New Swan Shakespeare Festival
Mission & Vision
New Swan Shakespeare Festival, a professional Shakespeare festival located on the campus of UC Irvine in Orange County, and produced in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and the Department of Drama, typically produces two Shakespearean works in rotating rep under the stars. New Swan features students and professionals working side-by-side in a 135 seat, 15 ton, portable, mini-Elizabethan space. The community, campus, and press have embraced New Swan’s productions, seminar series, and outreach programs.
“The configuration of the theater creates an intense, immersive experience. And the way the company approaches its productions (last year’s Twelfth Night and this year’s Macbeth rank among the best local Shakespeare shows these jaded eyes have witnessed over the past 20 years) magnifies that experience. ”