The Newsroom's Sam Waterston Will Headline The Public Theater's 2015 Shakespeare in the Park Season

We’re dreaming of summer nights at the Delacorte Theatre already! Oscar nominee Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, HBO's The Newsroom) will star in The Tempest, directed by If/Then's Michael Greif, as part of the Public’s Shakespeare in the Park's upcoming season. The production is set for a limited engagement May 27 through July 5. Also joining the 2015 line-up will be Cymbeline, which will be helmed by Daniel Sullivan and play July 27 through August 23.

The Tempest is a Shakespeare classic about young love, old enemies, and the eternal magic of storytelling. Exiled to a fantastical island, Prospero (Waterson) unleashes a churning storm to shipwreck the traitor brother who stole his throne and settle the score once and for all. But bitter revenge is upended by newfound love in this sublime masterpiece that proves we are all “such stuff as dreams are made on.”

In the Shakespearean fairytale Cymbeline, Princess Imogen’s fidelity is put to the royal test when her disapproving father banishes her soul mate. Cross-dressing girls and cross-dressing boys, poisons and swordfights and dastardly villains all take the stage in this enchanting romp about the conquering power of love.