Shakespeare Shorts reach over 500 people in a weekend of performances

Rehearsal, "Shakespeare Shorts," Spring, 2015. Photo: Gigi Greene. Directed by Paul Cook; artistic director for Shakespeare Shorts: Jane Page.

Rehearsal, “Shakespeare Shorts,” Spring, 2015. Photo: Gigi Greene. Directed by Paul Cook; artistic director for Shakespeare Shorts: Jane Page.

Shakespeare Shorts, a series of one-hour adaptations directed by MFA students in Drama and under the artistic direction of Jane Page, finished their run on the weekend of April 30-May 2. These site-specific performances were staged in the small plazas, stairwells and balconies of the Intercollegiate Athletic Building at UCI. Over the weekend, over five hundred students, faculty, staff, and community attended these free outdoor performances. The production was sponsored by Illuminations, the Chancellor’s Arts and Culture Initiative.