Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Grants entry to the event with access to parking space for performance. Bringing a chair is recommended for best experience. Chairs allow patrons to sit closer to the stage and be more immersed in the performance.

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<div>UPDATE! NEW VENUE &amp; SHOW TIMES!</div><div>Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have postponed our production until next weekend and our venue has moved!</div><div>We will now be hosted by Mon Petit Mojave in Yucca Valley! New showtimes are 5:30 PM on Friday, May 30th, Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st. <span>Attendees are encouraged to arrive by 5 PM to be checked in and guided to your parking spot for your vehicle. </span></div><div>Tickets are FREE but you must RSVP to attend, as space is limited to 30 vehicles. This is a unique, DRIVE IN Theater! Please also bring camping or folding chairs for sitting outside your vehicle and immerse yourself in the action of the play! <br /><br />Attendees are also encouraged to arrive early and bring blanket and picnic and other refreshments to enjoy. We will have some limited vendors on hand for food and drink. </div><div>Event: King Lear – Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival<br />Mon Petit Mojave<br />May 20 – June 1 (Friday, Saturday &amp; Sunday at 5:30 PM)<br />Limited Seating: Only 30 vehicles per show! Must RSVP through Zeffy link on our website.</div><div>Join us for a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience as the Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival presents King Lear under the vast desert sky! This intimate, open-air performance at Mon Petit Mojave will transport you into one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies—where power, loyalty, and madness collide.</div><div>TICKETS are available through our website via Zeffy. Link above. EXTREMELY LIMITED SEATING! 30 SEAT PER SHOW!</div><div>CAST &amp; CHARACTERS<br />King Lear – Kurt Schauppner<br />Cordelia – Bobbie Breckenridge<br />The Fool – Cooki Bilsborough<br />Goneril &amp; Regan – Liz Wessel &amp; Molly Katelbach<br />Edmund &amp; Edgar – Malcolm Stanley-Wolfe &amp; Andrew Catlin<br />Gloucester – Kevin Hayles<br />Kent – Jered Palmer<br />Duke of Albany – Cris Matthews<br />Duke of Cornwall – Brian Hennessy<br />Oswald-Booker Harrap</div><div>CREATIVE TEAM &amp; CREW<br />Director – Charlie E. Walker<br />Stage Manager – TBA<br />Costume Designer – Liz Wessel<br />Stage Combat Choreographer – Krystofer Do</div><div>SYNOPSIS:<br />Aging, power, and betrayal collide in King Lear, Shakespeare’s heart-wrenching exploration of family, loyalty, and the fragility of the human mind.</div><div>As King Lear approaches the end of his reign, he seeks to divide his kingdom among his three daughters—but his fatal desire for flattery blinds him to true love.</div><div>He casts out his youngest, Cordelia, the only one who loves him unconditionally, while his elder daughters, Goneril and Regan, scheme for control. As Lear’s mind unravels and he is cast into the wilderness, he faces the devastating realities of aging, isolation, and regret.</div><div>In a world where ambition tears families apart, King Lear is a powerful reflection on the bonds that hold us together—and the betrayals that break them. Witness Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy under the vast Joshua Tree sky, where nature itself mirrors the storm raging within a father’s shattered heart.</div><div> WHY ATTEND?<br />Experience Shakespeare in a breathtaking desert setting.<br />Immersive staging.<br />Support free cultural events, unique performance spaces and fair wages for artists.<br />Extremely limited seating—reserve your spot now!</div><div>Join us and witness the power of King Lear beneath the stars—this is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before! #KingLearJT #ShakespeareUnderTheStars #JoshuaTreeShakespeareFestival</div>

Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

King Lear at Mon Petit Mojave

57050 Sun Mesa Dr

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