Southern Shakespeare Festival

Southern Shakespeare Company’s Free Shakespeare in the Park Festival Has Been a Downtown Tallahassee Tradition at Cascades Park Since 2015.

Each Mother’s Day Weekend, the Mainstage Festival Performances Play Thursday - Sunday at 7:30pm and Ssc’s Junior Acting Troupe Presents an Abridged Spring Play at 5:30pm on Saturday - Sunday. Food Trucks and Vendors, Merchandise and Education Booths, and the Beautiful Al Fresco Atmosphere Make This a Great Introduction to Theatre and a Wonderful Event to Return to Each Year!

May 9-12, 2024, We Are Proud to Present Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale, a Comedy That Charts One Royal Family’s Journey of Redemption. On May 11-12, the Bardlings Will Present an Abridged Version of the Tempest, Shakespeare’s Comedy About the Foibles and Forgiveness of Courtiers Set Adrift on a Remote, Magical Island.

Guest Artists:

Shanara Gabrielle (Director)

Nathan Darrow (Celebrity Guest Artist, King Leontes)

Guest Schedule:

Channing Frampton:

Channing Frampton: is a Member of Tallahassee’s Abc 27 Team After Anchoring and Reporting for Three Years in Southwest Florida at Wink News. There, He Went Live From the Eye of Hurricane Irma as the Storm Made Landfall, Earning Him an Emmy Nomination.

Admission: Free

Date: May 9-12, 2024