"A kingdom for a stage:"

Shakespeare's "Henry V" will rule over the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) Main Stage in the company's 24th summer season, and his magical romance "Pericles" will bring "wind, rain and thunder" to the intimate Schubert Theatre.

The season, May 29 - Aug. 2, 2015, includes a 10-year anniversary production of "Around The World In 80 Days" and the contemporary comedy "The Foreigner," which will be performed in repertory with "Henry V."

The season opens with a new production of a world-renowned award-winning musical. The title will be announced at a Jan. 15 press conference at the Cosmopolitan restaurant, Allentown. The delay in the announcement honors a licensing agreement because the show is running on Broadway.

Children's programming features "Rapunzel" and "Shakespeare For Kids."

"Season selection is the most important decision we make each year," said Patrick Mulcahy, PSF producing artistic director.

"Our continued success as we work to fulfill our vision of world-class work creates wonderfully high expectations among our audience members. They rely on us, in a way, to provide these life-enriching experiences. So, getting the season right is vital. We think we have done that."

With 140-plus performances of seven productions each summer, PSF is a professional company in residence on the idyllic Center Valley campus of DeSales University, featuring acclaimed actors from New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

New for 2015 are Wednesday matinees of the season's musical June 17 and 24. Dennis Razze, PSF associate artistic director who has helmed all of PSF's musical productions, will direct.

Matt Pfeiffer, recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist and a seven-time Barrymore Award nominee, returns to direct "Henry V," following his acclaimed production of "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona" last summer. Pfeiffer has directed at many of Philadelphia's leading theaters, including The Arden, Walnut Street and Theatre Exile, where he is associate artistic director.

Drama Desk Award winner Russell Treyz, who directed "Romeo And Juliet" in PSF's inaugural 1992 season, returns to direct "Around The World In 80 Days," which he directed at PSF to rave reviews in 2005.

Following his tremendous success with last summer's PSF hit "Lend Me A Tenor," Jim Helsinger, artistic director of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and a frequent PSF actor and director, will return to direct "The Foreigner."

"Pericles" is PSF's fourth production rehearsed the way Shakespeare's company likely would have, with the actors taking control, arriving with their lines learned and opening before an audience in a matter of days. There is no director. The position did not exist in Shakespeare's time. There are no designers, also a more recent innovation.

"Pericles" is the 28th of Shakespeare's 38 plays produced by PSF as it continues its progression through the canon.

PSF performances are 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. There are also some performances at 7:30 p.m. Sundays.

Here's the lineup for PSF 2015:

Main Stage Theater

The musical that cannot be named (until Jan. 15), June 10 - 28

"The Foreigner," July 8 - Aug. 2

"Henry V," July 16 - Aug. 2

"Shakespeare For Kids," July 22 - Aug. 1

Schubert Theater

"Around the World In 80 Days," June 17 - July 12

"Pericles," July 22 - Aug. 2

"Rapunzel," May 29 - Aug. 1

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The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, a professional company in residence at DeSales University, is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth and a professional, not-for-profit theater company.

PSF is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater, and a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the Shakespeare Theatre Association, the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, and Discover Lehigh Valley.