The 23rd Season has been announced for this year’s Shakespeare by the Sea Summer Festival tour. Starting seaside in San Pedro and then taking on more than 15 additional locations, will be the hysterical, light-hearted "Love’s Labour’s Lost," as well as the heady, power-hungry tale of "Richard III." 

Laugh-out-loud comedy "Love’s Labour’s Lost" is Shakespeare’s love letter about love letters where a young king and his companions swear off love to focus on intellectual pursuits. When a lovely princess and her ladies visit the palace, those lofty oaths immediately prove difficult to keep. It’s a veritable love match smorgasbord. The show is directed by Amanda McRaven, a Los Angeles based director, producer, writer, and educator in her fourth decade of theater-making. Ms. McRaven won an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award winner for her direction of "The Pliant Girls" and was awarded a Fulbright Award scholarship to New Zealand. 

"Richard III" is Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy, manipulation and deceit where the audience follows Richard of York, the play’s remarkable, charismatic, and repulsive ringmaster, as he takes them into his confidence as he plots to kill everyone before him in line for the throne. Being seduced by Richard’s shameless treachery is just one of several things that make him the king people love to hate. Stephanie Coltrin directs the play, returning to Shakespeare By the Sea for her 11th consecutive season. Ms. Coltrin has more than 200 productions to her credit, ranging from musicals to Shakespeare, comedy to drama, and world premieres. She received a Garland Award Best Director Nomination for "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 2010, an Ovation Award for Best Musical for "Miss Saigon" in 2008, and a Stage Scene LA Award for "She Loves Me" in 2011. Ms. Coltrin has also served as associate producer of Shakespeare by the Sea’s summer tour since 2012.

For information, call 310-217-7596 or go online to www.ShakespeareByTheSea.org.

Shakespeare By the Sea presents its plays free of admission charge. It is supported by the community and contributions are welcome.

​Here is the complete schedule for this year's Shakespeare By the Sea season.

SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST and RICHARD III

Admission Free.

Donations gratefully accepted.

Friday, June 12

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Saturday, June 13

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Saturday, June 27

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Friday, July 3

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Friday, June 19

Richard III

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Saturday, June 20

Richard III

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Friday, June 26

Richard III

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Sunday, July 5

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Hesse Park, Rancho Palos Verdes

Wednesday, July 8

Richard III

Valley Park, Hermosa Beach

Thursday, July 9

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Valley Park, Hermosa Beach

Friday, July 10

Richard III

Monte Verde Park, Lakewood

Thursday, July 16

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Salvation Army College, Rancho Palos Verdes

Friday, July 17

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Murray Comm/Senior Center, Mission Viejo

Saturday, July 18

Richard III

Caesar Chavez Park, Long Beach

Saturday, July 19

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Caesar Chavez Park, Long Beach

Wednesday, July 22

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills

Thursday, July 23

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Birch Park, Santa Ana

Friday, July 24

Richard III

Wilson Park, Torrance

Saturday, July 25

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Wilson Park, Torrance

Sunday, July 26

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Crown Valley Park, Laguna Niguel

Wednesday, July 29

Richard III

Garfield Park, South Pasadena

Thursday, July 30

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Garfield Park, South Pasadena

Friday, July 31

Richard III

Polliwog Park, Manhattan Beach

Saturday, August 1

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Polliwog Park, Manhattan Beach

Sunday, August 2

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Eisenhower Park, Seal Beach

Saturday, August 8

Richard III

Los Encinos State Historic Park, Encino

Sunday, August 9

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Los Encinos State Historic Park, Encino

Wednesday, August 12

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Soka University Campus Green, Aliso Viejo

Friday, August 14

Richard III

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Saturday, August 15

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Pt. Fermin Park, San Pedro

Caesar Chavez Park, 401 Golden Avenue, Long Beach

Crown Valley Park, 29751 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel

Eisenhower Park, Ocean Avenue & Main Street, Seal Beach

Garfield Park, 1000 Park Avenue, South Pasadena

Hesse Park, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, Peninsula

Los Encinos State Historic Park, 16756 Moorpark Street, Encino

Norman P. Murray Community & Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo

Polliwog Park, 1601 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach

Pt. Fermin Park, 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro, Peninsula

Roxbury Park, 471 S. Roxbury Avenue, Beverly Hills

Salvation Army College, 30840 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, Peninsula

Soka University Campus Green, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo

Valley Park, Valley Drive and Gould, Hermosa Beach

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