ISF Touring Company

The Illinois Shakespeare Festival has teamed up with Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance to bring you an exciting, interactive, and theatrical approach to Shakespeare! Nine actors from the department’s acting program play nearly all the roles in 45-minute abridgments of ROMEO & JULIET and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM that adapts to any space and every audience. The creation of the troupe was the brain-child of Illinois Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director Kevin rich back in 2013 in tandem with the M.F.A acting program to include a focus on civic engagement. Now, the talented undergraduate actors of ISU have taken it under their wing, travelling across Illinois, Indiana and wherever else the winds may blow them in the future. Performing an abridgement of Shakespeare’s classics, visiting school, prisons, and community centers, they have reached over 5,000 audience members and counting! For more information please visit http://illinoisshakes.com/education/touring/