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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