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Kevin Rich is now in his fifth and final season as Artistic Director at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival <\/a>– Kevin has recently taken  a new position at University of Colorado – Boulder<\/a> to help develop programming in Applied Shakespeare.  This summer marks ISF’s 40th anniversary season featuring, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, a 6-person CYMBELINE, I HEART JULIET, and the Improvised Shakespeare Company<\/a>.  As an actor, Kevin has appeared at Milwaukee Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare<\/a>, Kentucky Shakespeare<\/a>, Shakespeare and Company<\/a>, Portland Center Stage<\/a>, San Jose Rep, Yale Rep<\/a>, and the American Theatre Company<\/a>. Kevin is directing I HEART JULIET by the Q Brothers Collective<\/a>, the latest in their series of Shakespearean ad-rap-tations that includes THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS, FUNK IT UP ABOUT NOTHIN, OTHELLO: THE REMIX and Q GENTS. Kevin founded the Illinois Shakespeare Festival\u2019s \u201cnew work initiative\u201d over the past 5 seasons, culminating in this commission of I HEART JULIET;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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