Flatwater Shakespeare Company to Present Production at CSM

OMAHA, Neb. – The Flatwater Shakespeare Company (FSC) will present two performances of its touring production of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” at College of Saint Mary (CSM).

The company will present a free outdoor performance at 7 p.m., Friday, June 28, on the hills by the soccer field. Those attending are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets.

The second paid indoor performance will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29, in Gross Auditorium. A preshow lecture, “Shakespeare and the Rom-Com: Love’s Labor’s Lost Actually,” will be given by FSC Resident Scholar Stephen Buhler, PhD, at 6:30 p.m. Seating is general admission. The cost is $25 for adults, $20 for children ages 14-20 and free for children 13 and under. CSM students, faculty and staff will receive free admission with their campus ID. Tickets may be purchased at flatwatershakespearecompany.org. Click on Tickets and then Omaha Tickets.

Buhler is a co-founder of FSC. He is the Aaron Douglas Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of Shakespeare in the Cinema: Ocular Proof. He has published widely on early modern English literary culture. His recent work in theatre includes directing FSC’s first-ever production of “The Winter’s Tale” and directing Angels Theatre Company’s staged reading of “Romeo and Her Sister.”