The 2025 Illinois Shakespeare Festival officially opens next week, with the season's two comedies set to premiere and a tragedy following shortly behind them.

The 2025&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wglt.org/tags/illinois-shakespeare-festival" data-cms-ai="0">Illinois Shakespeare Festival</a>&nbsp;officially opens next week, with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-02-25/2025-illinois-shakespeare-festival-includes-midsummer-hamlet-and-the-importance-of-being-earnest" data-cms-ai="0">the season's</a>&nbsp;two comedies set to premiere and a tragedy following shortly behind them.

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