Historic Washington State Park to host Shakespeare matinee and evening performance

Touring company from Texas to perform famous historic tragedy of “Julius Caesar”

WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park will host an evening performance by the Texas Shakespeare Festival of Kilgore on Friday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the 1940 WPA Gym. The company will perform the dramatic historic tragedy “Julius Caesar.”

Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 870-983-2684 or contacting historicwashington@arkansas.com. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.

A special matinee production of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” will be provided in the morning on Friday, October 24. The production is for local area junior and high school age students and classes for free admission. The performance will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the WPA Gym at the park. If a class or group of students is interested in coming, contact the park visitor center at 870-983-2684 to reserve spots for the performance. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is offered to our area students. Please do not hesitate to take advantage of this event. A maximum of 200 attendees will be allowed at the performance.

The Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Roadshow Tour brings abridged productions of Shakespeare into schools and communities throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Roadshow Tour performs with a Globe Theatre aesthetic, using acoustic instruments to create live music and sound effects from a seven-member acting company that plays all parts in the show. The Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Roadshow Tour has been one of 40 companies in the nation selected for the Shakespeare in American Communities program since 2019, bringing Shakespeare to some of the hardest-to-reach areas of the country.

The event is sponsored by the Patterson/Troike Foundation, the Arkansas Community Foundation (Texarkana Area), and the Hempstead County Historical Society.