Shakespeare Festival has comedy, tragedy

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival will present "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "King Lear" at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from June 29 through Aug. 5 at California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road in Thousand Oaks.

The grounds will open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking and pre-show entertainment with musicians, dancing, juggling and swordfighting demonstrations. The shows are performed outdoors. No alcohol is allowed on the campus.

Directed by Marc Silver, the comedy "Two Gentlemen of Verona" will run from June 29 to July 15. "King Lear," a tragedy directed by Michael J. Arndt, will be performed July 20 to Aug. 5.

Admission is $10 for adults and free for those under 18 years old. Lawn box seating is available for $65 and $50.

For ticket and lawn box purchase information, call (805) 493-3455 or visit www. kingsmenshakespeare.org.

Since 1997 the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company has brought Shakespearean plays to the community during the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in CLU's Kingsmen Park.

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, a professional nonprofit theater organization, also coordinates apprentice programs for professional and aspiring Shakespearean actors, sponsors Theatre in Education programs in local schools, and organizes summer theater camps for youth.