Raphael Massie

There was a buzzing excitement in the room last week as the diverse, multidisciplinary cast of Merry Wives of Windsor filed into the rehearsal room for the first read through. Among them was the founder and artistic director emeritus of Elm Shakespeare Company, James Andreassi, who plays the hot-headed French Doctor Caius in the show.

Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training has announced it will hold a five-day Shakespeare Intensive in partnership with Fordham University's Department of Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, May 10 through Sunday, May 14.

The imminent start of the 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season—Artistic Director Nataki Garrett’s first full season—marks a celebratory return to repertory producing. The 2022 lineup features eight on-stage plays and musicals, from classic Shakespeare to works by some of today’s most exciting playwrights.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced the month-long, five-play O! Reading Series. For this new initiative, five directors who are part of OSF’s artistic staff have each chosen a play to be performed as a live digital staged reading by some of OSF’s favorite actors.

BIPOC Directors Forum - Take 2! will be presented via Zoom and Facebook Live Thursday, May 20th at 7 pm as the third event of Elm Shakespeare Company's free, online series, Building a Brave New Theater: Holding Space and Giving Voice.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its 2020-21 virtual season with Pericles, Prince  of Tyre by William Shakespeare, directed by Raphael Massie. All performances will be presented online,  beginning on Thursday evening February 25 at 7:30pm, and continuing through Sunday, March 7 at  2:00pm. 

Elm Shakespeare Company continues its free, online event series, Building a Brave New Theater: Exploring Shakespeare & Race in 2020 with a BIPOC DIRECTOR'S FORUM on Thursday November 12 at 7pm on Zoom.

Elm Shakespeare Company announced its free, online event series, Building a Brave New Theater: Exploring Shakespeare & Race in 2020. Five evenings of performances and moderated conversation with BIPOC artists and scholars will bring the New Haven community (and beyond) together to celebrate and interrogate the 400-year old white playwright's work.

Elm Shakespeare Company announced today the 2017 Free Shakespeare in the Parkproduction will be Shakespeare's beloved and iconic story of ill fated love, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet.  In addition to the traditional summer performances the company will present a series of community-wide events throughout the year focusing on the plays relevance today.

Elm Shakespeare Company brings magic to Edgerton Park for it's 21st summer season with Shakespeare's most beloved comedy, presenting 16 free outdoor performances of A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company, Lennox, MA.

Hartford Stage presents William Shakespeare's most popular play, ROMEO & JULIET, directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who previously helmed the critically acclaimed productions of HAMLET, MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TEMPEST. The tragic romance will play from tonight, February 11, through March 20 only.

Hartford Stage presents William Shakespeare's most popular play, ROMEO & JULIET, directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who previously helmed the critically acclaimed productions of HAMLET, MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TEMPEST. The tragic romance will play from February 11 through March 20 only.

Elm Shakespeare Company continues its 20th anniversary season celebration Aug. 20-Sept. 6 with 16 performances of "Twelfth Night", one of Shakespeare's most beloved and riotous comedies of mistaken identity.

The Bard is on tap! Elm Shakespeare Company invites the community to play a part - or two - in a Play Reading Circle of 'Much Ado About Nothing', 2-6pm on Sunday, April 12, at Trinity Bar and Restaurant 157 Orange Street.

The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) announced today the winners for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Kinky Boots; presented by Diane Paulus; Distinguished Play,Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, presented by Pam MacKinnon; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Pippin, presented by Alex Timbers; Distinguished Revival of a Play,Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, presented by Rachel Chavkin; Distinguished Performance, Nathan Lane, presented by Debra Messing at a star-studded luncheon ceremony hosted by Ms. Messing and David Hyde Pierce at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway).

The Drama League held a brunch in honor of the 2013 Directors Project fellows on Thursday, May 16th. The brunch was hosted by Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley, both members of the Drama League. Scroll down for a photo of the attendees!

The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks; Artistic Director, Roger T. Danforth) have announced the exceptional stage directors who have been selected as the 2013 Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project: Georgi Georgiev Antiqua, Elizabeth Carlson, Will Detlefsen, Dimitar Ivanov Dimitrov, Vesselin Dimov, Alexandru Mihail, Raphael Massie, Louisa Proske, Jamila Reddy, Samantha Saltzman, Danny Sharron, Jordan Slaveykov, Nicole A. Watson, and Lian Walden.