Meet Eli Simon, the visionary behind New Swan Shakespeare Festival
Profile of our visionary artistic director Eli Simon in Culture OC
2026 season features two epochs of American history
As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, audiences at UC Irvine’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival will experience the Bard through two uniquely American stories: a Depression-era “Romeo & Juliet” and a 1950s Southern California surf musical inspired by “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
Read the full story by UC Irvine News.