BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Naked Shakes: Romeo and Juliet X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T135843Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53789794221049 DTSTART:20260902T003000Z DTEND:20260902T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Naked Shakes presents\nRomeo and Juliet\n By William Shakespear e\nDirected by Irwin Appel\n\nSeptember 1\, 2\, and 3 at 5:30 PM\nUCSB The ater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree Admission\n\n \n\nSeptember 10\, 11 / 5:00 PM\nSeptember 12 / 3:00 PM\nElings Park\, Godric Grove\nBuy Tickets\n \nFall Remount and Opening of Theater/Dance Season\nOctober 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, 25\nUCSB Theater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree admission\n\nEx perience Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love\, conflict\, and fate under the open sky—but not the way you’ve seen it before. UCSB’s Naked Sh akes brings Romeo & Juliet to life in a bold\, high-energy outdoor product ion where the text—and the actors—take center stage. Featuring live mu sic by Jim Connolly\, Matt Perko\, and Dan Zimmerman\, exciting fight scen es\, and an electrifying sense of immediacy\, this is Shakespeare stripped down\, turned up\, and brought thrillingly close.\n\nCatch the production wherever you can—or come back for another round—as Romeo & Juliet tak es the stage across three outdoor runs this fall: first at UCSB Theater an d Dance West\, then under the trees at Elings Park’s Godric Grove\, befo re returning to campus for a special fall remount and the opening of UCSB Theater and Dance’s season. With free performances on campus and multipl e opportunities to experience the show\, there’s no excuse to miss this unforgettable take on Shakespeare’s most famous love story.\n\nNaked Sha kes. The Actor and the Word.\nIn 2025\, Naked Shakes celebrates its 21st season at UCSB\, and its mission since 2006 has been to present energetic\ , exciting\, raw\, vibrant Shakespeare using the power of the actors and t he language. The critically acclaimed\, multiple Santa Barbara Independen t and Broadway World Award-winning Naked Shakes has performed at UCSB and transported productions to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles\, the Sou thwest Shakespeare Company in Arizona\, including the World Heritage site Taliesin West in Scottsdale\, and Elings Park and Center Stage in Santa Ba rbara. In 2023\, Naked Shakes brought 23 professional artists\, faculty a nd students to perform Artistic Director Irwin Appel’s original adaptati on of Shakespeare’s history plays\, The Death of Kings\, as the closing act of the prestigious Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival in Verona\, Ital y. Past Naked Shakes productions include: Twelfth Night\, Romeo and Juli et\, The Winter’s Tale\, Hamlet\, Much Ado About Nothing\, King Lear\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Macbeth\, The Tempest\, Measure for Measure\, The Merchant of Venice\, along with world premiere epic events\, The Deat h of Kings and Immortal Longings. \n\nNaked Shakes derives its rather prov ocative name from the principle that an actor in a bare theatrical space\, along with meticulous attention to language\, few technical elements and the collective imagination of the audience\, can create what Prospero in T he Tempest calls “rough magic\,” revealing the true heart\, meaning\, driving force and original inspiration behind a Shakespeare play. With th e inspiration and creative power of our choreographers and designers\, Nak ed Shakes blends wild\, actor-generated theatricality with razor sharp att ention to language and imagery. As an audience member\, one may\, at time s\, experience a veritable visual feast while also being able to close one ’s eyes and absorb the sound and text as if one were listening to a radi o play or podcast. Whether one has a great deal of experience with Shakes peare\, or little or none at all\, a Naked Shakes production is designed t o unleash the imaginations of the audience and performers alike.\n\nNaked Shakes’ core mission is one of inclusion and empowerment\, steadfast in the belief that Shakespeare belongs to everyone\, and no one should ever f eel left out or that the plays are not relevant to them. Naked Shakes als o believes that the job description of “actor” is to step into the sho es of another individual. There is no rule that says only actors of the r ight gender\, ethnic background\, race\, height and weight are allowed to play a certain character. Naked Shakes is unequivocally committed to givi ng young actors the opportunity to stretch themselves and play characters they might not normally get to play in the “real world.” All that is necessary is a desire to study a great play and have an adventurous\, exci ting theatrical experience. Some of our student actors are non-majors\, a nd some are members of UCSB’s prestigious Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Ac tor Training Program\, the only three-year actor training program in the e ntire UC system. If you are interested in participating\, or in learning more about Naked Shakes or the UCSB BFA Actor Training Program\, please co ntact Irwin Appel at irwinappel@ucsb.edu. LOCATION:Theater & Dance West Courtyard SUMMARY:Naked Shakes: Romeo and Juliet URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/naked-shakes-romeo- juliet-2026 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T135843Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53789794226170 DTSTART:20260903T003000Z DTEND:20260903T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Naked Shakes presents\nRomeo and Juliet\n By William Shakespear e\nDirected by Irwin Appel\n\nSeptember 1\, 2\, and 3 at 5:30 PM\nUCSB The ater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree Admission\n\n \n\nSeptember 10\, 11 / 5:00 PM\nSeptember 12 / 3:00 PM\nElings Park\, Godric Grove\nBuy Tickets\n \nFall Remount and Opening of Theater/Dance Season\nOctober 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, 25\nUCSB Theater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree admission\n\nEx perience Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love\, conflict\, and fate under the open sky—but not the way you’ve seen it before. UCSB’s Naked Sh akes brings Romeo & Juliet to life in a bold\, high-energy outdoor product ion where the text—and the actors—take center stage. Featuring live mu sic by Jim Connolly\, Matt Perko\, and Dan Zimmerman\, exciting fight scen es\, and an electrifying sense of immediacy\, this is Shakespeare stripped down\, turned up\, and brought thrillingly close.\n\nCatch the production wherever you can—or come back for another round—as Romeo & Juliet tak es the stage across three outdoor runs this fall: first at UCSB Theater an d Dance West\, then under the trees at Elings Park’s Godric Grove\, befo re returning to campus for a special fall remount and the opening of UCSB Theater and Dance’s season. With free performances on campus and multipl e opportunities to experience the show\, there’s no excuse to miss this unforgettable take on Shakespeare’s most famous love story.\n\nNaked Sha kes. The Actor and the Word.\nIn 2025\, Naked Shakes celebrates its 21st season at UCSB\, and its mission since 2006 has been to present energetic\ , exciting\, raw\, vibrant Shakespeare using the power of the actors and t he language. The critically acclaimed\, multiple Santa Barbara Independen t and Broadway World Award-winning Naked Shakes has performed at UCSB and transported productions to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles\, the Sou thwest Shakespeare Company in Arizona\, including the World Heritage site Taliesin West in Scottsdale\, and Elings Park and Center Stage in Santa Ba rbara. In 2023\, Naked Shakes brought 23 professional artists\, faculty a nd students to perform Artistic Director Irwin Appel’s original adaptati on of Shakespeare’s history plays\, The Death of Kings\, as the closing act of the prestigious Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival in Verona\, Ital y. Past Naked Shakes productions include: Twelfth Night\, Romeo and Juli et\, The Winter’s Tale\, Hamlet\, Much Ado About Nothing\, King Lear\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Macbeth\, The Tempest\, Measure for Measure\, The Merchant of Venice\, along with world premiere epic events\, The Deat h of Kings and Immortal Longings. \n\nNaked Shakes derives its rather prov ocative name from the principle that an actor in a bare theatrical space\, along with meticulous attention to language\, few technical elements and the collective imagination of the audience\, can create what Prospero in T he Tempest calls “rough magic\,” revealing the true heart\, meaning\, driving force and original inspiration behind a Shakespeare play. With th e inspiration and creative power of our choreographers and designers\, Nak ed Shakes blends wild\, actor-generated theatricality with razor sharp att ention to language and imagery. As an audience member\, one may\, at time s\, experience a veritable visual feast while also being able to close one ’s eyes and absorb the sound and text as if one were listening to a radi o play or podcast. Whether one has a great deal of experience with Shakes peare\, or little or none at all\, a Naked Shakes production is designed t o unleash the imaginations of the audience and performers alike.\n\nNaked Shakes’ core mission is one of inclusion and empowerment\, steadfast in the belief that Shakespeare belongs to everyone\, and no one should ever f eel left out or that the plays are not relevant to them. Naked Shakes als o believes that the job description of “actor” is to step into the sho es of another individual. There is no rule that says only actors of the r ight gender\, ethnic background\, race\, height and weight are allowed to play a certain character. Naked Shakes is unequivocally committed to givi ng young actors the opportunity to stretch themselves and play characters they might not normally get to play in the “real world.” All that is necessary is a desire to study a great play and have an adventurous\, exci ting theatrical experience. Some of our student actors are non-majors\, a nd some are members of UCSB’s prestigious Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Ac tor Training Program\, the only three-year actor training program in the e ntire UC system. If you are interested in participating\, or in learning more about Naked Shakes or the UCSB BFA Actor Training Program\, please co ntact Irwin Appel at irwinappel@ucsb.edu. LOCATION:Theater & Dance West Courtyard SUMMARY:Naked Shakes: Romeo and Juliet URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/naked-shakes-romeo- juliet-2026 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260912T135843Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53789794230267 DTSTART:20260904T003000Z DTEND:20260904T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Naked Shakes presents\nRomeo and Juliet\n By William Shakespear e\nDirected by Irwin Appel\n\nSeptember 1\, 2\, and 3 at 5:30 PM\nUCSB The ater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree Admission\n\n \n\nSeptember 10\, 11 / 5:00 PM\nSeptember 12 / 3:00 PM\nElings Park\, Godric Grove\nBuy Tickets\n \nFall Remount and Opening of Theater/Dance Season\nOctober 16\, 17\, 18\, 23\, 24\, 25\nUCSB Theater and Dance West Courtyard\nFree admission\n\nEx perience Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love\, conflict\, and fate under the open sky—but not the way you’ve seen it before. UCSB’s Naked Sh akes brings Romeo & Juliet to life in a bold\, high-energy outdoor product ion where the text—and the actors—take center stage. Featuring live mu sic by Jim Connolly\, Matt Perko\, and Dan Zimmerman\, exciting fight scen es\, and an electrifying sense of immediacy\, this is Shakespeare stripped down\, turned up\, and brought thrillingly close.\n\nCatch the production wherever you can—or come back for another round—as Romeo & Juliet tak es the stage across three outdoor runs this fall: first at UCSB Theater an d Dance West\, then under the trees at Elings Park’s Godric Grove\, befo re returning to campus for a special fall remount and the opening of UCSB Theater and Dance’s season. With free performances on campus and multipl e opportunities to experience the show\, there’s no excuse to miss this unforgettable take on Shakespeare’s most famous love story.\n\nNaked Sha kes. The Actor and the Word.\nIn 2025\, Naked Shakes celebrates its 21st season at UCSB\, and its mission since 2006 has been to present energetic\ , exciting\, raw\, vibrant Shakespeare using the power of the actors and t he language. The critically acclaimed\, multiple Santa Barbara Independen t and Broadway World Award-winning Naked Shakes has performed at UCSB and transported productions to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles\, the Sou thwest Shakespeare Company in Arizona\, including the World Heritage site Taliesin West in Scottsdale\, and Elings Park and Center Stage in Santa Ba rbara. In 2023\, Naked Shakes brought 23 professional artists\, faculty a nd students to perform Artistic Director Irwin Appel’s original adaptati on of Shakespeare’s history plays\, The Death of Kings\, as the closing act of the prestigious Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival in Verona\, Ital y. Past Naked Shakes productions include: Twelfth Night\, Romeo and Juli et\, The Winter’s Tale\, Hamlet\, Much Ado About Nothing\, King Lear\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Macbeth\, The Tempest\, Measure for Measure\, The Merchant of Venice\, along with world premiere epic events\, The Deat h of Kings and Immortal Longings. \n\nNaked Shakes derives its rather prov ocative name from the principle that an actor in a bare theatrical space\, along with meticulous attention to language\, few technical elements and the collective imagination of the audience\, can create what Prospero in T he Tempest calls “rough magic\,” revealing the true heart\, meaning\, driving force and original inspiration behind a Shakespeare play. With th e inspiration and creative power of our choreographers and designers\, Nak ed Shakes blends wild\, actor-generated theatricality with razor sharp att ention to language and imagery. As an audience member\, one may\, at time s\, experience a veritable visual feast while also being able to close one ’s eyes and absorb the sound and text as if one were listening to a radi o play or podcast. Whether one has a great deal of experience with Shakes peare\, or little or none at all\, a Naked Shakes production is designed t o unleash the imaginations of the audience and performers alike.\n\nNaked Shakes’ core mission is one of inclusion and empowerment\, steadfast in the belief that Shakespeare belongs to everyone\, and no one should ever f eel left out or that the plays are not relevant to them. Naked Shakes als o believes that the job description of “actor” is to step into the sho es of another individual. There is no rule that says only actors of the r ight gender\, ethnic background\, race\, height and weight are allowed to play a certain character. Naked Shakes is unequivocally committed to givi ng young actors the opportunity to stretch themselves and play characters they might not normally get to play in the “real world.” All that is necessary is a desire to study a great play and have an adventurous\, exci ting theatrical experience. Some of our student actors are non-majors\, a nd some are members of UCSB’s prestigious Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Ac tor Training Program\, the only three-year actor training program in the e ntire UC system. If you are interested in participating\, or in learning more about Naked Shakes or the UCSB BFA Actor Training Program\, please co ntact Irwin Appel at irwinappel@ucsb.edu. LOCATION:Theater & Dance West Courtyard SUMMARY:Naked Shakes: Romeo and Juliet URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/naked-shakes-romeo- juliet-2026 CATEGORIES:Performances & Exhibitions END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR