HistoryIn 1987, under the chairmanship of Lynn duFort, the Fine and Performing Arts Deparment – now the Conservatory at Mount Royal – produced the first summer stock performance of Shakespeare in the Park at Calgary Olympic Plaza. It was an immediate success. Since then, more than 750,000 people have taken advantage of this novel theatre experience.
Shakespeare in the Park productions
• 2009
o Romeo & Juliet
o A Midsummer Night’s Dream
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
o Shakespeare’s in Love (Shakespeare in the City)
• 2008
o The Tempest
o The Merry Wives of Windsor
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• 2007
o Macbeth
o As You Like It
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• 2006
o Romeo & Juliet
o Two Gentlemen of Verona
• 2005
o A Midsummer Night’s Dream
o Much Ado About Nothing
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• 2004
o Julius Caesar
o The Taming of the Shrew
o Do You Bite Your Thumb at Me Sir?!
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• 2003
o Henry IV Part 1
o Love’s Labour’s Lost
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
o Do You Bite Your Thumb at Me Sir?!
o Shakespearean Idol (Shakespeare in the City)
• 2002
o The Merchant of Venice
o Twelfth Night
o The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• 2001
o The Merry Wives of Windsor
o Measure for Measure
• 2000
o As You Like It
o Macbeth
o The Hobbit
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• 1999
o Comedy of Errors
o Richard III
o Rumplestiltskin (Guest Production: Triangle Theatre School)
o Bremen Town Musicians (Guest Production: Loveseat Dissidents)
• 1998
o Twelfth Night
o Henry V
o The Tempest
• 1997
o Much Ado About Nothing
o Hamlet
o Rumplestiltskin
• 1996
o Comedy of Errors
o A Midsummer Night’s Dream
o The Tapestry
• 1995
o Romeo and Juliet
o Julius Caesar
o Suddenly Shakespeare
• 1994
o Hiatus
• 1993
o The Taming of the Shrew
o Othello
o Rumplestiltskin
• 1992
o The Tempest
o As you Like It
o Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
• 1991
o Twelfth Night
o Comedy of Errors
o Shakespeare’s Magical Dream
• 1990
o Romeo and Juliet
o Macbeth
o Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
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• 1989
o The Taming of the Shrew
o Pinocchio
o Cyrano de Bergerac
• 1988
o A Midsummer Night’s Dream
o 18 Wheels
o The Three Musketeers
• 1987 (Inaugural Season)
o Twelfth Night
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