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It’s the Summer of Love — as in “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players — “As You Like It.”  With the arrival of summer Shakespeare fans can see adozen Shakespeare plays, 20+ productions and hundreds of performances.

California Shakespeare Festivals 

• CUPERTINO: Shakespeare in the Park July-August
  Hamlet
• FRESNO: Woodward Shakespeare Festival June-July
  Twelfth Night
• GARDEN GROVE: Shakespeare Orange County July-August
  The Tempest
  Henry IV Part One
• LAKEPORT: Shakespeare at the Lake July
  Much Ado About Nothing
• LIVERMORE: Livermore Shakespeare Festival June-July
  The Tempest
• LOS ANGELES: Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival June-September
  Measure for Measure
  The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• MARIN: Marin Shakespeare Company June-September
  Much Ado About Nothing
  Love’s Labour’s Lost
• MARTINEZ: Shakespeare in the Park July-August
  Also Vallejo, Oakland
• ORINDA: California Shakespeare Theater May-October
  As You Like It
  Measure for Measure
• PLEASANTON: Shakespeare in the Park July
  Hamlet
• REDWOOD CITY: Shakespeare in the Park August
  Hamlet
• RIVERSIDE: Homespun Players Shakespeare in the Park April
  Hamlet
• SAN DIEGO: Old Globe Theatre Shakespeare Festival July-September
  King Richard II
  Hamlet
• SAN PEDRO: Shakespeare by the Sea June-September
  The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth – 12 cities, approx.
• SANTA CLARITA: Santa Clarita Shakespeare Fest July-August
  Othello
• TAHOE: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare July-August
  Love’s Labour’s Lost
• TEMECULA: Shakespeare in the Vines June-August
  A Winter’s Tale
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  Macbeth
• THOUSAND OAKS: Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival June-August
  Love’s Labour’s Lost
  Julius Caesar
• TOPANGA: Theatricum Botanicum June-October
  The Merchant of Venice
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream