Illinois Shakespeare Festival – Bloomington, Illinois
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival represents a long-established tradition of professional theatre devoted to performing the plays of Shakespeare.
The Festival originated in 1978 as a joint enterprise of the Illinois State University Department of Theatre and the College of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the Illinois State University Foundation (a not-for-profit enterprise). From the beginning the productions have been performed in an open-air, Elizabethan-style theatre constructed on the site of the abandoned tennis court on the grounds of Ewing Manor in Bloomington.
Since its completion in 1929, Ewing Manor, a Channel Norman style mansion with formal English and Japanese gardens, has been a Bloomington-Normal landmark and the home of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.
Single Platinum + Platinum Gold Silver
Adult Thu-Sat $40 $32 $28 $24
Adult Sun-Wed $36 $28 $24 $20
Student/Senior Thu-Sat $36 $28 $24 $20
Student/Senior Sun-Wed $32 $24 $20 $16
Preview $30 $22 $18 $14
Flex-Pass
Adult $108 $84 $72 $60
Student/Senior $96 $72 $60 $48
Ewing Manor is located at the corner of Towanda Ave. and Emerson St. in Bloomington, IL and is easily accessible from the north and south on I-55 or I-39 or from the east and west by I-74. From Veterans Parkway, turn west on Vernon Avenue, turn left on Towanda Avenue and go ¾ mile. At the corner of Towanda and Emerson turn right. Parking is on the left, the Festival is on the right. From Main Street (Bus 51)/ Turn east on Emerson Street and go 1.5 miles. The Festival is on the left and parking is on the right.
Parking:
Complimentary parking is available in the St. John’s Lutheran Church parking lot, which is located directly across the street to the south of Ewing Manor.
Please do not park on the grass.