Hudson Shakespeare Company is touring the state with a production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” with performances scheduled in Hudson County and the rest of the Garden State this month.
The Hudson Shakespeare Company has been producing a range of titles by the Bard since 1992 in both indoor and outdoor venues. Each year, their annual Shakespeare Festival produces three free outdoor productions of Shakespeare and other classics from June to August. While they do some of the Bard’s better-known works, they’ve also been known to produce shows of some of the lesser-known works as well.
“Much Ado About Nothing” is believed to have been written around the 1590′s before being published in the early 1620′s. The play talks about love, hidden identity, honor, confusion, friendship, and marriage as it follows two soldiers who arrive in the Italian city of Messina and soon find romance with two women. What follows is a battle of words and wits that takes center stage in the story.
Shows began on Tuesday, July 12, and continue on Wednesday and Thursday, July 13 and 14. Here is the remaining tour schedule for the Hudson Shakespeare Company’s productions of Much Ado About Nothing:
July 13, 7 p.m., Westfield Memorial Library, 550 E Broad St, Westfield.
July 14, 7 p.m., Wayne Museum, 533 Berdan Ave., Wayne. (Rain date: July 15, 7 p.m.)
July 16, 2 p.m., Stratford Public Library (Outside Courtyard), 2203 Main St., Stratford, CT, (rain location: Lovell Room inside the library).
July 19, 7 p.m., South River Library, 55 Appleby Ave., South River.
July 20, 7:30 p.m., Hackensack Performing Arts Center, 102 State St., Hackensack (rain location: inside the theater).
July 21, 7 p.m., Washington Park, cross streets of Manhattan Ave. and North St., Union City, (rain date: July 22 at 7 p.m.). This show will also have a kid-focused program beginning at 6 p.m. with free popcorn during the show.
July 23, 2 p.m., Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave., Montclair.
July 25, 7 p.m., Summit Village Green, 356 Broad Street, Summit (rain location: Summitt Public Library, 75 Maple St., Summit).
July 26, 7 p.m., Hamilton Park, 25 W Hamilton Place, Jersey City (rain location: under the gazebo).
July 27, 7:30 p.m., Hackensack Performing Arts Center, 102 State St., Hackensack (rain location: inside the theater).
July 28, 7 p.m., Wayne Museum, 533 Berdan Ave., Wayne (rain date: July 29, 7 p.m.).
July 31, 6 p.m., Princeton Ampitheater, Community Park N Elm Rd. & Route 206, Princeton (rain location: Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton).
Aug 3, 7:30 p.m., Hackensack Performing Arts Center, 102 State St., Hackensack (rain location: inside the theater).
Aug 4, 7 p.m., Wayne Museum, 533 Berdan Ave., Wayne (rain date: Aug 5, 7 p.m.).
