The park is also filled with walking paths for guests to use during the fifteen minute intermissions and the public. Ever picnic area is named for an idea or setting out of Shakespeare’s plays, and are made of natural cut stone. It is center around picnic areas and Shakespearean ideology. The park has been managed by the city of Boise since 1999, and has been a great addition to the theatre. The natural element to the theater can be fully seen in the William Shakespeare Park, a small public park that is operated alongside the Shakespeare festival by the City of Boise. This natural element to the festival was to fully use the area and to give the audience a unique experience. The theater is surrounded on all sides by trees and shrubs, along with the grass seating area directly in front of the stage.
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The other aspect of Greek/Roman design to it is the full embrace of nature all around the stage and the entire theatre. This gives the amphitheatre a more simple feeling to, and helps to focus attention on the actors, and not on elaborate decorations that may be found in a theatre that is less inspired by the Greek/Roman design.
This tower is connected to scaffolding that hold the sound panels and lights for the stage, but it (the tower) also is the control the lights and other electrical equipment for the plays. If you are ever wandering the theatre and park surrounding it, you may notice that the only structures are the stage, the café building and the tower directly behind the seating for the theatre. The other major influence on the theatre is the lack of structures around the theater. The open air design is the biggest influence on the theater, as well as the amphitheater style seating. The Greek/Roman influence is easy to see while in the theatre. The theatre is inspired by both the Elizabethan and the Greek/Roman amphitheater architecture types. The park and the courtyard also share a small pond and many picnic areas for guests to dine while in intermission, before the play or just as picnic. There is a small park around the theatre with walking paths, courtyard which has the café and the amphitheatre surround it, giving it a more natural feel. If one watches a play in the theatre, they will notice that it is very much immersed in the nature around it. The group designed the theatre around its location on the Boise River and at the base of the Boise Foothills to not only be a beautiful location, but a theatre that took nature in to it design. The group of architects included Brain Robinson, Eugene Angel and Joseph Michal LeMosh. Scenically located in South-East Boise, the amphitheatre was designed and built in 1976 by a group of theatre architects and their construction company known for their work in the Northwest. The Idaho Shakespeare Festival is a cultural and architectural center for southern Idaho.
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