Openings and Celebrations

Great River Shakespeare Festival

Friday, June 29: The Great River Shakespeare Festival opens Friday with Macbeth at Winona State University's Performing Arts Center, with a reception following the performance.

Saturday, June 30: As You Like It (see As You Like It primer below) opens Saturday. Following the show, the cast, crew, and audience will walk by candlelight to the Lake Park band shell to join a concert by blues artist James Armstrong. Armstrong's concert begins at 9:00 and is free and open to the public.

Macbeth and As You Like It play in repertory through July 29.
Visit the Great River Shakespeare Festival for schedules: Great River Shakespeare Festival

Commonweal Theatre

July 6 – 8, Impossible Dream Celebration: a weekend of events surrounding the opening of the new theater: The Commonweal.

Friday, July 6, special opening of Wait until Dark. By invitation only.

Saturday, July 7, Public opening of Wait until Dark. 8:00 pm.

More Celebrating July 7:

Ribbon cutting at 1:30 p.m.
Community Block Party 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Community Dance with the Parisian gypsy jazz sound of the La Crosse Hot Club, following the evening performance.

Wait Until Dark plays in repertory through the summer with The Mystery of Irma Vep
Visit the Commonweal for schedules: Commonweal Theatre