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THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN PLAYHOUSE

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Upcoming Shows

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 5 – Apr 5, 2026

The OG Rom-Com!Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero...



Review: A Dismally Beautiful NORTH COUNTRY at Actor's Express


by Amanda Theriot-Greenwell - February 14, 2026

Actor’s Express has opened their 38th season with the acclaimed musical Girl From the North Country, now playing through March 8. With book by Connor McPherson alongside the songs of Bob Dylan, the jukebox musical’s UK and New York debuts in 2017 and 2018, respectively, earned favorable reviews ...

Review: BLEEDING HEARTS at Theatrical Outfit


by Jennifer Skura Boutell - February 09, 2026

Theatrical Outfit’s world premier BLEEDING HEARTS written by Atlanta playwright Steve Yockey and directed by Sean Daniels starts with ferocious comedic momentum that feels equal parts Oscar Wilde on SNL, the 2014 Adult Swim cult TOO MANY COOKS, and a virtul signalers wrestling match....

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Aurora Theatre


by Joseph Harrison - January 24, 2026

You can witness the hilarity that ensues when a stage play goes literally off the rails in Aurora Theatre’s latest production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG – a breathlessly hilarious farce-within-a-farce that proves there is no calamity too big to keep this show from making it to the final curtain...

Review: FREDERICK at Synchronicity


by Jennifer Skura Boutell - December 29, 2025

Synchronicity Theatre’s production of FREDERICK, adapted by Suzanne Maynard Miller and directed by Julie Skrzypek, is an imaginative children's musical based on Leo Lionni’s beloved classic story that celebrates creativity, courage, and the joy of being yourself. ...

THE WIZARD OF OZ Takes You “Over the Rainbow” at City Springs Theatre Company


by Caroline Powell - December 14, 2025

THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of City Spring Theatre Company’s best, perfect for the holiday season and theatre lovers of all ages. You’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face, and a song in your heart....

Past Shows

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 6 – Mar 1, 2026

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 23rd anniversary production of...

The African Company Presents Richard III
The African Company Presents Richard III
Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2026

One week only return engagement.Based on a true story.Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organizes a production...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Jan 8 – Jan 25, 2026

A shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, romance, revenge and one pair of yellow stockings…welcome to Orsino’s court and the zany world of Illyria.Food and...

Shakespeare Out of a Hat Weekend
Shakespeare Out of a Hat Weekend
Jan 2 – Jan 4, 2026

We are shaking things up in the new year!We're pulling the play AND the partsout of a hat just before we start!Roles pulled two minutes...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 6 – Dec 23, 2025

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Nov 8 – Nov 30, 2025

The secret midnight utterings of a Kingly ghost set events in motion that seal the tragic fate of Denmark’s royal family. In the midst of...

Macbeth
Macbeth
Oct 4 – Nov 2, 2025

One fateful evening, three weird sisters greet Macbeth and Banquo with visions of what could be. Is it the witches and their magical prophecies or...

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
Sep 11 – Sep 28, 2025

The wild and unwed Katherine is thrown together with the boisterous and charismatic bachelor Petruchio and thus begins Shakespeare’s fiercest and most controversial battle of...

The Venetians by Matt Barbot
The Venetians by Matt Barbot
Aug 21 – Sep 7, 2025

Othello, the Moorish general, wants to give his beloved Desdemona the beautiful secret wedding she deserves... but that means borrowing ducats. Unfortunately for him, the...

Muse of Fire Playwriting Contest
Muse of Fire Playwriting Contest
Aug 29 – Aug 30, 2025

Join us for  a two-day festival celebrating the winners of our second Muse of Fire Playwriting contest!Playwrights of the global majority from all around the...

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
Aug 2 – Aug 17, 2025

From (some of) the people who brought you the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)…William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)By Reed Martin and Austin...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jul 5 – Jul 27, 2025

A fairy King and Queen come across four runaway lovers and a gaggle of amateur actors trying to rehearse a play in the forest. The...

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
Jun 7 – Jun 29, 2025

Two sets of twins, one case of mistaken identity, and a nun walk onto the stage. No, it’s not the start of a joke, but...

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
May 3 – Jun 1, 2025

Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit.21-year-old Elizabeth Bennet enjoys being the...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Apr 5 – Apr 27, 2025

A shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, romance, revenge and one pair of yellow stockings…welcome to Orsino’s court and the zany world of Illyria. Food...

The African Company Presents Richard III
The African Company Presents Richard III
Mar 8 – Mar 30, 2025

Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organized a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III under his company, African...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 1 – Mar 2, 2025

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 22nd anniversary production of...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 1 – Mar 2, 2025

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 22nd anniversary production of...

Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Jan 9 – Jan 26, 2025

Can four young men attempt to honor their pledge to avoid love, food, drink and sleep, for the sake of becoming more intellectual and contemplative?...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 5 – Dec 23, 2024

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Nov 7 – Dec 1, 2024

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet, Prince of Denmark at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, directed by Andrew Houchins. This classic tragedy unfolds as Hamlet confronts...

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Nov 9 – Dec 1, 2024

The secret midnight utterings of a Kingly ghost  set events in motion that seal the tragic fate of Denmark’s royal family. In the midst of...

Dracula: The Failings of Men
Dracula: The Failings of Men
Oct 3 – Nov 3, 2024

Prepare yourselves for this incredibly unique action-horror reimagining of Bram Stoker’s work produced by ASC in collaboration with Havoc Movement. Dracula: The Failings of Men will...

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Sep 5 – Sep 29, 2024

Join us for a medieval romp through boisterous and bawdy olde England. Drawing on the Celtic British influences of Geoffrey Chaucer's writing, this hilarious adaptation...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Aug 15 – Aug 31, 2024

A fairy King and Queen come across four runaway lovers and a gaggle of amateur actors trying to rehearse a play in the forest. The...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 1 – Aug 11, 2024

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all...

As You Like It
As You Like It
Jul 6 – Jul 27, 2024

“All the world’s a stage . . .”  We invite you to join us on a trip into Shakespeare's enchanted woods. . . where Rosalind...

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
Jun 1 – Jun 30, 2024

Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' witty and action packed swashbuckling  novel tells the story of a brother and sister, d’Artagnan and Sabine, who set...

Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
May 2 – May 26, 2024

Can four young men attempt to honor their pledge to avoid love, food, drink and sleep, for the sake of becoming more intellectual and contemplative? ...

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
Apr 4 – Apr 28, 2024

Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit.When the wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies,...

The Merchant of Venice (A LadyShakes Production)
The Merchant of Venice (A LadyShakes Production)
Mar 7 – Mar 30, 2024

Hatred, vengeance and fear of the unknown "other."Shylock, the Jewish moneylender and one of Shakespeare’s most controversial characters of all time, Antonio and Portia face...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 1 – Mar 3, 2024

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 21st anniversary production of...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Jan 4 – Jan 27, 2024

A Shakespearean Soap Opera! 70 Characters Played by 12 Actors!A dark and troubling riddle starts the heroic adventure of one man’s lifetime, a story of...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2023

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

The Tempest
The Tempest
Nov 4 – Nov 26, 2023

Shipwrecked after a violent storm, little do the survivors know that they have landed on an enchanted isle controlled by Prospero the magician, and is...

Dracula: The Failings of Men
Dracula: The Failings of Men
Oct 7 – Oct 31, 2023

Atlanta Shakespeare Company PresentsHavoc Movement’s Dracula the Failings of Men Adapted by Benedetto Robinson Directed by Jake Guinn Prepare yourselves for this incredibly unique action-horror reimagining of Bram Stoker’s...

Douglas Post's By My Will
Douglas Post's By My Will
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023

For hundreds of years, literary scholars and historians have debated the true authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.  In this new Comedy, commissioned by ASC’s Artistic Director...

Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
Sep 7 – Sep 24, 2023

In Troilus and Cressida  Shakespeare puts his own wickedly ironic spin on the classic tale of Helen of Troy and the "epic" battles fought over...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 3 – Sep 3, 2023

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all the Histories...

Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Jun 1 – Jul 2, 2023

Come along for a rip-roaring romp through Sherwood Forest with all the thrills, laughter and romance you could ever ask for! Sherwood: The Adventures of...

As You Like It
As You Like It
May 4 – May 28, 2023

“All the world’s a stage . . .”  We invite you to join us on a trip into Shakespeare's enchanted woods. . . where Rosalind...

Douglas Post's By My Will
Douglas Post's By My Will
Apr 8 – Apr 30, 2023

For hundreds of years, literary scholars and historians have debated the true authorship of Shakspere's plays. In this new Comedy, commissioned by ASC’s Artistic Director...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Mar 9 – Apr 1, 2023

A Shakespearean Soap Opera! 70 Characters Played by 12 Actors!A dark and troubling riddle starts the heroic adventure of one man’s lifetime, a story of...

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Jan 5 – Jan 29, 2023

The lecherous Sir John Falstaff sets his sights on the wives of Windsor, leading to a side splitting evening filled with mischief, schemes, a buck...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Sep 8 – Oct 2, 2022

Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero survive the...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Sep 8 – Oct 2, 2022

Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero survive the...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Sep 8 – Oct 2, 2022

Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero survive the...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 18 – Sep 4, 2022

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all...

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Jul 28 – Aug 14, 2022

An all-female cast! Hatred, vengeance and fear of the unknown "other."Shylock, the Jewish moneylender and one of Shakespeares most controversial characters of all time, Antonio...

The Country Wife
The Country Wife
Apr 14 – May 1, 2022

A satirical and bawdy comedy focused on the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London, The Country Wife has been admired as a farce, condemned as...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 10 – Apr 3, 2022

Shakespeares second-famous battle of the sexes play. Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 10 – Mar 6, 2022

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 20th anniversary production of...

Othello
Othello
Feb 4 – Feb 28, 2021

A general, his wife, and his ensign walk into a room...only one survives! Find out who in Shakespeares tale of race, romance, reputation, and revenge....

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