Tickets will go on sale in April 2026.
All performances at 8 p.m.
Join us under the stars for a magical summer as New Swan Shakespeare Festival presents two beloved classics in running repertory.
Adapted by Anna Fitzgerald & Eli Simon
Directed by Eli Simon
July 8–Aug. 30, 2026
Join us under the stars for a magical summer as New Swan Shakespeare Festival presents two beloved classics in running repertory.
Join us under the stars for a magical summer as New Swan Shakespeare Festival presents two beloved classics in running repertory.
This summer season, New Swan presents Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece, Twelfth Night, and one of the Bard’s most challenging and rarely performed plays, Measure for Measure.
Join us all summer under the stars as New Swan Festival presents three magical productions in running repertory!
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
The Comedy of Errrorrs
Join us all (mid)summer as New Swan Theater opens after two years, presenting two classics running in repertory!
A 10th Anniversary Gala
Opening Night of The Comedy of Errrorrs
Join us for a midsummer's night to remember as we make our triumphant return to the stage!
Not to be missed, this exclusive event will be a magical and elegant evening under the stars celebrating the tenth anniversary season, and the opening night of The Comedy of Errrorrs. Each summer, New Swan Shakespeare Festival is one of UCI and Orange County’s most highly anticipated events.
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
July 6 - August 31, 2018
Eli Simon, Artistic Director
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(Exit, pursued by a bear.)
July 5 - September 1, 2018
Beth Lopes, Associate Artistic Director
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"How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world, That has such people in’t!"
July 6 - September 2, 2017
Eli Simon, Artistic Director
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"If I be waspish, best beware my sting!"
July 7 - September 1, 2017
Beth Lopes, Associate Artistic Director
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