It's Shakespeare season, and even if your podunk town doesn't have a theatre or company to its name, chances are you are within driving distance of at least one Shakespeare production this summer. Here's how to get it all sorted out:
1) Hit up a resource like Shakespeareances (they cover some other pertinent authors as well). I'm not saying every Shakespeare production in the world is listed there, but there are a LOT. They've included Davenport, Iowa's production of Thomas Middleton's Revengers Tragedy, so what I'm saying is they've dug pretty deep and keep their list fairly updated.
2) Check where the folio is. These volumes are on tour in the US for the rest of the year, so try to get to it if you can. Most cities have planned quite a few activities around the three or so weeks the folio is on display, so don't miss out.
3) Think bigger if you can. A car will allow you to have a mini road trip, so widen your search circle to cities near you, even ones you have to visit for other reasons. (I'm going to get to see Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew because I have doctor's appointments in another city. Look at your personal calendar for the summer and see if anything lines up.)
4) None of these things doing it for you? Have your own virtual Shakespeare festival in your living room. Invite your friends, serve up some Elizabethan grub (or, you know, just put out some guac - you ARE the host, after all), and pull up MIT's Global Shakespeare. (A seriously amazing resource.)
(Above picture is from this coming weekend's performance of The Winter's Tale in Vermillion, South Dakota. It's going to be sweltering, but if you're in the area you should go anyway.)
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