2027 NEW SWAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL SEASON
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Thank you to our 2026 season producers for their continued support
Mary Gilly Graham & John Graham
The Segerstrom Foundation • Jean & Tim Weiss • Tyler Holcomb
The Shakespeare Fund of Theater League of Kansas City
Katie & James Loss • Judith & Wesley Whitmore • Pamela & Carl Lagoni • Susan & Gene Spiritus
Valerie Glass • Goran Matijasevic
James & Gail Lopes • Anne & Albert Encinias • Joe and Karyl Simrell • Irwin and Michele Walot • Karen Zfaty
OUR 2026 COMPANY
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players:
they have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”
Seminars &
Education
- Acting Apprenticeships
- Production Internships
- Seminar Series
- High School Visits & Workshops
- Artist Shadowing Program
- Community Conversations
- Shakespeare Weekend
- Friday Folios Series
venue Load-In Video
- 16-ton movable, 130 seat, mini-Elizabethan theater.
- Every seat close to the action.
- Winner of Arts Orange County Award 2013: Outstanding Contribution to the Built Environment.
Diversity
Statement
At New Swan, our productions include people with a variety of backgrounds and experiences, celebrating each individual. We allow our differences to affect our productions, manifesting richer and deeper stories. Theater without diversity is meaningless, and diversity without equity is an empty promise.
Join &
Support
- Join the New Swan Shakespeare Society
- Support our Community of Young and Established Artists
- Early Ticket Access
- Invitations to Rehearsals
- Become an Honorary Producer
- Learn more!
Diversity
Statement
At New Swan, our productions include people with a variance of backgrounds and experiences, celebrating each individual both on stage and off. We allow our differences to affect our productions, manifesting richer and deeper stories. Theater without diversity is meaningless, and diversity without equity is an empty promise.
in collaboration with
New Swan Shakespeare Festival is hosted and produced in collaboration with the Drama Department at the University of California Irvine, the Office of Research, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and the School of Humanities.