14th Annual Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival

The 14th season of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival will open with The Comedy of Errors, directed by Kevin P. Kern.

The 2010 season will run from July 1 through Aug. 8 in scenic Kingsmen Park. Following the three-week run of The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale will be staged weekends from Friday, July 23, through Sunday, Aug. 8.

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival is one of the area’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. Visitors are immersed in the Shakespeare experience as the festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show picnicking and entertainment.

Kingsmen Shakespeare Company is the professional theatre company of California Lutheran University. The nonprofit organization also coordinates apprentice programs for professional and aspiring Shakespearean actors, an educational tour program in local schools, and summer theater camps for youth.

General admission is $15 for adults and free for those under 18. Parking is available in the lot at the corner of Olsen Road and Mountclef Boulevard.