Holiday Readings at Swirl on the Square
Celebrate the season with friends, family or co-workers and Livermore Shakespeare Festival artists as they present a staged reading of classic holiday stories. Guests will enjoy delicious wine and tapas from Swirl on the Square as the artists perform. The indoor venue only seats 40 people so it will be an intimate holiday celebration!
Wednesday, December 4th at 2 PM & 7 PM
Wednesday, December 11th at 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 18th at 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Swirl on the Square, Downtown Livermore
21 S. Livermore Avenue
Info at 925-443-2273 (BARD)
Wednesday, December 4 @ 2:00pm
($45 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Wednesday, December 4 @ 7:00pm
($45 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Wednesday, December 11 @ 5:30pm
($55 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Wednesday, December 11 @ 7:30pm
($55 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Wednesday, December 18 @ 5:30pm
($60 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Wednesday, December 18 @ 7:30pm
($60 Performance, Tapas Sampler Plate, 1 glass of wine, gratuity)
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Please purchase tickets by 5:00pm the Monday before event for catering count.
Doors open 30 minutes before event. Please email Katie@LivermoreShakes.org for seating requests and food restrictions.
Meet the Artists
Michael Wayne Rice
Associate Artist, Director of Swirl & Othello (2019), Teaching Artist
Michael is a graduate of the University of Missouri @ Kansas City with an M.F.A. in Acting and Directing. He has taught acting at 3 universities (University of Missouri, University of the Pacific and currently at the University of San Francisco). Michael has acted in over 30 productions on stages in Missouri, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
He has been with LSF for about 14 years, as an actor/teaching artist/director and has acted on the stage there in over 9 times. He some of his favorite roles with LSF include Trigorin in The Seagull, Cloten in Cymbeline, and Jaques in As You Like It. As Martin Luther King Jr, THE MOUNTAINTOP, was a Theatre Bay Area Editor’s pick, Theatre Bay Area Recommended Production, a SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle “Go See” Pick 2016, as well as being nominated as Best Production by the SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle for their awards series.
You can find more information about Michael at www.MichaelWayneRice.com
Past Holiday Readings
2018 Holiday Readings including “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote
2017 “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and more
2016 O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” and other short stories
2015 Short Stories by Charles Dickens
2014 Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”
2013 Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”