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The Saturday 10 a.m. performance of Get, Set, Romeo and Juliet will be performed INDOORS at St. John's Lutheran Church, located just across Emerson from the Ewing Cultural Center. Enter through the south (back) doors.

2026 Plays

  • a night scene with moon, lake, and woods

    Two Gentlemen of Verona 

    By William Shakespeare

  • An unknown person wearing a suit and top hat and drinking from a cup

    Romeo and Juliet

    By William Shakespeare

  • a scull wearing a crown

    Our Town

    by Thornton Wilder

     

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2026 Bard Bash and Cabaret

Sunday, August 2, 2026
6 p.m.: Social
6:30 p.m.: Dinner
7:30 p.m.: Cabaret performance

Registration is now open. 

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