And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poets pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation, and a name...
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Imagine...
...an experience of total immersion in the ambience of another place and time. Our company has the potential to become the premier Shakespeare venue in the region!
Shakespeare festivals have been a growing and enduring nationwide phenomena that is multigenerational.
90 Shakespeare festivals operate in the U.S., but not one open-air Shakespeare venue exists in Arkansas -- yet!
Shakespeare
in the ozarks
Eureka Springs has both the climate and scenic natural environment to serve as backdrop...
Eureka Springs has an established regional draw from major cities -- we're a day's drive from many regional population centers...
So -- what better venue for an outdoor Shakespeare festival in Arkansas than Eureka Springs?
With our town's European flavor, narrow winding streets, rock outcroppings and springs...
With Eureka Springs' strong old-English influence from the Victorian Age (which directly evolved from Shakespeare’s Elizabethan England)...
With the diversified demographic of patron base support from Eureka Springs and Holiday Island...
With the successful precedent for classical performing arts with Opera in the Ozarks...
With the cultural arts explosion in northwest Arkansas... With the ample capacity of Eureka Springs to support dining and overnight accommodation needs of regional visitors...
With 700,000 visitors already drawn to Eureka Springs...
You can see for yourself: there's no better venue for an outdoor Shakespeare festival in Arkansas than Eureka Springs!
I will lay him down such reasons for this adventure…
