivers his messages to the Countess
Olivia, who in turn falls head-over-heels for Viola. Beth Gardiner
(GRSF’s The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Servant
of Two Masters) brings her special brand of delightful humor and
heart-filled storytelling to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night which
promises to be a magical evening of mistaken identity, love,
yearning and drunken foolery.
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TW:
Twelfth Night
AF:
The African
Company presents
Richard III
SH:
The Taming of
the Shrew
WS:
All the Town’s
a Stage:
A Winona Story
CCBG:
Company
Conversation at
Blooming Grounds
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