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A Valentine’s Affair 2025
A Valentine’s Affair 2025
2/13 - 2/15/2025


Madison's Valentine's Day tradition of classic love scenes.

Henry the Fifth
5/2 - 5/11/2025


Henry the Fifth is the concluding installment of Shakespeare's Henriad, delving into the duality of King Henry, both celebrated and criticized. The production features Joshua ...


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by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

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Madison Shakespeare Company Joins Bartell Theatre as a Resident Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2024

Madison Shakespeare Company has joined the Bartell Theatre as a Resident Company, and will produce a full indoor season at the Bartell in 2024-2025 and beyond. The Bartell Theatre residency is the first permanent theatrical home for Madison Shakespeare Company in its 12-year history. Learn more abou...

Madison Shakespeare Unveils 2024 Summer Season Featuring LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2024

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A VALENTINE'S AFFAIR Comes to Madison Shakespeare Company


by Stephi Wild - January 10, 2024

Madison Shakespeare Company has announced the upcoming premiere of A Valentine's Affair 2024, a collection of classic love scenes directed by Annie Jay. This year's production includes the works of William Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood and performs two nights only, February 13 and 14 at the Bartell...

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2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Madison Awards; DISNEY'S DESCENDANTS: THE MUSICAL, THE 39 STEPS, Children's Theater of Madison & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

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by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; THE 39 STEPS Leads Best Play!


by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023

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Past Shows

Shakespeare's Lovers In June


June is for lovers. So join the Madison Shakespeare Company Ensemble for two special presentations of love scenes and Sonnets From a Hat at a ...

Shakespeare In the Park 2024


Shakespeare In the Park: An Anniversary Celebration, a festival of readings and performances at Madison’s Rennebohm Park Shelter on Saturday April 27 2024, begins at ...

A Valentine's Affair 2024: Love Scenes From Shakespeare


Spend Valentine's Day with Rosalind and Orlando, Juliet, Kate and Petruchio, and other timeless love stories from Shakespeare and beyond. Madison Shakespeare Company's February tradition ...

Shakespeare's Lovers In June


Join us for romance, comedy, and rhyme from the classics, presented in a fun, casual setting for outdoor theater. Madison Shakespeare Company presents scenes from ...

A Valentine's Affair 2023
A Valentine's Affair 2023
2/9 - 2/11/2023


A Valentine's Affair returns, with more bite-sized tales of love, heartbreak, jealousy, and passion to keep February warm and toasty. This Valentine’s season, see young ...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
7/15 - 7/24/2022


A Shakespeare comedy about quick wit, biting sarcasm, petty lies, and unshakable bonds, performed in a beautiful outdoor amphitheater. Han and Leia, Ron and Hermione, ...

Shakespeare's Lovers In June


June is for lovers. So join the MSC Ensemble for two special presentations of love scenes and Sonnets From a Hat at gorgeous venues for ...

Shakespeare in the Park, an anniversary celebration


To celebrate Madison Shakespeare Companys 10th anniversary and commemorate the date of William Shakespeares death in 1616, we are organizing Shakespeare In the Park: An ...

A Valentine's Affair 2022
A Valentine's Affair 2022
2/12 - 2/15/2022


Madison Shakespeare Company's sweet-and-salty Valentine's Day tradition returns!A Valentines Affair returns in 2022 with more classic tales of love and passion from William Shakespeare and ...

All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well
7/23 - 8/1/2021


Madison Shakespeare Company's latest summer comedy takes on the twisty turny tricksy trappings of incompatibly compatible Helena and Bertram, childhood friends on very different paths ...

Desires
Desires
5/22 - 5/30/2021


Madison Shakespeare Company presents Desires, a collection of three short comedies about what we want and what we need: a happier marriage, a closer connection ...

Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet


The Prince of Denmark has a lot of work to do.And just one day to do it.Madison Shakespeare Company takes on the legendary Hamlet with ...

A Valentine's Affair 2020
A Valentine's Affair 2020
2/14 - 2/15/2020


Never I truly felt the power of loveAnd pity to a man till now I knew him.I have enough to buy me my desires,And yet ...

A Valentine's Affair 2020


Never I truly felt the power of loveAnd pity to a man till now I knew him.I have enough to buy me my desires,And yet ...

Henry the Fourth Part Two
Henry the Fourth Part Two
2/8 - 2/16/2019


New dangers. New mischief. Same old Falstaff.In the sequel to Henry the Fourth, England is thrown into chaos by rebellion, sibling rivalry, and the most ...

A Valentine's Affair 2019
A Valentine's Affair 2019
2/12 - 2/14/2019


New couples, new adventures, and new love languages. Unpredictable fun when sonnets meet improv. A new Valentines Day tradition.A Valentines Affair 2019 presents six classic ...

Sloshed Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra


Egypt, 31 BC. Mark Antony and Cleopatra are holding a party so loud it’s keeping the neighbors awake in Rome. And you’re invited. Madison’s third-favorite ...

Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew
6/22 - 7/1/2018


"Is not general incivility the very essence of love?" - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen Her name is Katharina Minola, Renown'd in Padua for her ...

Henry the Fourth
Henry the Fourth
2/9 - 2/17/2018


Seize power in chaos, reign in chaos. After deposing King Richard the Second, Henry Bolingbroke struggles to maintain control of his own kingdom. Henry Percy, ...

Henry the Fourth Part One
Henry the Fourth Part One
2/9 - 2/17/2018


After deposing King Richard the Second, Henry Bolingbroke struggles to maintain control of his own kingdom. Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, is shaping up to ...

A Valentine's Affair: Love Scenes From Shakespeare


February 13, 7 PM at Capital Brewery in Middleton February 14, 8 PM at Bartell Theatre in Madison Spend Valentine’s Day with Shakespeare’s greatest couples, ...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
7/24 - 7/27/2014

Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
7/24 - 7/28/2013


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 ...

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
7/26 - 7/29/2012


"The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" is the first of Shakespeare's major tragedies, written just before Hamlet in 1599. It portrays the pivotal events before and ...

Videos


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Overture Center (5/13 - 5/18)
A Beautiful Noise in Madison A Beautiful Noise
Overture Center (3/18 - 3/23)
Wintertime in Madison Wintertime
Bartell Theatre (2/7 - 2/22)
Funny Girl in Madison Funny Girl
Overture Center (12/31 - 1/5)
MJ in Madison MJ
Overture Center (6/17 - 6/22)
Almost, Maine in Madison Almost, Maine
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