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When one person is obsessed with another person, how far will they go to possess their obsession? This dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s narrative poem examines this theme. Venus, an adaptation of Venus and Adonis, tells the story of a goddess infatuated with a youth who does not welcome her attention. Set in nature and narrated by a pair of nymphs, the lush poetry is full of incident and metaphor.

When one person is obsessed with another person, how far will they go to possess their obsession? This dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s narrative poem examines this theme. Lucrece, an adaptation of The Rape of Lucrece, tells the tale of a ruler’s son setting his sights on an underling’s wife and violating her. The drama is narrated by Brutus, an important noble who worked on establishing the Republic of Rome. Almost the entire […]

The Loras Players, the theatre production arm of Loras College’s School of Humanities & Education, present Romeo & Juliet, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, adapted by Diane Timmerman, Thursday–Saturday, February 29–March 2 at 7:30 p.m. In Verona, rival houses of Capulet and Montague have a longstanding feud. The Bard’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers is filled with all the passion of young love. Wit and beauty dance with resentment and romance. […]

The Loras Players, the theatre production arm of Loras College’s School of Humanities & Education, present Romeo & Juliet, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, adapted by Diane Timmerman, Thursday–Saturday, February 29–March 2 at 7:30 p.m. In Verona, rival houses of Capulet and Montague have a longstanding feud. The Bard’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers is filled with all the passion of young love. Wit and beauty dance with resentment and romance. […]