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The Stand Up Shakespeare Company presents ONE FREE PERFORMANCE at the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth, Vermont on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, 12 Noon
Announcing: The 2025 annual "Shakespeare Alive! A Bard-Based Variety Show" returns for an all-new, FREE performance. It's a delightful mélange of Bard-based entertainment for all ages! The STAND UP SHAKESPEARE troupe of professional actors and singers from New York City will share its talent, passion and creativity to amuse and amaze with the best of Shakespeare's canon as well as Bard-based skits and songs. And, lo, verily, the show is always FREE! (Although donations are gratefully accepted.)
WHO IS STAND UP SHAKESPEARE? Stand Up Shakespeare is a collective of New York City-based professional actors who have become a veritable Vermont institution over a 25-year period. The beloved troupe travels to Killington and Plymouth each Labor Day weekend to present a new one-hour show made up of comedy, romance, tragedy and history, all based on the works of William Shakespeare.
Where: Union Christian Church, 43 Messer Hill Road, located on the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, 3780 Route 100 A, Plymouth Notch, VT 05056. The special matinee performance will be held in the 183-year-old Union Christian Church (43 Messer Rd.) with its perfect acoustics making it ideal for Shakespeare performances.
Stay for the 20th Annual Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival, which begins at 2:00pm and runs until 5:00pm on Saturday, also Sunday during the same times. This event is also free, with donations appreciated.
For more information about the show and the Stand Up Shakespeare Company, contact Kate Konigisor at 917-406-1456 or kkonig@aol.com. Media inquiries contact Joan Pelzer at 917-670-7071 or joan@joanpelzersocial.com
The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation is the official foundation dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of America's 30th president. The Foundation was formed in 1960 by a group of Coolidge enthusiasts, including John Coolidge, the president's son. It maintains its offices at the president's birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. The Foundation seeks to greatly increase Americans' understanding of President Coolidge and the values he promoted.
For more information on the Coolidge Foundation: coolidgefoundation.org; Phone: 802-672-3389
President: Matthew Denhart; Email: mdenhart@coolidgefoundation.org Office Administrator and Executive Assistant: Tami Bowen; Email: tbowen@coolidgefoundation.org
About The Union Christian Church: The Union Christian Church has been owned and preserved by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation since 1970. The church features a Carpenter Gothic interior. The Union Christian Church was erected in 1840 as a town meeting house and was formally dedicated as the "Congregational Church Society" in 1842. President Calvin Coolidge, born in 1872, sat in the pew owned by his grandfather until the 1890 renovation. After 1890, the president and his family worshiped in the pew now marked by the American Flag and
Link to Cast Photos and Flyers: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/y95n8f0h46rh3sacqelcp/APHXfP7Mgsqj-XmkuNLMlQM?rlkey=zqlk0xqqter62vzl1queocweq&st=0p1vjpv4&dl=0
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