Bard to Go: Excellent Falsehood

Bard to Go, the touring Shakespeare Festival Production returns with a new production that will entertain and delight your students. Bard to Go: Excellent Falsehood is a 50-minute long touring production that will visit middle and high schools in West Michigan this fall. Shakespeare’s plots often feature elements of disguise, deceit, and trickery, with the characters sharing their plans with the audience while turning false faces to the others on stage. Join the actors for a wild ride to find the truth behind these layers of deception. This program features scenes from such plays as Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Henry IV, and Much Ado About Nothing. The performance can be adapted to a variety of spaces and will introduce students to Shakespearean performance with a variety of scenes from several plays. Bard to Go is especially relevant to Michigan high school performing arts standards 3, 4, and 5, which set the goals of students describing, analyzing, and evaluating works of art in their historical context, as well as analyzing the connections between the arts and everyday life.

Tour dates for Fall 2026 are Fridays, October 9, or 16, 23, or 30. Schools can choose between a morning or an afternoon slot, or for a discounted price choose two performances and have one morning and one afternoon.

Tour requirements are subject to change .

Specific requirements for performance:

A performance/stage space that is at least 20' by 22' with at least a 9 floor-ceiling clearance.
Access to electrical outlets for our sound board and speakers.
Dressing area for actors that is not accessible to the school's students.
Restrooms for actors, preferably not accessible by the school's students.
At least 15 feet between the stage area front and any audience members.

The cost for Bard to Go for this fall is $250. Additionally, if schools wish to book a second performance on the same day, the cost for the second performance is reduced to $200. You will receive an invoice for the performance and can either send a check for the amount, or you can arrange to pay by credit card.

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Space where performance will take place (Auditorium, cafeteria, etc.). Please note the production requires a performance area of at least 20 feet x 22 feet and a ceiling clearance of at least 9 feet. We prefer auditoriums where possible. *

Tour Dates

Available tour dates for Bard to Go are October 9, or 16, 23, or 30. We visit two schools a day, or one school if a school wishes to book both performances for that day. Please note that the final scheduling for your school will in part be dependent on which days we are closest to your area, and the start time that we have available for you will in part depend on travel times between schools. Below, please select your first, second, and third choices of dates and either morning or afternoon.

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I understand that submitting this request is not a guarantee of a Bard to Go performance on a requested day but rather a request to reserve. I also understand that the school I represent will receive an invoice for the performance and will be responsible for the $250 fee following a performance paying either by check or credit card.

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