Stanford Repertory Theater (SRT) presents its 17th annual summer festival, this year celebrating the work of Noël Coward. Playwright, actor, director, songwriter and lyricist, singer and dancer, painter and novelist, Coward emerged as a performing “Renaissance man,” who shaped important aspects of English and American culture from 1920 – 1970.

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Hay Fever

July 16 – August 9, 2015

As part of its Noël Coward Festival, SRT will mount Coward’s masterpiece Hay Fever as our main stage production. A brilliantly witty look at the self-dramatization of family life and family loves (!), Hay Fever has delighted audiences for almost a century.

Directed by Lynne Soffer (who directed SRT’s critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2013), Hay Fever stars SRT company artist Courtney Walsh as Judith Bliss, the diva with a penchant for non-retirement, and features Deborah Fink as Myra Arundel, Richard Carlton as David Bliss, Rush Rehm as Richard Greatham, Catherine Luedtke as Clara, and other SRT company members.

Hay Fever
July 16 – August 9, 2015
Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 pm; Sunday matinees at 2 pm
Pigott Theater, Memorial Auditorium (Memorial Way)

Cowardy Custard: a cabaret-style comedy!

August 13 – 23, 2015

In addition to Hay Fever, we present our second-stage production of Cowardy Custard directed by SRT veteran Brendon Martin. Song, dance, style, and flair mark this celebration of the many talents of Mr. Coward. Our Coward Cabaret stars Dante Belletti, Ellen Woods, Andre Amarotico, and Samantha Williams.

Cowardy Custard
August 13 – 23, 2015
Thursdays – Saturdays at 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 pm
Nitery Theater, Old Union (Lasuen Mall)

Noël Coward: Art, Style, and Decadence also includes a free Monday night film series (see film schedule under "Film Series" tab); a community symposium (more under "Symposium" tab); and a Stanford Continuing Studies Program course, “Theater on Theater: From Euripides’ Bacchae to Noel Coward (and beyond)” (see under CSP tab).


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