Free live theater! Wednesday July 30 at the David A. Howe Library
The David A. Howe Library welcomes Shake on the Lake! back to their front lawn this summer, on Wednesday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m. The company will perform their interpretation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with only 7 actors taking on all of the roles. There will be live music before the show begins.
This performance is free and open to the public thanks, in part, to a grant from Allegany County Area Foundation. The show lasts approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for this outdoor performance. In case of inclement weather, the show will be in the Nancy Howe Auditorium inside the library.
Told through Shake on the Lake’s signature fast-paced, simple spectacle-driven style, William Shakespeare’s The Tempest features music, live foley, improvisation, puppetry, and audience interaction that will be unlike any Shakespearean play you’ve experienced!
Set on a remote island beset with monsters, fairies, court jesters, drunken butlers, young lovers, and other supernatural phenomena, the revenge-driven wizard and exiled Duke of Milan, Prospero, uses his powers of magic to create a tempestuous storm that sinks the ship of his enemies, washing them and their company upon the shore of the island.
Will Prospero exact revenge upon his enemies? Or is there greater virtue in forgiveness? Shake on the Lake’s 2025 summer touring production sets out to prove “we are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
Support for Shake on the Lake is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support by the Arts Council for Wyoming County, GOArt, The Mary Conable & Norman Gayford Charitable Fund, the Conable Family Foundation, and the Ralph C. Wilson Arts & Cultural Initiative.
