Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival can be your summer highlight. It combines a premiere theatre experience with gourmet food and the beautiful natural landscape of Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. A perfect Lake Tahoe sunset is a unique feature of Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival that contributes to the experience.
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival 2024 Program
On this year's festival stage, guests will be able to watch The Merry Wives of Windsor, Always...Patsy Cline, and showcase series like The Music of Steely Dan, The Prim/Preger Jazz Night at Sand Harbor, Under the Streetlamp, Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook, and The Who Show. Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival also produces the "D. G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program," adapting Shakespeare plays performed at Sand Harbor for children. The Festival also offers an in-school residency in Shakespeare and the classics, "InterACT," to schools in the Lake Tahoe region.
Tickets, Location and Parking
Ticket prices range from $17 to $125, depending on the show and seat. The performances take place at The Warren Edward Trepp Jr. Stage, a beautiful venue that was constructed in 2000 for about two million dollars. Visitors must purchase the Parking Pass in advance, which costs $10 daily.
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival History
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival started in 1972 at Sugar Pine Point State Park on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. Since then, it has enjoyed steady attendance growth. The repertory features both Shakespeare classics and non-Shakespearean plays. Over 30,000 people attend the festival every season from early July to late August.
