Shakespeare's Lovers In June

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Steve Noll

The ensemble of "Shakespeare's Lovers In June."

The ensemble of "Shakespeare's Lovers In June" (from left): Laura Kochanowski, Mitch Taylor, Deanna Martinez, Ben Seidensticker, Madeleine O'Keefe, Jason Compton, Paige Abbatacola, Jackson Rosenberry.

Madison Shakespeare Company keeps it casual with its “Shakespeare's Lovers in June” program, performed outdoors at the biergarten at Tyranena Brewing. Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, Two Noble Kinsmen and more are joined with participatory fun like “Order Beer Like Shakespeare” and sonnet improv. All in a bucolic setting Will himself would have approved of, for the man liked his ale: “For a quart of ale is a dish for a king,” The Winter’s Tale, act 4, scene. 2.

media release: Shakespeare’s Lovers In June, presented June 7-8 at Tyranena Brewing in Lake Mills, is the unofficial annual kickoff to the busy and popular outdoor Shakespeare season in south-central Wisconsin. A reimagined presentation of MSC’s A Valentine’s Affair celebration of romance and passion for outdoor spaces, this limited engagement brings quarreling spouses, comedic courtship, and unpredictable sonnets to the Tyranena stage. This year’s edition includes eight scenes collected from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Two Noble Kinsmen, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, and Henry the Fifth, plus Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday and Middleton’s Women Beware Women. The production is directed by long-time MSC collaborator Annie Jay, performing at 2 PM both afternoons.

Free event with $10 suggested contribution, full details at https://madisonshakespeare.org/lovers2025/