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Shakespeare Heads Out On The Road Again

The Utah Shakespeare Festival is taking to the road as it does every spring. It's part of USF's educational outreach to take a production to schools and rural town halls. This year's production is Macbeth, and the tour began in Cedar City.

It's become a tradition. Each year, the Shakespeare on the Road tour begins at the state youth correctional facility in Cedar City. The young men can identify and appreciate the subject matter, despite the Shakespearean style.

"There's some of the feelings that they portray that I can relate to, like the anger that Macbeth feels, the sadness, all those feelings," said one young man. "I can relate to those in the extremes that they're in because there was some emotion he was putting some extreme into- yelling and stuff. I loved that because it just gave me that much more understanding, you know?"

Shakespeare on the Road will visit schools and other rural venues in Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Arizona.