"As You Like It" at Ogden City Amphitheater, July 17-19, 2024

Welcome to Ogden Shakespeare Festival

Rosalind (Abigail Ford), Touchstone (Andrew Barrett Watson), and Corin (Krystal Day) revel at Celia's (Natalie Lichfield) surprise! Photography: Kara Jensen @karajensenphotography

Empowering our vibrant and diverse community

"As You Like It" @ Ogden Amphitheatre, July 19-21, 2024
Abigail Ford as Rosalind; Natalie Lichfield as Celia
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

Creating a legacy of accessible, joyous, and thought-provoking theatrical experiences

"As You Like It" @ Ogden Amphitheatre, July 19-21, 2024
Krystal Day as Corin; Andrew Hammer as Silvius
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Preserving & Promoting Classical Works

"As You Like It" @ Ogden Amphitheatre, July 19-21, 2024
Abigail Ford as Rosalind; Natalie Lichfield as Celia
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Celebrating the voices of new participants

"As You Like It" @ Ogden Amphitheatre, July 19-21, 2024
(From left to right): Anne Probasco as First Lord; Andrew Hammer as Silvius; Josh Ehrlich as Adam; George Michael Edwards III as Orlando; Syd Vance as Jaques; Elliott Reis as Second Lord; David Boice as Duke Senior; Marinda Maxfield as Amiens
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

"All the world's a stage..." - Jacques (As You Like It, Act 2 Scene 7)

Andrew Hammer as Silvius; Syd Vance as Jaques
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"Come, woo me, woo me!"- Rosalind (As You Like It, Act 4 Scene 1)

"As You Like It" @ Ogden Amphitheatre, July 19-21, 2024
George Michael Edwards III as Orlando; Abigail Ford as Rosalind
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

Love Bites, February 15, 2025, at The Evans Black Box Theater

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite." - Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2)

Mac Wandrey & Sophia Fendrick defy the enmity of their families in the balcony scene from "Romeo & Juliet."
Love Bites: An Evening of Loves Sweet and Sharp Moments
February 15, 2025
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

Love Bites, February 15, 2025, at The Evans Black Box Theater

"I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is not that strange?" - Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1)

Cayden Wootton as Benedick and Ella Frank as Beatrice confess their love at last in a scene from "Much Ado About Nothing"
Love Bites: An Evening of Love's Sweet & Sharp Moments February 15, 2025
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

Love Bites, February 15, 2025, at The Evans Black Box Theater

"You have some sick offense within your mind, Which by the right and virtue of my place I ought to know of." - Portia (Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scene 1)

Natalie Lichfield as Portia pleads for her husband, Brutus, played by Andrew Hammer, to share his burdens with her in a scene from "Julius Caesar."
"Love Bites: An Evening of Love's Sweet & Sharp Moments" February 15, 2025
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

Love Bites, February 15, 2025, at The Evans Black Box Theater

"Fair youth, I would I could make thee believe I love." - Orlando (As You Like It, Act 3 Scene 2)

Abigail Ford as Rosalind and George Michael Edward III go toe to toe and word for word in love's wooing games in a scene from "As You Like It."
"Love Bites: An Evening of Love's Sweet & Sharp Moments" February 15, 2025
Photo Credit: @KaraJensen

The Merry Wives of Windsor, July 18-20, 2025, at the Ogden City Amphitheater

"Wives may be merry, and yet honest too!"- Mistress Page (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 4 Scene 2)

Anne Probasco as Mistress Ford, and Jen Morgan as Mistress Page, scheme a plot for revenge against the audacious Falstaff, played by Andrew Hammer. Photo credit: @KaraJensenPhoto

"The Merry Wives of Windsor," July 18-20, 2025, at the Ogden City Amphitheater

Falstaff: "My honest lads I will tell you what I am about." Pistol: "About two yards and more!" (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1 Scene 2)

Victoria Arlofski as Pistol pokes fun at Falstaff, played by Andrew Hammer, while Nim, played by Olivia Jacobs, looks on merrily. Photography: Kara Jensen @KaraJensenPhoto

ShakesFeare, October 16-17, 2025, at the Union Station, Browning Theater

"What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged." - A Doctor (Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1)

Chris Berg as The Doctor and Quinn Phillips as Gentlewoman look on as Angie Alley-Andrus, as Lady Macbeth, unravels under the weight of her guilt. Photography: Chris Campbell at campbellphotoco.com

ShakesFeare, October 16-17, 2025, at the Union Station Browning Theater

Daniel Pack accompanies the event with beautiful, haunting cello music! Photography: Chris Campbell @campbellphotoco.com

ShakesFeare, October 16-17, 2025, at the Union Station Browning Theater

"Why sinks that cauldron? What noise is this?"- Macbeth (Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1)

Victoria Arlofski as Macbeth demands that the Weird Sisters reveal all their secret knowledge to him. Photography: Chris Campbell @campbellphotoco.com

ShakesFeare, October 16-17, 2025, at the Union Station Browning Theater

"Thought and affliction, passion, hell itself, She turns to favour and to prettiness."- Laertes (Hamlet, Act 4 Scene 5)

Syd Vance as Laertes despairs over her sister Ophelia, played by Ollie Chieppa, as her grief drives her mad. Photography: Chris Campbell @campbellphotoco.com