May 10 – 26
7:30 PM Thur – Sun
Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre
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Can three guys really cover thirty-seven Shakespeare works in less than two hours? This fast-firing comedy parodies all of the Shakespeare plays (plus the sonnets!) with only three performers in two acts. Freshly revised for the 2012 apocalypse, the guys on stage help pack as much Shakespeare as possible into the short time we all have left. How will they do it this year? Well, that anybody’s guess, but knowing them, it’s going to be a wild ride. May the Bard forgive us.

We’re pleased to welcome The Hop and Avery’s Hot Dogs as food vendors for this season – they’ll be at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre most weekend evenings all summer long, so come hungry and have some refreshing and uniquely Asheville food – vegan-friendly as well!!

This Thursday is Pay What We’re Worth Night – see the show, THEN pay what you think we’re worth!

June 1 -23
7:30 PM Fri – Sun
Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre

We’re delighted to bring back this classic comedy about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero, last performed in 2007. Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a “merry war”. They both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. Can Benedick and Beatrice ever find love? Can Claudio and Hero’s love survive? And really, what’s all the ado about? Come find out in this fun romp opening our Summer Shakespeare season.

June 29 – July 21
7:30 PM Fri – Sun
Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre

A constant favorite, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies that inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. A fun play for adults and children alike.

July 27 – August 18
7:30 PM Fri – Sun
Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre

This uproarious social comedy features the hilarious courtships of fat knight, Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare’s only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. Falstaff’s attempts to woo 3 different married women result in a turning of the tables and a hilarious comeuppance. We haven’t performed this one since 1995, so you’re in for a real treat!

August 24 – September 15
7:30 PM Fri – Sun
Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre

Based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377 – 1399), this Shakespeare history is the first play of a tetralogy, followed by three plays concerning Richard’s successors: Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V, all of which are familiar to our audiences from past performances. Richard II is the only part of this tetralogy we’ve never staged and will be presented for the very first time at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre.  Unusual for Shakespeare, the play is written almost entirely in verse and features with some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful metaphorical soliloquies on nature and politics as Richard opines poetically while his kingdom slips from his grasp.