2023 Plays:

Little Shop of Horrors:

Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken
Directed by Victoria Bussert

Back by popular demand, fueled by unprecedented waitlists in 2022, do not miss another chance at what drove the audiences wild last season! A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theater goers for over 30 years. Seymour Krelborn, a meek florist working in a failing flower shop longs to capture the heart of his co-worker crush Audrey. When Seymour discovers a mysterious new plant, which he names Audrey ll, his luck begins to change. As the plant grows, so does Seymour’s good fortune. In time Seymour learns Audrey ll has an appetite for something thicker than water, proving why this catchy show is aptly named Little Shop of Horrors! Plentiful show-stopping numbers make this must-see musical.

Little Shop of Horrors is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Date: May 26 - June 10, 2023

Time:
Tuesday to Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 7pm

As You Like It:

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles Fee

Shakespeare’s enchanting romantic comedy. Comic twists and turns abound in the fertile Forest of Arden, where a disguised Rosalind seeks refuge after being wrongfully banished by her uncle. Her unfortunate exile is transformed into a charming adventure when she encounters colorful fools, witty rustics, and the handsome, lovesick Orlando. A clandestine, gender-bending courtship ensues as some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters find love, fortune, and their true sense of self in this timeless and transcendent romantic comedy.

Date: June 16 - July 1, 2023

Time:
Tuesday to Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 7pm

Sense and Sensibility:

By Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Sara Bruner and Jaclyn Miller

A delightfully Austen-tatious romantic comedy. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood find themselves in quite the predicament after the sudden death of their father brings a loss of fortune and leaves them socially vulnerable. This playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel gives a fresh female voice to 18th-century England. Exuberant and inventive, this production is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?

Sense and Sensibility is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Date: July 7 - 29

Time:
Tuesday to Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 7pm

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812:

By Dave Malloy
Directed by Victoria Bussert

From the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy comes an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation. This award-winning musical expands the possibilities for the genre with its daring score and bold storytelling.

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

Date: August 4 - 26, 2023

Time:
Tuesday to Saturday: 8pm
Sunday: 7pm

Dracula: The Bloody Truth:

By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson
Directed by Charles Fee

Travelling across Europe, from the dark and sinister Transylvanian mountains to the charming seaside town of Whitby, Professor Van Helsing and his three amateur actors stage a life-changing, theatrical production of Dracula – hoping to establish, once and for all, the bloody truth. The result is a delightfully silly, fast-paced and faithful (-ish) adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Performed, in a style ISF does so well, by four actors playing forty characters, Dracula: The Bloody Truth is a full-blooded adaptation offering abundant opportunities for… laughter!

Date: September 1 - October 1, 2023

Time:
Tuesday to Saturday: 7:30pm
Sunday: 7pm

Fest Date: May 26 - October 1, 2023

Location: Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater - 5657 Warm Springs Avenue Boise, ID 83716

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