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The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth who are involved a series of mishaps based on mistaken identities. Bailey says the success of this production is based on the cast and artistic staff’s teamwork throughout the rehearsals. Listen to her interview here.

Broadcast: June 12, 2017

The Comedy of Errors

Gordon-Bland says the cast of The Comedy of Errors is made up by actors from New York, Minnesota and Pennsylvania as well as the University of South Dakota’s Theater Department. Listen to her interview here.

Broadcast: June 9, 2017

SD Shakespeare Festival This Week

Artistic Director Chaya Gordon-Bland says after months of work behind the scenes and weeks of rehearsals to bring this play to the stage it is gratifying to see and hear the audience appreciate their efforts. Listen to her interview here.

Broadcast: April 26, 2017

South Dakota Shakespeare Foundation

The Comedy of Errors revolves around a case of mistaken identities involving two sets of twins and lets the audience in on the joke long before the characters are aware of what is actually occurring.

Broadcast: June 4, 2017

Alexa's Picks for Local Entertainment Options

Published June 5, 2017

'Comedy' Is King at 2017 South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 1, 2017

A Summer Primer

Published: May 25, 2017

Shakespeare Festival Takes Center Stage in Prentis Park

Published: June 9, 2017

Shakespeare Festival Brings Community Together

Published: June 2017

http://www.usd.edu/

Preparations in Full Swing for This Year's Shakespeare Festival

Published: May 25, 2017

http://www.plaintalk.net

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Presents Its Sixth Season, Featuring 'The Comedy of Errors'

Published: June 8, 2017

http://www.usd.edu/news/2017

Taming Shakespeare: a behind-the-scenes documentary about the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival and the theatre-making process

Broadcast: June 26, June 5, 2016, South Dakota Public Broadcasting Television

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival gets underway with 'Winter's Tale'

Published: June 10, 2016, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/south-dakota-shakespeare-festival-gets-underway-with-winter-s-tale/article_8d0e45cc-bddd-53fb-9bc1-77ed1735919e.html

Winter Is Coming To The Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 9, 2016, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_acc3cac0-2e5c-11e6-93ac-c789e1a7b2c7.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Opens Thursday

Published: June 8, 2016, Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/news/article_01294774-2daa-11e6-af2c-8313bc524925.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Opens Thursday

Published: June 8, 2016, University of South Dakota News

http://www.usd.edu/news/2016/south-dakota-shakespeare-festival-opens-thursday

Shakespeare Festival kicks off in Vermillion Thursday

Published: June 8, 2016, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/briefs/shakespeare-festival-kicks-off-in-vermillion-thursday/article_f818eeed-cc10-5f7d-9f7b-e709e79813ca.html

Alive at Five: Interview with South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon-Bland

Broadcast: June 8, 2016, KYNT AM

https://archive.org/details/Bland5PM_201606

The Winter's Tale (photo)

Published: June 7, 2016, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/the-winter-s-tale/image_33fb781c-c4b0-531d-b35b-f36242362dc1.html

The Winter's Tale (photo)

Published: June 7, 2016, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/the-winter-s-tale/image_244a689a-b021-5dd2-80bd-9d8d930b7a09.html

Awake Your Faith: South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Presents ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Published: June 2, 2016, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/community/article_9e5a7b6c-28cd-11e6-b2a4-5ffeca956fe4.html

A Touch Of ‘Winter’ In Vermillion: Shakespeare Festival Set To Present ‘The Winter’s Tale’ June 9-12

Published: June 2, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_b867aaf0-2938-11e6-a228-f34fe76bb8c9.html

The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Preparations In Full Swing

Published: May 25, 2016, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/community/article_d9ca5bec-22c2-11e6-af90-0f5d6cb2dacf.html

Preparations in full swing for the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: May 25, 2016, Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_37ca1aec-21f2-11e6-91b0-8bf5bd65e899.html

KYNT Morning Coffee Show: Interview with SDSF Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon- Bland

Broadcast: Wednesday May 25, 2016, KYNT AM Radio

Alive at Five: Interview with South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon-Bland

Broadcast: May 13, 2016, KYNT AM

https://archive.org/details/Bland5PM_201605

SD Shakespeare Festival’s Annual Event ‘Wine With Will’

Published: March 1, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/life/article_17df9962-e027-11e5-a143-abea886b7165.html

Grant Awards Total $16,000 for South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 12, 2016, Vermillion Plain Talk

‘Wine With Will’ Fundraiser In Vermillion

Published: February 11, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_6a0a1716-d141-11e5-934a-af8a92dbaa14.html

“Wine with Will” event will raise money for summer Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 10, 2016, Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_d76a46b4-cf7f-11e5-af5c-23d02ba94e95.html

Grant Awarded To 2016 South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 7, 2016, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/community/article_42bcd8d8-ce17-11e5-b88a-636e93bc06b5.html

‘Wine With Will’ Event Set For Feb. 12

Published: February 4, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/article_93d4d06e-cbc3-11e5-91fa-f798ce251da2.html

SD Shakespeare Festival Announces 2016 Auditions

Published: January 29, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/community/article_69ab6e3e-c70d-11e5-b80f-8f3e0d24826b.html

Shakespeare Festival Auditions Set

Published: January 28, 2016, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_bfee89de-c63b-11e5-82bc-07b8ab8a749c.html

Shakespeare Festival announces auditions, and annual fundraising event “Wine with Will”

Published: January 27, 2016, Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_4cb26982-c491-11e5-bc94-2bce276b5ba3.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival Announces Upcoming Production

Published: November 22, 2015, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/community/article_7ff57ede-919b-11e5-a756-0f9ddf43f4a9.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival A Success

Published: June 19th, 2015, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_0dea3d9e-16c0-11e5-8ca0-1f632ce95d0b.html

All The World’s A Stage

Published: June 19th, 2015, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_4e75d30a-16c0-11e5-9c94-a3718b04b309.html

Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 14th, 2015, University of South Dakota Marketing and Relations

https://vimeo.com/131564367

The show must go on

Published: June 13th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

Macbeth, Shakespeare In The Park

Published: June 13th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/news/collection_3cec8b48-1165-11e5-8381-839303a0318f.html

Community Building Up To Summer Shows

Published: June 12th, 2015, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_a1116c64-1058-11e5-9067-17be300747ba.html

Today’s best bets around Siouxland

Published: June 11th, 2015, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/today-s-best-bets-around-siouxland/article_4c368de8-2066-5949-8c7e-685f0a93b363.html

Dakota Midday: 'Macbeth' Staged in Vermillion

Broadcast: June 10th, 2015, South Dakota Public Broadcasting

http://listen.sdpb.org/post/dakota-midday-macbeth-staged-vermillion

Workshops, entertainment in the park all part of this year’s Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 10th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_1265356a-0ef8-11e5-8bf2-83be327d7ae5.html

Between the lines: You can’t help but quote Shakespeare

Published: June 6th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/opinion/article_9749fd7a-0bc8-11e5-b9fc-9bec80059624.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival to present Macbeth in Vermillion

Published: June 5th, 2015, USD News

http://www.usd.edu/news/2015/south-dakota-shakespeare-festival-to-present-macbeth-in-vermillion

‘Macbeth’ Ready To Thrill At Festival

Published: June 5th, 2015, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_bf4e6ddc-0bc9-11e5-8d39-4b5d6ad06ede.html

A Look Back AT SDSF

Published: June 5th, 2015, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_e134be42-0bc9-11e5-9a09-e39d279f44e8.html

‘Macbeth’ Set For Prentis Park In Vermillion

Published: June 4th, 2015, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_9c6b4b70-0b2c-11e5-a06d-d3c75792fafd.html

Make plans now to attend next week’s Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 3rd, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_5d6b60fe-0974-11e5-a8a5-1bd211b50f0f.html

“Morning Coffee” Show, Interview with SDSF Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon-Bland

Broadcast: May 20th, 2015, KYNT Radio

“Alive at Five”, Interview with SDSF Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon-Bland

Broadcast: April 9th, 2015, KYNT Radio

Seasons of Shakespeare: Accessible Wickedness

Published: Spring/Summer, 2015, Quarto Magazine, Shakespeare Theatre Association

Shakespearean Snippets: the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: Summer 2015, Quarto Magazine, Shakespeare Theatre Association

Fundraising continues for 2015 South Dakota Shakespeare Festival

Published: March 18th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_158e36dc-cceb-11e4-a9f4-efb6046fc8e2.html

Dakota Hospital Foundation grant awarded to Coyoteopoly/SD Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 27th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/news/article_c79a943a-be34-11e4-bdaa-5f102ca1f011.html

“Wine with Will” event will raise money for summer Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 26th, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/pulse/article_8e2eefbe-bd55-11e4-adfb-1f1ff16584f3.html

Dakota Hospital Foundation Grant Awarded To Coyoteopoly And SD Shakespeare Festival

Published: February 24th, 2015, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/life/article_5bea2326-bcaa-11e4-b84a-db71f32b8221.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival holding auditions Monday for summer show

Published: January 31st, 2015, Vermillion Equalizer

http://www.equalizeronline.com/news/article_576920b4-a8f4-11e4-9c82-9fdb31326e0e.html

Shakespeare Festival Auditions Feb. 2

Published: January 29th, 2015, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_f391a218-a831-11e4-a55e-8f7204b82f27.html

SD Shakespeare Festival Seeking Actors For ‘Macbeth’ Performance

Published: January 27th, 2015, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/community/article_5ec2b04e-a6a8-11e4-b11d-ffe9203447d8.html

Auditions for Shakespeare Festival Feb. 1

Published: January 25th, 2015, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/briefs/auditions-for-shakespeare-festival-feb/article_151059a9-ea5c-58d6-951a-434ea78df05b.html

Wine with Will planned Feb. 28

Published: January 24th, 2015, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/briefs/wine-with-will-planned-feb/article_eab92797-92bd-53a5-b240-8273f6754b32.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival to present Macbeth for 2015 summer season

Published: November 28, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/community/article_0156cf5c-76b1-11e4-82a5-1327ebec4a2f.html

2015 Festival To Present ‘Macbeth’

Published: November 23, 2014, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/community/article_1bbb6c76-7392-11e4-9126-47693c5ee75b.html

A 'phenomenal' weekend for SD Shakespeare Festival

Published: June 19, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_adf3578d-0104-5a76-b4af-9865b7eb6a0e.html

Shakespeare Festival is back in Vermillion with "Taming Of The Shrew"

Published: June 12, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_83506521-228a-53ab-a944-22f206d0f14d.html

Young actors with Sioux City ties star in Shakespeare festival play

Published: June 12, 2014, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/young-actors-with-sioux-city-ties-star-in-shakespeare-festival/article_6ad72241-aa6d-5463-8603-48b2b6829ec5.html

SD Shakespeare Festival presents "The Taming of the Shrew" June 13-15

Published: June 6, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/community/schools/article_9f08859a-b864-5947-a80b-4019d2ca150e.html

Shakespeare Festival to include "Taming of the Shrew" production

Published: June 6, 2014, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/briefs/shakespeare-festival-to-include-taming-of-the-shrew-production/article_1fb738f1-7b63-5f22-8daf-19831b1d1eb6.html

Return Of The Bard: Shakespeare Festival Is Back In Vermillion With ‘Taming Of The Shrew’

Published: June 5, 2014, Yankton Press and Dakotan, River City

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_8969724e-ed24-11e3-81a0-0019bb2963f4.html

Community prepares for Shakespeare Festival June 13-15

Published: April 25, 2014, The Volante

http://volanteonline.com/2014/04/community-prepares-shakespeare-festival-june-13-15/

Shakespeare Festival receives support

Published: April 11, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_e2b7a8dd-3d69-5af5-9526-5010144aad39.html

City Council votes to co-sponsor Coyoteopoly, approves water tower logo

Published: April 8, 2014, The Volante

http://volanteonline.com/2014/04/city-council-votes-to-co-sponsor-coyoteopoly-approves-water-tower-logo/

Fundraiser doubles attendance

Published: March 5, 2014, The Volante

http://volanteonline.com/2014/03/fundraiser-doubles-attendance/

Auditions for Shakespeare Festival Feb. 1

Published: January 25, 2014, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/briefs/auditions-for-shakespeare-festival-feb/article_151059a9-ea5c-58d6-951a-434ea78df05b.html

South Dakota Shakespeare Festival announces auditions for 2014 season

Published: January 24, 2014, Vermillion Plain Talk

http://www.plaintalk.net/community/article_cb7a09e2-e458-5e02-a2ca-de252c9b68c9.html

Wine with Will planned Feb. 28

Published: January 24, 2014, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/briefs/wine-with-will-planned-feb/article_eab92797-92bd-53a5-b240-8273f6754b32.html

Performers Being Sought For State Shakespeare Festival

Published: January 23, 2014, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_c5d634fa-84a7-11e3-bba7-0019bb2963f4.html

Shakespeare Festival will offer ‘banter, bawdiness’

Published: January 17, 2014 , Vermillion Plain Talk

http://plaintalk.net/2014/01/shakespeare-festival-will-offer-banter-bawdiness/

Shakespeare Fest. Play To Be Announced Jan. 14

Published: January 1, 2014, Yankton Press and Dakotan

http://www.yankton.net/life/article_1d5aa79c-735a-11e3-a0d5-001a4bcf887a.html

The Best: What acts, shows, people impressed us most this year?

Published: May 31, 2013, Sioux City Journal

http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/the-best-what-acts-shows-people-impressed-us-most-this/article_4a00194d-af45-5238-ad8c-dac91cf56feb.html

Organizers ‘astounded’ by Shakespeare festival’s success
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Friday, June 22nd, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-621176.html

Roundtable: Shakespeare’s work
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-619458.html

Shakespeare session lets kids get physical
By David Lias; david.lias@plaintalk.net
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-619456.html

Workshop brings bard’s scenes to life for local youth
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-619454.html

Shakespeare returns to Siouxland
By Joanne Fox; jfox@siouxcityjournal.com
Published: June 08, 2012, Sioux City Journal
http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/shakespeare-returns-to-siouxland/article_2dd79941-d584-546c-b8c1-9c5cacb54d84.html

First Annual Shakespeare Festival opens in Vermillion
By Valerie Menning
Posted: Friday, June 8, 2012 11:37 am | Updated: 8:37 pm, Fri Jun 8, 2012, The Volante.
http://www.volanteonline.com/online_features/first-annual-shakespeare-festival-opens-in-vermillion/article_4c608ac4-b188-11e1-9403-0019bb30f31a.html

Between the Lines: Shakespeare has invaded your life
By David Lias; david.lias@plaintalk.net
Published: June 7th, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-617694.html

To go or not to go: Shakespeare returns to Siouxland
By Joanne Fox; jfox@siouxcityjournal.com
Published: June 07, 2012, Sioux City Journal
http://siouxcityjournal.com/weekender/theater/to-go-or-not-to-go-shakespeare-returns-to-siouxland/article_0cd4b033-2921-52c7-8966-d78604125f9c.html

Bring On The Bard! S.D. Shakespeare Festival Debuts In Vermillion Next Week
By Derek Bartos; derek.bartos@yankton.net
Published: May 31, 2012, Yankton Press and Dakotan
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2012/05/31/river_city/doc4fc8213d88061258882648.txt

Gordon-Bland: Festival prep at ‘full throttle’
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: May 29th, 2012, Broadcaster Press
http://www.broadcasteronline.com/issues/2246/17248

Shakespeare served at banquet
Published: May 24th, 2012, Vermillion Plain Talk
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-614495.html

Coyoteopoly announces summer play
By Megan Card
Published: November 29, 2011, The Volante
http://www.volanteonline.com/news/coyoteopoly-announces-summer-play/article_1f0f41b6-1aeb-11e1-8fd3-001a4bcf6878.html

KYNT "Alive At Five" radio interview of Artistic Director Chaya Gordon-Bland

Interviewed by David Leonard; Aired: Wednesday May 2nd, 2012, Links Below

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

KYNT Morning Coffee Show, radio interview with SDSF Artistic Director Chaya Gordon-Bland

Interviewed by Scott Kooistra; Aired: Wednesday May 9th, 2012, Links below

Part One

Part Two

“Hark! Shakespeare fest to be staged here soon”
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Thursday, April, 12, 201
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-586339.html#.T4yEZAL--Co.email

Shakespeare festival will premiere in Vermillion with ‘As You Like It’
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Friday, November 18th, 2011
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-409016.html

South Dakota PBS’ “Dakota Midday” radio interview
Chaya Gordon-Bland, Artistic Director of the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival and an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the USD College of Fine Arts, talks about today's announcement that "As You Like It" will be performed at the festival's inaugural event next June in Vermillion.

Interviewed by Cara Hetland; Cara.Hetland@state.sd.us
Aired: Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

http://sdpb.org/radio/shows.aspx?MediaID=60149&Parmtype=RADIO&ParmAccessLevel=sdpb-all

S.D. Shakespeare Festival To Premiere In Vermillion With ‘As You Like It’
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/11/16/community/doc4ec3418ad03cb858911789.txt

City agrees to Shakespeare Fest
By David Lias; david.lias@plaintalk.net
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2011
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-228988.html

Coyoteopoly goal: Shakespeare fest in Vermillion
By Travis Gulbrandson; travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2011
http://www.plaintalk.net/cms/news/story-222196.html