CU's stunning Mary Rippon Outdoor Theater is the venue for the annual Colorado Shakespeare Festival, presenting the bard's comedies and tragedies (along with select other plays, such as The Little Prince and The Inspector General) from early June to mid-August.
Considered one of the top three Shakespearean festivals in the United States, this 2-month annual event attracts more than 40,000 theatergoers between late June and late August. Held since 1958 in the University of Colorado’s Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, and indoors at the University Theatre Main Stage, it offers more than a dozen performances of each of four plays. Actors, directors,...