Project Shakespeare is celebrating its 32nd summer season with an eight-stop regional tour of William Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night,” running through Aug. 10 across multiple Monadnock-region communities.

The production is co-directed by company alumni Benjamin Michaud and Lif Petrova, who step behind the scenes after years of leading roles with the troupe. Founder and Director Deborah Shakespeare Thurber is producing the show, with stage management by Tess Geana and scenery painted by local artist Lisa Papastefanou.

The cast features Eleanora Kishinevsky and Ariella Leifer sharing the roles of Viola/Cesario and Maria, with Margaret Bennett as Sebastian, Counsel Chronopoulos as Duke Orsino, Miranda Pipitone as Countess Olivia, Tess Geana as Malvolio, Jem Russell as Sir Toby Belch, and Henry McDonald as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

Remaining performance schedule:

  • Saturday, Aug. 1 (2 p.m.): Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St., Peterborough
  • Sunday, Aug. 2 (4 p.m.): First Congregational Church, 6 Payson Hill Road, Rindge
  • Wednesday, Aug. 5 (6 p.m.): Fassett Farm Nursery, 822 Mountain Road, Jaffrey (outdoor lawn performance)
  • Thursday, Aug. 6 (6 p.m.): Milliken Manor, 580 Mountain Road, Jaffrey (outdoor gazebo with rain plan in barn)
  • Friday, Aug. 7 (6 p.m.): Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., Dublin
  • Sunday, Aug. 9 (4 p.m.): Pine Hill Auditorium at High Mowing School, 222 Isaac Frye Highway, Wilton
  • Monday, Aug. 10 (6 p.m.): The Peterborough Players outdoor stage, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough (rain plan in rehearsal hall)

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under, available at the door 30 minutes before each show. More information is available at projectshakespeare.org.

Eleanora Kishinevsky (floor), Margaret Bennett, Ariella Leifer (seated), Miranda Pipitone and Counsel Chronopoulos (standing) in Twelfth Night.
Credit: PROJECT SHAKESPEARE