About the Theatre
Shakespeare & Company is a professional live theatre company in the heart of the Berkshires, presenting a vibrant summer performance season featuring the works of Shakespeare in repertory with classic and contemporary plays. The Company offers one of the most extensive actor training programs by a regional theatre in the country, and is also home to an award-winning and nationally recognized theatre-in-education program.RELATED STORIES
Heidi Blickenstaff, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY And More Honored At 41st Annual Elliot Norton Awards
by A.A. Cristi - April 11, 2024
Discover the winners of the 41st Annual Elliot Norton Awards, celebrating excellence in the Boston theater scene. Stay updated with BroadwayWorld's latest news....
Review: ANTHONY RAPP'S WITHOUT YOU Looks at the Joy and Sadness in RENT Star's Life
by R. Scott Reedy - April 06, 2024
What did our critic think of ANTHONY RAPP'S WITHOUT YOU at Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?...
Shakespeare & Company to Present Sensory-Friendly Performance Of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 12, 2024
Join Shakespeare & Company for a sensory-friendly performance of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on March 16. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
Shakespeare & Company's Center For Actor Training to Hold Two-Day Lenox Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 12, 2024
Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training will present Tuning Your Instrument, a two-day workshop focused on voice and movement practices. Learn more about the workshops. ...
Review: Annette Miller Triumphs Again in GOLDA'S BALCONY
by R. Scott Reedy - March 01, 2024
What did our critic think of GOLDA'S BALCONY at Shakespeare & Company? Golda Meir – Israel’s first, and so far only, female prime minister – was seen by some as the straight-talking grandmother of the Jewish people. In “Golda’s Balcony,” however, Tony Award-winning playwright William Gibson (1914–20...
Deborah Zoe Laufer's BE HERE NOW to Open WAM Theatre 15th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 29, 2024
WAM Theatre will kick off its 15th Anniversary Season with a Fresh Takes Play Reading of Be Here Now written by Deborah Zoe Laufer. Learn how to purchase tickets....
NEXT TO NORMAL, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, and More Set For Barrington Stage Company's 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - February 22, 2024
Barrington Stage Company will celebrate its 30th anniversary season with two major musical revivals, a world premiere play, two regional premiere plays and a comedy featuring three of BSC’s most beloved associate artists. Learn more about the season lineup here!...
Past Shows
A Walk in the Woods
7/17 - 9/4/2022
An Iliad
6/3 - 7/3/2022
On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. ...
The Approach
5/6 - 5/29/2022
Three women have three conversations that draw us into their inner lives. Listen carefully: what will they reveal to each other, and what does each ...
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
12/16 - 12/19/2021
This holiday season, Shakespeare & Company will present a costumed, staged reading of The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, from Thursday, Dec. 16 through Sunday, Dec. ...
Breaking Dawn: The American Myth
11/4 - 11/21/2021
Shakespeare & Company will present the virtual performance Breaking Dawn: The American Myth, a film and accompanying audiocasts by The NET, through Saturday, Nov. 21.Directed ...
The Chairs
10/8 - 10/31/2021
An absurdist play of the first order by a master innovator of the genre. In a house on an island, a very old couple pass ...
Betrayal
9/17 - 10/17/2021
BETRAYAL originally premiered at London's National Theatre in 1978 and was immediately hailed as one of Pinter's masterworks, winning the 1979 Olivier Award for Best ...
Row After Row
8/17 - 9/12/2021
Shakespeare & Company Jessica Dickey...
MEASURE FOR MEASURE: A WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
9/1 - 9/5/2021
KING LEAR
7/2 - 8/29/2021
King Lear
7/2 - 8/28/2021
By William ShakespeareDirected by Nicole RicciardiFeaturing Christopher LloydNothing will come of nothing, speak again. King LearThe once powerful King Lear chooses to divide his kingdom ...
'Art'
7/29 - 8/22/2021
Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton Shakespeare & Company...
What Rhymes with America
7/29 - 8/21/2021
Shakespeare & Company Melissa James Gibson...
BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL'S JOURNEY
7/16 - 7/25/2021
BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girls Journey is a 90 minute, 5-Act, living memoir which explores a young womans acting journey on the road to becoming ...
Emma
12/26 - 1/3/2021
EMMA (a virtual costumed reading)By Kate HamillBased on the novel by Jane AustenDirected by Ariel Bock Dates: December 26-27 and January 2-3Time: 7:00pm EST Emma ...
Virtual Fall Festival of Shakespeare
12/18 - 12/20/2020
Shakespeare & Company will present its Virtual Fall Festival of Shakespeare, featuring graduating seniors of Berkshire and Columbia County, in light of COVID-19. This special ...
On Saturday, December 5th at 7:30PM, join us online for an exciting evening full of humor and heart, rallying around what is essentialconnection, curiosity, and ...
This year, Artistic Director Allyn Burrows invites audiences and supporters to rally around what the Company has learned, not only over several decades, but also ...
November Reading Series
11/5 - 11/22/2020
The NOVEMBER Reading Series running virtually NOVEMBER 5 - 22 includes three cutting edge plays exploring race and the american dream. Autumn by Drama Desk ...
Martha Mitchell Calling
10/28 - 11/1/2020
Portrayed with humor, candor and disarming pathos, this riveting work re-examines the life and legacy of Martha Mitchell. Outrageous, flamboyant, courageous and the life of ...
The Lifespan of a Fact
5/21 - 7/12/2020
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D?Agata and Jim Fingal Shakespeare & Company...
Sense and Sensibility
12/14 - 12/15/2019
Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen Shakespeare & Company...
Time Stands Still
9/13 - 10/13/2019
Donald Margulies Shakespeare & Company...
The Children (Kirkwood)
7/18 - 8/18/2019
Two retired nuclear scientists reside in an isolated cottage by the sea as the world around them crumbles. Together they are going to live forever ...
Love's Labour's Lost
6/22 - 9/1/2013
Mother Courage
7/27 - 8/25/2013
The Learned Ladies
2/3 - 3/25/2012
From one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature—the French playwright Moliére—comes this outrageous satire about a family of headstrong women. Believing scholarly ...
The Santaland Diaries
12/2 - 12/30/2011
Join us for Shakespeare & Company's newest holiday tradition! A whimsically mischevous look at the dark side of Christmas, The Santaland Diaries was such a ...
War of the Worlds
9/9 - 11/6/2011
Shakespeare & Company continues its popular Fall Foliage season with War of the Worlds, based on Orson Welles' thrilling radio broadcast about Martians invading Earth. ...
The Studio Festival provides a rare chance to see cutting edge works in an informal setting, with Company artists presenting one-time staged readings of some ...
As You Like It
6/24 - 9/4/2011
No sooner does Rosalind fall in love with the dashing Orlando than her uncle banishes her from the court, forcing her to flee to the ...
EveryActor
8/11 - 9/4/2011
The year is 1563 and a poor traveling troupe of players have just pulled into town to rehearse their production of Everyman for a performance ...
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
8/3 - 9/4/2011
A fiercely independent journalist and a born hell-raiser, Molly Ivins was a tireless advocate for social justice. Writing for publications such as The Texas Observer ...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7/21 - 9/4/2011
They're baaaaack! Take three actors, sixteen characters, a few fake beards, plenty of cross-dressing, and a bonechilling curse—and you get this uproariously funny take on ...
The Memory of Water
6/16 - 9/4/2011
A stunning success at last year's Studio Festival of Plays, this wry and poignant comedy delves into themes of memory, identity, and loss. Three sisters ...
Romeo and Juliet
7/8 - 9/3/2011
Two families, more alike than different, are embroiled in an ancient grudge. But this bitterness is no match for the boundless passion of Romeo and ...
The Venetian Twins
6/29 - 8/27/2011
Swordfights, mistaken identities, and mayhem abound! Two identical twin brothers, raised separately, each decide to visit Verona for the very first time. Neither knows the ...
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Robert Frost: This Verse Business
Roberts Studio Theatre at Calderwood Pavilion (4/23 - 4/28)
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I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People and The American Songbook
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (4/27 - 4/28) | |
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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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The Stands
Firehouse Center for the Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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Zucchero
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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Grindr Help Desk: The Musical (an unofficial parody)
The Post Office Cabaret (5/26 - 9/5) | |
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Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15) | |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In
Robert J. Orchard Stage at The Paramount Center (6/14 - 6/15) | |
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THT Rep presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/18 - 5/12) | |
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