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Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

3655 Church Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Baltimore, MD 21202

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About the Theatre

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is the leading classical theatre company in Maryland, offering vibrant performances that blow the dust off of Shakespeare and delight its patrons. One of the six largest theatre companies in the state, CSC serves diverse audiences with funny, moving, rousing mainstage seasons, a vigorous education program that serves over 16,000 students annually in both theatre and the classroom, and a growing community engagement effort.

Upcoming Shows

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Oct 9 – Nov 1, 2026

Driven by monstrous ambition, Victor Frankenstein dares to create life from death—unleashing a Creature who seeks vengeance. Set on the night when Mary Shelley and her friends challenged one another to invent a terrifying tale, this powerful adaptation places Shelley center...

Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Everyman Theatre

Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Everyman Theatre

by Tina Collins · September 8, 2026

Kim’s Convenience, written by Ins Choi and directed by Cara Hinh is a deft comedy about a family that loves one another but doesn’t quite know how to talk to each another.…

Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 18, 2026

Thanks to a serious discussion wrought by the end, the play avoids being a mere entertainment. The characters are not merely competing, ruthlessly but wittily too, for whatever prizes journalism may have to offer, but are visibly debasing their souls to win those prizes, and with their souls, part o…

Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 18, 2026

Refugee Rhapsody, by Yussef El Guindi, is kind of funny. You may consider that an odd trait for a play about violence, racism, immigration and the dangerous effects of celebrity culture, but it happens to be true. In our media environment we are frequently confronted by enormities that leave us very…

Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 16, 2026

In the end, this is not so much of a takedown of one specific person as of a way of being a person. To shrink down to that person’s size is to lose out on life. In this good and carefully-written play, D’Amour makes that clear.…

Review: Viciously Funny MEAN GIRLS AT Rules Toby's In Columbia

Review: Viciously Funny MEAN GIRLS AT Rules Toby's In Columbia

by Cybele Pomeroy · July 11, 2026

MEAN GIRLS at Toby’s in Columbia is a popcorny treat with juicy musical numbers. Enjoy climate-controlled family-friendly live entertainment and a great meal with wonderful service, provided primarily by the show's actors. Through August 23, 2026.…

Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players

Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players

by Lisa A. Crayton · June 19, 2026

THE DIVINE SISTER is a devilishly funny. It is a fun, comedic, irreverent, and enthralling. It's unlike any of the works that inspired it. The play will seem vaguely familiar at times, but it stands on its own as uniquely creative!…

Past Shows

33 total · showing 11–20

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Jun 17 – Jul 24, 2022

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 made for one another, and everyone knows it except for them. It will take an entire village of meddlers, gossips, and...

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Feb 4 – Feb 27, 2022

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 achieve their dreams.Directed by Reggie Phoenix, Associate Professor of Theatre at Morgan State University, and...

Summer Camp at The Studio with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Summer Camp at The Studio with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Jun 21 – Sep 3, 2021

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 on a different theme such as performance, design, combat, comedy, tragedy, romance, etc. Teaching Artists provide...

VIRTUAL Summer Camp at The Studio with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

VIRTUAL Summer Camp at The Studio with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Jul 5 – Sep 3, 2021

This summer, the PLAY's the thing at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company! The Studio at CSC will offer half-day virtual summer camps. Each week will focus on a different theme such as performance, design, combat, comedy, tragedy, romance, etc. Teaching Artists provide age-appropriate...

High School Ensemble at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

High School Ensemble at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Jul 12 – Aug 6, 2021

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 as they rehearse and perform a play in our Downtown Theatre. Students will gain valuable experience in performance...

A Zoom Christmas Carol

A Zoom Christmas Carol

Dec 21

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, including Fells Point and Mount Vernon. In story and song, this original...

Be Merry! Make Holiday!

Be Merry! Make Holiday!

Dec 18

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, story, and spoken word. Featuring songs from past productions of A Christmas Carol; readings of poems...

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

Apr 26 – May 26, 2019

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 this year. Her chronicle of her experience living in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in WWII is her legacy. Its...

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