David Anthony Lewis

THE WILLARD SUITCASES Starring Nancy Anderson Has World Premiere At American Shakespeare Center

The Willard Suitcases, a new musical by Julianne Wick Davis, makes its world premiere debut at the American Shakespeare Center on October 4, directed by Ethan McSweeny and featuring Nancy Anderson (Wonderful Town Broadway, Kiss Me Kate West End). Inspired by Jon Crispin's photographs of suitcases discovered abandoned in the derelict Willard Asylum, Davis' song-cycle imagines the lives of the patients who packed those bags.

American Shakespeare Center Promises Epic Roman Repertory Season

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) welcomes guests for a special destination weekend August 9-11 when George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra joins Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra to complete the three-part Roman adventure at the Blackfriars Playhouse.

American Shakespeare Center Announces New And Returning Cast For 2019 Summer Festival Season

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) announces their ensemble for the 2019 Summer Festival Season which runs at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va, June 25 - September 1. The season features three plays in repertory: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony & Cleopatra, and George Bernard Shaw's Caesar & Cleopatra.

American Shakespeare Center Winter Season Takes Deep Dive Into Elizabethan Rehearsal Conditions; Creates Memorable, Actor-driven Productions

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) Winter Season: The Actors' Renaissance began previews this past weekend of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Part 1.

30th Anniversary Artistic Year Begins At Blackfriars Playhouse

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) began its 30th Anniversary Artistic Year with the launch of the 2018 Summer/Fall Season and a performance of As You Like It on June 13. The 2018 Summer/Fall Season will also feature a world-premiere adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma by Emma Whipday, Richard III, and George Etherege's The Man of Mode.

American Shakespeare Center Kicks Off New Year with HAMLET and RICHARD II

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) begins its annual Actors' Renaissance Season with performances of Hamlet and Richard II on January 19. The Actors' Renaissance Season is the ASC's experiment into what Elizabethan and Jacobean rehearsal conditions might have been and features a troupe of veteran ASC actors who design the productions and conduct rehearsals without a formal director.

14/48 Speed Theatre Festival Plays Two Seattle Venues, Aug and Sep 2012

After 15 years of presenting 14 plays in 48 hours for four weekends every year, the producers of 14/48 present two new styles of the popular speed theatre festival.