Colorado Shakespeare Festival

2019 Calendar

For over 60 seasons, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with classic theatre under the stars.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958, the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education and community engagement.

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Twelfth Night

Jun 7-Aug 11, 2019

Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare

Starting at $19

Ring in the summer season with an uproarious comedy about thorny love triangles, mistaken identities … and a pair of twins lost at sea. Wh...

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As You Like It

Jun 21-Aug 10, 2019

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare

Starting at $18

After fleeing home to escape political persecution, Rosalind finds herself hiding in the countryside among a boisterous cast of characters, making une...

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Romeo and Juliet

Jul 7-Aug 10, 2019

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

Starting at $18

From the moment Romeo and Juliet first meet, they fall passionately in love despite their families’ historic feud. The lovers’ oaths are s...

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King Charles III

Jul 19-Aug 11, 2019

King Charles III

A future history play by Mike Bartlett

Starting at $17

In "King Charles III," playwright Mike Bartlett uses Shakespearean verse to envision a near future where personal privacy, public betrayals and a thre...

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King John

Aug 4, 2019

King John

By William Shakespeare

SOLD OUT

For one night only, see one of Shakespeare’s rarest history plays just as his own audiences did as part of CSF’s revered Original Practice...

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Save up to 40% with season tickets

You can save big with season tickets to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and unlock special benefits with season ticket orders starting as low as $28. Or, pick and choose from all of our ticketed events with the CU Presents Choice Option.

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