Shakespeare by the Sea might have a new temporary home base, but the nonprofit is still exposing the Bard’s works to the South Bay and beyond this summer with “Julius Caesar” and “As You Like It,” beginning Saturday.

The theater company had been based in San Pedro for more than 20 years, but its former home will soon be redeveloped. So the Beach Cities Health District jumped in, allowing space for not only Shakespeare by the Sea, but also the Little Fish Theatre, which produces small plays year-round indoors.

But Shakespeare by the Sea will need to find a permanent home soon, since the health district space in Redondo Beach will also be redeveloped.

“We definitely want to keep it in the South Bay because that’s where we are based in general,” said Stephanie Coltrin, co-artistic director of Shakespeare by the Sea and “Julius Caesar” director. “But first we need to get this space running.”

The 28th season will begin with a preview of “As You Like It,” directed by co-artistic director Suzanne Dean, at Recreation Park in Long Beach on Friday, followed by the festival opening on Saturday. “As You Like It” will close July 25 at Veterans Park in Redondo Beach.

The opening night of “Julius Caesar” is June 20 at Recreation Park. Closing night will be July 26 at Dominguez Park in Redondo Beach.

During its run this summer, Shakespeare by the Sea will perform in Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Pedro, Encino, Rossmoor, Rancho Palos Verdes, Hermosa Beach, Mission Viejo, Wilmington, Glendale, Manhattan Beach, South Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Aliso Viejo, Redondo Beach, Oak Park, unincorporated View Park-Windsor Hills and Altadena.

“Julius Caesar” was adapted by Coltrin from a “modern verse translation” by Shishir Kurup. Kurup is a playwright with “Play on Shakespeare,” a commissioned program, created in 2015, by the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival to “enhance the understanding of Shakespeare’s plays in performance for theater professionals, students, teachers, and audiences by engaging with contemporary translations and adaptations,” according to its website.

Because Shakespeare by the Sea has a two-hour time limit, including intermission, Coltrin needed to adapt her own version.

“I’ve cut quite a bit to fit our parameters, which they gave us permission to do,” Coltrin said.

Coltrin calls it a “perfect partnership” because both groups want to make Shakespeare more accessible to everyone with the modern translations.

“Their mission was first, do no harm to the plays,” Coltrin said. “So it’s not like you’re walking into a show and it’s a bunch of people going, ‘Hey, bro, how you doing?’ It’s not that. It’s still heightened language, but a lot of it just clarifies some of the storytelling and some of the language.”

In August, Little Fish Theatre, which had its first production in 2002, will make Redondo Beach its home with its first production at the new space.

The production will be “Pick of the Vine,” a selection of one-act plays, which Little Fish has been producing since its early years.

In 2022, during its 25th season, Shakespeare by the Sea founder Lisa Coffi retired as its producing artistic director, guiding the nonprofit though the pandemic, but continued serving on the nonprofit’s board of directors.

Coltrin and Dean have both been involved in the Shakespeare by the Sea since its early days and have carried on its legacy ever since.

For more information, visit shakespearebythesea .org.