2023 SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT!

LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST

Performs 7:00 PM, July 19 - July 22

William Shakespeare's LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST will be performed at 50 West Main Street in Fredonia, NY (www.MainStreetStudios.org). Tickets will be available for cash or card at the door one hour before the show.

Parking is free in Fredonia’s convenient Municipal Parking Lots.

LOOKING BACK

Shakespeare on the Lake was established in 2017 as a collaboration between The Playground Academy and Venture Productions to bring professional summer theatre to Chautauqua County. For one week in July, residents and visitors can enjoy local food, professional talent and beautiful sunsets on Lake Erie.

SEASON 1: Our first production was A Midsummer Night's Dream. Producer/Director Ted Sharon called it “the great experiment” to see if the community would embrace a summer theatre festival. Ticket sales in 2017 exceeded expectations and a festival was born.

SEASON 2: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet each ran for one week. Food truck concessions were added along with an Opening Night Gala for those with an interest in how productions come to life. Appetizers, special 'behind-the-scenes' activities, a blind auction and an evening performance were included with each ticket in 2018.

SEASON 3: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Two Gentlemen of Verona each ran for one week. Food truck concessions, an Opening Night Gala and special 'behind-the-scenes' activities were all included during the course of the 2019 festival.

SEASON 4: Shakespeare's The Tempest ran for one week at the newly renovated warehouse space now known as Main Street Studios in downtown Fredonia. Providing access to local restaurants, ADA accommodations, air conditioning, concessions and comfortable seating, the indoor venue at Main Street Studios became the perfect home-away-from-home for the 2021 season.

SEASON 5: Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew opened at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds, and then ran the remainder of the week at Main Street Studios in downtown Fredonia. Access to local restaurants, ADA accommodations, air conditioning, concessions and comfortable seating made the indoor venue at Main Street Studios the audience and creative team choice during the 2021 season.