| | Published May 27th, 2009
| Orinda Salutes Cal Shakes-Thursday, May 28th at 5:30
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Cal Shakes will join with the City of Orinda, Theater Square, and the Orinda Chamber of Commerce to host the 3rd annual Orinda Salutes Cal Shakes-a celebration of the theater program and kick off to the 2009 season. Lamorinda residents are invited to Theater Square on Thursday, May 28th to enjoy food, drinks, music, and performances by local actors. Businesses from across Lamorinda will be on hand. The event is free and all are welcome. The festivities start at 5:30 p.m
 Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
May 27th to June 21st
Cal Shakes' innovative
Artistic leader Jonathan Moscone will direct Shakespeare's classic tale of the passionate and forbidden romance between two young lovers. An early impression of the play posted at the Cal Shakes website describes the first act as "urban and sophisticated with bits of urban grunge dabbled about...not your father's Romeo and Juliet."
Private Lives
By Noel Coward
July 8th to August 2nd
Mark Rucker will direct this wicked and witty romantic comedy with a divorced couple occupying adjoining honeymoon suites.
Happy Days
By Samuel Beckett
August 12th to September 6th
Four-time Academy Award-nominated Marsha Mason will spend the late summer weeks at the Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda and star in this aptly- and ironically-named play that will be directed by Jonathan Moscone.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
September 6th to October 11th
Shakespeare's charming and magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, will close out the season. The play will be directed by Aaron Posner and co-produced by the Two River Theater Company.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA