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Melissa Maxwell, Anique Clements and Leah Gabriel in Alls Well That Ends Well. Photo by Dan Norman.
About GRSF
The mission of the Great River Shakespeare Festival is to enrich people’s lives by creating dynamic, clearly understood productions of Shakespeare and other playwrights who celebrate the spoken word.
GRSF has a plan to address issues of inclusion, diversity and anti-racism: GRSF Plan to Address BIPOC Demands for White American Theater.
Playbill
Download the 2024 playbill here.
Photos
Click the photographs to access 2024 production photos albums.
Much ado about nothing
Photographs by Dan Norman
Hamlet
Photographs by Dan Norman
NEWS COVERAGE
2024
July 2024, Talkin’ Broadway, Much Ado About Nothing
July 2024, Talkin’ Broadway, Hamlet
July 2024, Cherry and Spoon, 2024 Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona
July 2024, The Stages of MN, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Destination Theater in Winona MN, More Than Worth the Trek
July 2024, Winona Post, Grief and ‘Hamlet’
July 2024, Winona Post, Playing ‘Hamlet’ a Dream for Flanagan
July 2024, Winona Post, Strength and Anguish in GRSF’s Hamlet
June 2024, Winona Post, A Tale of Two Plays in GRSF Design
2023
July 2023, The Stages of MN, Great River Shakespeare Festival, More Than Just Great Theater, it’s an Experience.
July 2023, Talkin’ Broadway, The Winter’s Tale
,July 2023, Talkin’ Broadway, Imbroglio
July 2023, Winona Post, GRSF’s ‘Imbroglio’ is brilliant
July 2023, Winona Post, GRSF Review: Just As We Like It
July 2023, Bardfilm: The Shakespeare and Film Microblog, The Winter's Tale in the Heart of Summer—Exactly As You Like It at the Great River Shakespeare Festival
June 2023, Winona Post, Barbara Beeman: 'The Winter's Tale' a must-see experience
June 2023, Winona Post, GRSF’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ is our summer fairy tale
June 2023, By Kenneth Jones, Playwright Melissa Maxwell’s “Imbroglio” Premieres at Great River Shakespeare Fest
June 2023, Twin Cities Theatre Bloggers (Podcast), Great River Shakespeare Festival & Their 20th Season
June 2023, Winona Post, Gala: Celebrating 20 years of Shakespeare, theater, community
May 2023, Winona Post, Great River Shakespeare Festival: The Early Years
May 2023, Winona Post, How GRSF Influenced Winona
2022
June 2022, Winona Post, GRSF Play Highlights Local Stories, People
April 2022,Winona Post, Dinner in a snowstorm: Celebrating GRSF’s founding 20 years ago
2021
July 2021, Star Tribune, In Winona, it’s Shakespeare as Will Himself Did it - Outdoors Rain or Shine
2019
June 2019, Inside Winona Podcast, Secrets of the Shakespeare Festival with Artistic Director Doug Scholz-Carlson
2018
July 2018, Winona Daily News, 'I'm very proud': Q&A with Great River Shakespeare founder Paul Barnes