Ithaca Shakespeare Company - October 2010 News: Comedies and Contemporaries

Tickets for Knight

Tickets for this November's indoor production of The Knight of the Burning Pestle are on sale now at Ticket Center Ithaca! A limited number of tickets will be available at the door, so make sure you get yours ahead of time. Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 607-273-4497, or at the Ticket Center's office in Center Ithaca.

Tickets are only $12 regular / $8 seniors and students.

Where else are you going to find this much comedy at a better price?

Get tickets now.

Summer 2011:

As You Like It

A good duke exiled by his evil brother...

A noble young man banished from his home...

A brave and brilliant young woman who follows him into the forest...

The second most famous speech in all of Shakespeare...

Country rustics and courtly sophisticates...

A love quadrangle...

A woman pretending to be a boy pretending to be a woman...

A wrestling match, a fight with a lion, a Greek goddess, and a role that Shakespeare himself may have played...

We had a great time working on last summer's production of Macbeth, but this year we're ready for a little bit of comic relief. Don't miss this fairy-tale romance set in our own enchanted forest at Cornell Plantations!

As You Like It
July 7-10, 14-17, and 21-24, 2011.

Tell Us What You Think!

Did you see Macbeth? Do you want to weigh in on what our next Shakespeare play should be? Then we want to hear from you!

Click here to visit our website and give us some quick feedback on this year's show — and let us know what you'd like to see us do in the future!

Next Summer's Show Coming Soon!

We're working on plans for next year right now, so keep an eye out for an announcement about next summer's play...coming soon!

The Knight is Coming!

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

November 11-14 and 18-21 at 7:30 pm
November 14 and 21 at 3 pm

Community School of Music and Arts
330 E. State St.
Third Floor Auditorium

A foolish knight, a rhyming suitor, an angry ghost, a drunken singer, a burning pestle, an unruly audience, some unhappy actors, a squire, a dwarf, a barber, a giant, a father, a daughter, a mother, two sons, poems and prologues and singing and fighting and tricks and treats and maybe even a little romance...

What more could you want in a play?

We've been having a blast working on this comedic gem from the Shakespearean theatre, as you can see from our rehearsals...

See more photos from rehearsals

Memories of "Mackers"...

This summer's production of Macbeth was a huge expansion in scope and scale over our previous productions at Cornell Plantations. From the set and stage to the cast of more than 30 actors, from the coven of witches to the elaborately and beautifully choreographed fight sequences...seeing all that complexity come together and come alive on opening night was really wonderful.

Many thanks to everyone who worked to make it all possible!

A whole gallery of photos from the show is available on our website. Click here to revisit some of your favorite moments (or see what you missed)!