Step into 1950s Pittsburgh, where former Negro League baseball star Troy Maxson battles the weight of a dream deferred. Now working the city streets as ...
by A.A. Cristi - January 14, 2026
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will stage the powerful drama FENCES, exploring themes of race, family, and dreams in a 1950s African American experience....
by Cybele Pomeroy - December 05, 2025
Run, do not walk, to see A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Chesapeake Shakespeare in Baltimore. This adaptation of the classic tale sets the events of Ebenezer Scrooge’s fateful evening in Baltimore and surrounding areas and is infused with joy and merriment. The cast is simply amazing; in fact, the craftsmansh...
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2025
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will invite audiences home for the holidays with its annual return of A Christmas Carol. Learn more about the production here!...
by Jack L. B. Gohn - October 06, 2025
There is a great deal to like about the dramatization of Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion, just opened at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. There’s Kristina Lambdin’s stunning military dress uniforms and high-waisted Regency dresses....
by Michael Major - August 25, 2025
The heart of Persuasion lies in Anne Elliot (Marissa Chaffee), who finds herself unexpectedly reunited with Captain Wentworth (Joe Carlson) almost a decade after being persuaded to abandon their engagement....
by Daniel Collins - June 30, 2025
One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to beware the Ides of March, the famed line, “Et tu, Brute?”, before falling in a pool of blood and his...
by Tina Collins - June 25, 2025
There may be no better place to witness the slow, thunderous unraveling of a republic than beneath the open skies of the Patapsco Female Institute’s crumbling grandeur. In its current production of Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creatively transforms “The Ruins' into...
by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2025
Towson University has announced Summer at the Center 2025, a vibrant multidisciplinary festival spotlighting new and original works by TU alumni, faculty, students, and friends....
by Jack L. B. Gohn - April 30, 2025
The case for this production rests most firmly on the sheer spectacle and melodrama of the clash of the queens. Lesley Malin as Elizabeth, and Lisa Bruneau as Mary deliver that clash in fine fashion....
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2025
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company has announced that it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $50,000. ...
This holiday season, Gregory Burgess once again brings Ebenezer Scrooge to life on the CSC stage as we celebrate over a decade of A Christmas ...
Anne Elliot's touching journey of resilience and second chances unfolds against the elegant and beloved backdrop of Regency-era England, laced with Austen's signature wit.
Two Queens. One in power. One in prison.
Two Queens. One in power. One in prison.
JOIN US FOR A SHAKESPEAREAN ROMP WITH A BALTIMORE TWIST! Mistaken identities, outrageous antics, and double the hilarity— It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon! is ...
JOIN US FOR A SHAKESPEAREAN ROMP WITH A BALTIMORE TWIST! Mistaken identities, outrageous antics, and double the hilarity— It’s The Comedy of Errors, Hon! is ...
Gregory Burgess returns to the stage as Ebenezer Scrooge for our 10th year performing A Christmas Carol! Set in 19th-century Baltimore, this fresh take on ...
Forge cherished memories with loved ones and join us for Dickens’ hauntingly beautiful tale. Amidst 19th-century Baltimore, a miser undergoes a profound change, letting go ...
SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS IS BACK! Return to the enchanting PFI Historic Park in Ellicott City, Maryland for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.Beatrice and Benedick are ...
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry, opening February 4th at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. The essential story of a Black family's determined struggle to ...
A Christmas Carol Adapted from Charles Dickens by Ian Gallaner, Directed by Lizzi Albert & Erin Bone Steele at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company ABOUT THE PRODUCTIONThe ...
This summer, the PLAY's the thing at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company! The Studio at CSC will offer full day in-person summer camps. Each week will focus ...
This summer, the PLAY's the thing at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company! CSC HS ensemble members will gain valuable experience in working together to build a show ...
Adapted from Charles Dickenss classic novella by Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, the beloved tale unfolds in Victorian Baltimores familiar neighborhoods, ...
Join a merry and heartfelt band of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company favorites, company members, and Baltimoreans who join together to celebrate the holiday spirit through song, ...
Poignant and powerful, The Diary of Anne Frank is essential and moving theatre. Had she survived the Holocaust, Anne Frank would be 90 years old ...
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents "Alice in Wonderland," by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus, adapted from Lewis Carroll. The adventures of young Alice reveal her ...
"The story is gripping," says The New York Times. Red Velvet, by Lolita Chakrabarti, takes audiences backstage to witness a history-making, 1833 rehearsal of Shakespeare's ...
All of the conspiracy. No togas. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a political thriller about the high cost of protecting a republic from tyranny. Director Michael ...
When headstrong Kate is married off to Petruchio, expect fireworks. Meanwhile, a zany competition heats up for her sister’s hand and dowry. Love and money ...
As evil as he is charming, Richard marries and murders his way to England’s crown. Appointed protector of his nephews, the two child princes who ...
Richard III, last King of the House of York, married and murdered his way to the throne of England. He's one of Shakespeare's greatest villains. ...
Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim live in Baltimore. This delightful adaptation of the holiday classic weaves Baltimore history and place names into the tale of ...
The holiday classic with a Baltimore twist! Ebenezer Scrooge lives in Baltimore in this original adaptation of Dickens' tale. Scrooge rediscovers the spirit of Christmas ...
Titus Andronicus is William Shakespeare's wickedly thrilling horror play, presented for the Halloween season at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore, Oct. 23- Nov. 15, 2015. ...
Chesapeake Shakespeare captures the glamour and spirit of Edwardian London in its season-opening production of Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Despite their ...
William Shakespeare; dir: Jenny Leopold....
Antony and Cleopatra is a love story with the power to shatter nations. (Sound hyperbolic? Trust us, it’s not.) But reality has a way of ...
Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park: - Willliam Shakespeare; dir: Ian Gallanar....
Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...
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