2010 Season Rehearsals at Shaw Festival Begin with Wilde’s An Ideal Husband

2010 Season Rehearsals at Shaw Festival Begin with Wilde’s An Ideal Husband

Niagara-on-the-Lake welcomes theatre ensemble back for 49th Season with rehearsals beginning for “Harvey,”“The Cherry Orchard,”“One Touch of Venus” and “The Women”

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (PRWEB) March 1, 2010 — Rehearsals of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband (http://www.shawfest.com/Home/Playbill/An-Ideal-Husband/Story), which is scheduled to have its first preview performance in the Festival Theatre on April 9, have begun at the Shaw Festival – a sure sign that spring is just around the corner in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Over the next few weeks, rehearsals will commence in preparation for preview performances in April and May for Mary Chase’s Harvey; the Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash/S.J. Perelman musical One Touch of Venus; Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women; and Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard (http://www.shawfest.com/Home/Playbill/The-Cherry-Orchard/Story).

“As the Company begins to settle into a routine of preparation for our 49th season, the return of Shaw’s theatre ensemble is a welcome sight for Shaw Festival staff and Niagara-on-the-Lake locals alike,” Executive Director Colleen Blake commented, “Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell and I – as well as the entire staff of the Shaw Festival – extend a warm welcome to both new and familiar theatre ensemble (http://www.shawfest.com/Home/The-Ensemble) members arriving for the season.”

Also included in the 2010 Shaw Season are George Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma and John Bull’s Other Island; Linda Griffith’s The Age of Arousal; J.M. Barrie’s Half and Hour; and Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money.

Details of The Shaw’s 2010 season are available at http://www.shawfest.com or by calling 1-800-511-SHAW (7429) or locally 905-468-2172.

About the Shaw Festival Theatre

In the spirit of George Bernard Shaw, the Shaw Festival provokes the mind and stirs the soul through a theatre experience so compelling that, year after year, ever-broadening groups of artists, audiences and supporters are drawn to our work in Niagara-on-the-Lake and beyond.

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