The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival (CCSF) invites community members to “Come play with us” during open auditions on Saturday, April 5, in the SLO City Library Community Room from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. You can sign up online at centralcoastshakespeare.org under the “Get Involved” tab.
This year’s season presents The Merry Wives of Windsor on July 17 through Aug. 10, and Odysseus Dies at the End on Oct. 4 through 12.
According to CCFS, Merry Wives is “Shakespeare’s tale of trickery, comeuppance, and revenge on an overconfident swindler. Sir John Falstaff, a broke and bombastic knight, tries to seduce two wealthy wives—Mistress Ford and Mistress Page—hoping for financial gain. But these clever ladies are way ahead of him. They set him up for a series of hilarious pranks. Meanwhile, young Anne Page dodges unwanted suitors, Mistress Quickly relishes the chaos, and Sir Hugh Evans just wants a nice piece of cheese. Come see who gets the last laugh.”Â
Odysseus Dies is the work of local playwright Weston Scott based on fragments from a lost play by Sophocles. Scott’s script “examines the life of a legend from the perspective of the people clinging to his coattails. Spoiler alert: He dies at the end.” Δ
This article appears in Mar 27 – Apr 6, 2025.