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Student‑led Sucker Shakespeare stages free summer run of '12th Night' at Game Farm Park
Summary
Sucker Shakespeare, a student‑led theater company from Auburn, will perform an abridged '12th Night' at Game Farm Park Amphitheater on July 30, 31 and August 1, 7 and 8 at 6 p.m.; admission is free, organizers said, though they will accept donations to support the troupe.
Jonathan Glover, communications manager for the City of Auburn, introduced student leaders of Sucker Shakespeare on the Auburn On Main podcast and confirmed the company’s free summer performances at Game Farm Park.
"We are a 100% student led and student organized Shakespeare company that takes place over the summer in the parks," said Madison Kennedy, who identified herself on the program as the company’s executive director. Kennedy described the troupe as entirely student‑run, with students holding leadership roles such as executive director, creative lead and technical director.
The company will present an abbreviated production of Shakespeare’s 12th Night. Kennedy summarized the plot on air: Viola and her twin Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a man to gain employment with the duke Orsino, and the disguise fuels comic cases of mistaken identity before multiple marriages resolve the action.
Performances are scheduled for July 30 and 31, and August 1, 7 and 8 at 6 p.m. at the Game Farm Park amphitheater. "It is 100% free admission," Kennedy said, adding the company asks audience members to "bring a friend, a chair, or a blanket," and to consider donating during intermission to support the student troupe.
Kennedy described the shows as intentionally low‑budget and community oriented. "It's not that serious," she said, reflecting the company motto, "but it's honest — it's students putting on theater for the community." The hosts urged listeners to follow the group’s social channel as announced on the podcast and to attend the shows at Game Farm Park.
The company emphasized accessibility and logistics in planning: the amphitheater gives them a backstage, curtain and accessible pathways they said would be harder to replicate if they had to stage the show elsewhere in a park.
Next steps: listeners interested in attending, sponsoring or volunteering were directed on air to the troupe’s social contact as stated during the episode and invited to bring donations at performances.
