Admission is FREE and donations are gratefully accepted …and sharp looking t-shirts will be available!
Directions: Our field is on the West (water) side of the park. From Southbound East Bay Drive you will need to cross the bridge after the park’s entrance and follow the signs, banners and sense of gathering tension. Bring a picnic, a blanket or chair. Bring the family*. Heck, bring the dog too!
Animal Fire can hardly wait to bring this drama of a kingdom in crisis, colliding ambitions and collapsing dynasties to Olympia! Loyalties – and lives – will be tested … broken … and lost
King John is from the portion of the Shakespearean canon known as the Histories. The Bard blended fact, fantasy, comedy and action centuries before novel writers and premium cable channels began delighting audiences with tales of medieval murder and betrayal. He created a series of plays full of historical myth-making so potent that to this day his authorial liberties are to this day taken as truth.
Animal Fire Theatre is the Olympia area’s free Shakespearean company. Founded by Austen Anderson, Animal Fire brings dusty classical texts into snapping, snarling, vital life and then delivers them to the community. Our mission, as a collective of artists, is to engage our community in the exploration of the human experience through high-quality, impassioned theater productions accessible to all.
*This production includes some violence that may not be suitable for the very young or very squeamish. We recommend parents pick up a copy of the play from any of Olympia’s fine local bookshops and read the show with their families before attending the show to help prepare for and understand the story.
