Rochester Shakespeare Literary Society
The Rochester Shakespeare Literary Society (RSLS) meets on the second Sunday of each month from noon to 1:30 PM at Barrnes & Noble Booksellers (2nd floor meeting room), Pittsford Plaza, 3349 Monroe Avenue, Rochester NY 14618. Meetings are free and open to all. RSLS is a discussion group intended to prepare our members for upcoming productions of RCP's Shakespeare Players and other Shakespeare productions in Upstate New York and Southern Ontario (for upcoming shows, see below.)
Meetings in 2012 will be: January 8; February 12, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11 and December 9.
Upcoming Shakespeare productions in Rochester, Upstate NY, and Southern Ontario:
RSLS will be discussing these upcoming productions at our 2012 meetings:JANUARY 2012:
Coriolanous (the movie, directed by and staring Ralph Fiennes, opening in Rochester around January 20, 2012)
FEBRUARY 2012:
Twelfth Night (Ithaca Shakespeare Company; Feb. 14-26)
Othello (Syracuse Shakespeare Festival Feb. 10-26)
MARCH 2012:
Timon of Athens (Shakespeare Players of Rochester, MuCCC, March 16-31;
Shakespeare in Opera (panel discussion; North Modern Language Association Convention; Rochester; March 15);
ESU High School Shakespeare Competition; English Speaking Union - Rochester Branch; MuCCC March 3
APRIL 2012:
Much Ado About Nothing (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Ontario, April 26 thru Oct. 27)
MAY 2012:
Cymbeline (Strattford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Ontario May 10 thru Sept. 30)
JUNE 2012:
Richard III (Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, June 21 to July 15)
Love's Labour's Lost and Romeo & Juliet (in repertory, thru Labor Day; Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival)
Henry V (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Ontario June 24 thru Sept. 29)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in High Park, Toronto, June 26 thru Sept. 2)
JULY 2012:
Richard III (Shakespeare Players of Rochester, Highland Park Bowl, July 6-21)
Romeo & Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew, in repertory at the Ithaca Shakespeare Company)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo)
AUGUST 2012:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Syracuse Shakespeare Festival August 9-19)
FALL 2012:
The Tempest (Shakespeare Players of Rochester, MuCCC November 2012)
Please note: if you are aware of a Shakespeare production or event in our area, including high school and college productions, that is not on this list, please contact us at rochestercommunityplayers (at) gemail (dot) com, or call Peter Scribner, President of RCP, at 585-261-6461)