Detroit Free Press

Michigan Shakespeare Festival aims for unconventional take on classics
by John Monaghan

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival is taking shape for an upcoming season with a variety of productions scheduled including "Twelfth Night," "King John" and "She Stoops to Conquer." Founded in 1995, the nonprofit festival employs nearly 25 theatre professionals and has an operating budget of about $200,000. It began with productions outdoors, but since 2004 has found its home in the 403-seat Potter Center on the Jackson Community College campus. Many of the artists, including artistic director Janice Blixt, went through the Hilberry graduate theatre program at Wayne State University.

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