Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Every year the Theatre and English Departments take students to Stratford, Ontario to partake in the largest classical theatre festival in North America.

Ranging from works of Shakespeare to early 20th century plays and musicals, the Stratford Festival is a landmark event for theatergoers. 

This year students saw performances of A Midsummer Nights Dream, Mother Courage and Her Childen, Alice Through the Looking Glass, King John, Crazy for You, and Hay Fever. The diverse selection of works gave students breadth of knowledge from various classical playwrights of different eras. 

Downtown Stratford, Ontario

This particular production of A Midsummer Nights Dream was very popular among the students because it featured modern themes including same sex relationships between principal characters and sporadic singing of modern songs like Grenade by Bruno Mars.

Celebrating Canadian culture even further, the theatre festival predominantly features Canadian actors. Albeit, many festival goers come from all over the world, many from America. Being such arts and culture hub, Stratford attracts many young artists, making it a popular destination
for any english or theatre student. The Wittenberg students look forward to attending the event each year.