Ithaca Shakespeare Company - June 2011 News: Summer Shows And Vacation Packages!

Ithaca Shakespeare Vacation Packages

Are you coming from out of town to see the shows? Or do you have friends or family who will be coming from out of town and staying in a hotel while they're here? Then take advantage of our brand-new vacation package offers!

We have put together an AMAZING set of deals for people coming from outside the area.

Packages include:

Luxury accommodations for two or three nights at La Tourelle Resort and Spa

Full breakfast each day at Simply Red Bistro, located right in the hotel

An exclusive half-off offer at the world-famous Moosewood Restaurant, named one of the thirteen most influential restaurants of the 20th Century by Bon Appetit magazine

A private guided tour of one of the Finger Lakes' award-winning wineries, followed by snacks and wine tastings at several stops on the Cayuga Wine Trail

A visit to Taughannock Falls, one of the most iconic symbols of the Ithaca area's natural beauty

Reserved front-row seating and a catered picnic dinner at the Ithaca Shakespeare Company's outdoor productions of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It, presented on the beautiful wooded grounds of Cornell Plantations

Discounted tickets to the world premiere of a new comedy, Ever So Humble, at the newly renovated Hangar Theatre

10% off all services at August Moon Spa, located right at La Tourelle

Packages start at just $259.

See complete details here.

Summer 2011 Is Almost Here!

Opening day for the ISC's 2011 summer season at Cornell Plantations, featuring TWO of Shakespeare's greatest comedies in rotating rep, is approaching soon! Don't miss your chance to see the same cast perform two different Shakespeare shows back to back on any two nights!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

July 8, 10, 14, 16, 22, and 24

As You Like It

July 7, 9, 15, 17, 21, and 23

At Cornell Plantations

All shows at 6 pm

A "Dream" at the Ithaca Festival

This year's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream had its premiere at the Ithaca Festival on June 5 and was enthusiastically received by the large audience.

"Fabulous!"

"The best production of this play I've ever seen!"

The production was presented under a large tent by the lake in Stewart Park, and the standing-room-only crowd stopped the show repeatedly to applaud the performance. We couldn't have asked for a better start to our first rep season!

"You bring such a fresh energy to these plays!"

Take a look at a few photos from the Festival:

The opening scene...

Puck scaring the mechanicals...

The lovers' quarrel...

And the play within the play...

See more photos from the Ithaca Festival performance and parade.