At the end of a three-day celebration of the Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2016 season and the opening of the new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts Saturday night, the Festival's artistic directors shifted everybody's sights ahead, and drew more applause and excitement, when they announced the plays for the 2017 season.

 

The season, which will run from late June through late October, includes nine plays (one more than in 2016), with five premieres and four enduring classics. 

Shakespeare in Love Romeo and Juliet As You Like It Guys and Dolls Treasure Island

A Midsummer Night's Dream The Tavern How To Fight Loneliness William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)