Front Porch Events
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Free Concerts
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Will's Opening Weekend
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Festival Weekend Events
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Chill with Will
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Free Previews
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Company Conversations
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Callithump!!!
8Front Porch Events
The front porch is where we gather to talk with our friends, family, and neighbors. Join us Saturday mornings from 10:30am–12:00pm. Each Front Porch Event ...
Free Concerts
Interested in being a musician for the 2014 Concerts on the Green Series? Please contact Irene ErkenBrack, Director of Sales & Marketing, irene@grsf.org or 507.474.9376 FREE ...
Will's Opening Weekend
Purchase a $10 WOW Button and enjoy three spectacular parties. Not around for all three dates? Not to worry! The WOW button is such an ...
Festival Weekend Events
Front Porch Events A film from the Frozen River Film Festival, Shakespeare Unlocked, Dr. Peter Saccio, Gale Childs Daly, and the Annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet ...
Company Conversations
Stay in the theater after the play each Thursday for a conversation with the actors and directors. Free and open to everyone. Follows matinee on July ...
Callithump!!!
Join us for our Third Annual Callithump!!! Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Pre Show and Picnic on the Green at 5pm, Performance in the Performing Arts ...
Click below for a .pdf of the 2013 Festival Calendar.
An A-Z Listing of 2013 Festival Events
Ask the Company
Actors and directors gather to discuss the plays and answer your questions in the WSU Science Atrium. Sundays July 7 through August 4 at 11:00am. FREE
Callithump!!!
A noisy and entertaining event staged by the GRSF Company as a benefit for GRSF on Tuesday, July 30th – 5pm pre-show and picnic, 7pm performance.
Chill with Will
A student-focused opportunity to see Shakespeare plays at no cost with pre and post-show programming focused on teens and pre-teens.
Chocolate, Shakespeare and Champagne!
This annual event coordinated for and by the Winona County Historical Center. An annual fundraiser event and a sneak peak of GRSF’s 2013 season, click here for details.
Concerts On the Green
FREE live music on the green adjacent to Winona State University’s Performing Arts Center every Friday and Saturday night of the Festival from 6–7:15pm. Food available for purchase. We encourage guests to bring their own chairs to use on the green. Picnic, stay for the play, and make a weekend of it for the whole family!
Free Previews
GRSF has been committed to the accessibility and affordability of theater tickets since its inception. The free preview program, launched in 2012, offers the public the opportunity to see both Professional Company productions one time at no cost. There will also be a free preview of our Intern/Apprentice Project. Learn more here.
Front Porch Events
A film from the Frozen River Film Festival, Shakespeare Unlocked, Dr. Peter Saccio, Gale Childs Daly, and the Annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest Reception — all held on Festival Saturday mornings at 10:30am. (Some events require tickets.)
Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest
GRSF is proud to feature its fifth annual sonnet contest. Call to those interested to come and read their sonnets. Poet Laureate of Winona Emilio DeGrazia will give some tips about writing sonnets. It will be loud, noisy and fun. Free and open to the public! The Sonnet Contest Tip-Off will be held May 29th from 7-9pm at Mugby Junction on Huff St. Winners will be announced at a reception to be held on Saturday, August 3 at 10:30am in the WSU Science Atrium. Learn more here.
Narrated Set Changeover
See the GRSF crews in action with a guide to answer your questions in the Performing Arts Center on the WSU Campus. Each Saturday in July and August 3 at 4pm. FREE
Preshow Conversations
An introduction to the play from the GRSF education staff. Offered at 7pm each Saturday in July and August 3. FREE (with a ticket to the show)
Tours of the Trees
WSU’s campus contains all the native trees of Minnesota. See them in this tour. Meet at the Gazebo. Offered at 9am each Saturday during the festival. — FREE
Visit Winona – Get Outdoors
Hike, bike, fish, kayak and more in the most beautiful corner of Minnesota. More at www.visitwinona.com.
Will’s Opening Weekend
The opening of Shakespeare plays and a series of related celebratory events. Click here for details.
