Schedule:

Backstage Tour: 10:00am

Peek behind the scenery and into the Festival’s various production areas to see how all the enchantment comes together. These informative tours are led by Festival actors and artists who can share their backstage knowledge with you. Participants must navigate stairs, though ADA routes are available if requested.

$10 - Tickets available at the Festival Ticket Office, online, or by calling 800-PLAYTIX

Tours start promptly at 10:00 a.m. Late arrivals may not be able to join a tour in progress. Tickets for late arrivals may be exchanged to another date, subject to availability. No refunds.

Meet at “The Fred Statue” in the Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre Courtyard 

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The Importance of Being Earnest: 2:00pm

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde Directed by Rodney Lizcano

Take a mother eager to marry her daughter to a “suitable” match, a prim governess with a very romantic streak, and two earnest young “gentlemen” looking for fun. Add some of the best-loved lines in English literature, a little confusion, and a great deal of laughter and you have this comic classic many critics have called “the funniest play ever written.” 

Location: Randall L. Jones Theatre 

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Steel Magnolias: 8:00pm

Steel Magnolias By Robert Harling Directed by Melissa Maxwell

The women of 1980s Chinquapin, Louisiana, gather each week in wise-cracking Truvy Jones’s popular beauty salon where she does the hair of such locals as the rich curmudgeon Ouiser, the eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee, and the socialite M’Lynn whose daughter Shelby is about to get married. As these women make their way over life’s many ups and downs together, they find comfort, love, friendship–and a fair amount of verbal ribbing–in one another’s company. 

Location: Randall L. Jones Theatre 

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