Ophelia’s Jump Productions’ Midsummer Shakespeare Festival will present “The Winter’s Tale” Thursdays through Sundays from July 14 through July 24 at the outdoor Sontag Greek Theatre on the Pomona College campus in Claremont.
Performances begin at 8 p.m., and the venue will be open early to accommodate picnickers. Concessions including craft beer, wine and snacks will be available, and there will be a Green Show — pre-show entertainment — beginning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for college students with ID and for children younger than 12. For tickets and information, go to opheliasjump.org or call 909-734-6565.
In “The Winter’s Tale,” King Leontes of Sicilia, who has been a lifelong friend of King Polixenes of Bohemia, decides his queen, Hermione, has been too friendly with Polixenes and groundlessly suspects her of infidelity.
Hermione and Leontes’ infant daughter, Perdita, is banished to Bohemia and left to die, but is saved by a shepherd and his son. When she grows up, she attracts the romantic attention of Florizel, prince of Bohemia. Meanwhile, their families’ royal houses are still at odds, and it will take an act of magic to make things right for Perdita and Florizel.
Directing the production is Caitlin Lopez, founding associate artistic director of Ophelia’s Jump Productions. As an actor and improvisor, Lopez was a company member at Spectacles Improv Engine. She holds a bachelor’s degree in acting from Cal State San Bernardino and will attend Ohio University in the fall to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing, according to a news release.
Cast members include Austin Mooney, Conrad Cecil, Courtney Brechemin, Elana Aronson, Janette Valenzo, Justin Wickman, Liana-Rose Veratudela, Michael Johnson, Ryan Herrera, Scott Robinson, Sophia Dunn-Walker, Tania Esmeralda Vazquez and William Mueller.
Miranda Tejeda is the stage manager and Sheila Malone is lighting designer.
Beatrice Casagrán is founding artistic director of Ophelia’s Jump Productions.
Ophelia’s Jump is a nonprofit performing arts theater producing plays, staged readings and the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival in Claremont and hosting youth and adult improv and acting classes.
The Sontag Greek Theatre is behind Seaver Theatre on the Pomona College campus, 300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont.