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American Shakespeare Center

10 S Market St
Staunton, VA 24401

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Past Shows

46 total · showing 1–10

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

May 2 – Aug 2, 2025

Step into the world of Jane Austen’s beloved characters as the American Shakespeare Center brings Sense and Sensibility to life on stage. With humor, wit, and timeless insights, this adaptation by Emma Whipday with Brian McMahon captures the elegance and complexity of the...

MACBETH

Aug 15 – Nov 23, 2024

Experience the haunting tale of ambition and madness in Shakespeare's MACBETH at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This gripping production, directed by José Zayas, showcases power struggles and dark prophecies that lead Macbeth and Lady Macbeth down a treacherous path...

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Aug 15 – Oct 20, 2024

The American Shakespeare Center presents the comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by José Zayas, at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. This Oscar Wilde classic explores themes of mistaken identities and romantic entanglements as two young gentlemen...

Macbeth

May 13 – Sep 5, 2021

Electrifying and immediate, Macbeth plunges headlong into the darkest depths of the human condition and the toxic underbelly of politics and warfare—with murder begetting murder, and blood thirsting for blood. This twisted tale ends as it began, in the manifestation of a dark...

Henry V

Jun 17 – Sep 4, 2021

In this final, epic installment of Shakespeare’s Henriad trilogy, ASC veteran Brandon Carter leads “once more unto the breach” as King Henry V—one of the greatest monarchs in English history. Swashbuckling adventure and romance burst at the seams of this the most exciting of...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Jun 14 – Nov 27, 2016

By William Shakespeare June 14 - November 27, 2016 Love flows freely and confusion runs rampant in Shakespeare's tale of shipwreck, mistaken identity, and unrequited love. Nobles and servants alike navigate twisted paths on their quests for love. The ASC's vibrant, unplugged...

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Jun 15 – Nov 26, 2016

By Alex Timbers Music and Lyrics By Michael Friedman June 15 - November 26, 2016 A president for the people, by the people -- that's who Andrew Jackson believes he is. BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON careens through the life and career of the charismatic and controversial seventh...

The Rise of Queen Margaret (Henry VI, Part 2)

The Rise of Queen Margaret (Henry VI, Part 2)

Sep 7 – Nov 26, 2016

By William Shakespeare September 7 - November 29, 2016 In this wild carnival of avarice, Shakespeare gives us the glorious second-chapter of England's Wars of the Roses. Young King Henry's fierce and ambitious queen, Margaret of Anjou, leads the House of Lancaster in brutal...

King Lear

King Lear

Jul 7 – Nov 25, 2016

By William Shakespeare July 7 - November 25, 2016 Shakespeare's profound exploration of the meaning of human life. King Lear is both timeless and unnervingly contemporary. A penetrating family drama and powerful political commentary, Lear's relentless gaze at man's frailty and...

The Life of King Henry the Fifth

The Life of King Henry the Fifth

Apr 6 – Jun 10, 2016

The story of England’s hero-king and the greatest upset in European military history is Shakespeare’s finale to his great history plays. More than that, Henry V - at once touching, heroic, savage, and comic - explores the nature of greatness and its connection to theatre; and...

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