An article highlighting the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, which runs through Aug. 12 at Jackson's George E. Potter Center, notes that the festival employs nearly 25 actors, many linked by the past or present to Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre program. Recent graduate Alan Ball (MFA 2011) takes the title role in Richard III this year. The Shakespeare Festival typically offers two plays by the Bard and another from what managing director Bart Williams (MFA '96) calls "the classical canon." This year, that's Pygmalion by G.B. Shaw. A photo of Ball is included.

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