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Oberon and Titania (Craig Van Kempen and Carol Gray) in an early Arb production, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Shakespeare in the Arb at 10

A one-time show became an institution

by Sandor Slomovits

posted 6/1/2010

Originally conceived as a one-time event, the outdoor theater debuted in June 2001, after Ford Motor Company gave the U-M Arboretum funds for three years of outdoor arts programming, one each devoted to theater, music, and dance. Residential College lecturer Kate Mendeloff recalls that she initially hesitated to go with the obvious choice--Shakespeare's woodsy

 
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