Annabelle Rollison News

In part celebration of its 70th Anniversary Celebration and in order to attract a more diverse audience, The Gateway will produce a Shakespearean comedy for the first time in over 50 years a?" As You Like It, for four performances from Feb 21 a?" 23.

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.

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.

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) celebrated 150 performances of the Wicked Folly Tour and Spring Season productions on May 30 with a performance of The Taming of the Shrew.

The Wicked Folly Tour has completed its tour, traveling across 17 states, producing over 50 performances at 33 venues, and reaching nearly 17,000 audience members. Now the troupe returns to Staunton to present the American Shakespeare Center's Spring Season. Performances begin at the Blackfriars Playhouse April 11.

The 2017/18 Wicked Folly Tour takes a break from touring the country to present the 16th annual production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The Brick, presenter of the international NY Clown Theatre Festival (and returning in 2014!), offers up its off-year aperitif while you await next year's feast. This September The Brick presents its biennial Amuse Bouche, with performers from Finland, France, U.K., New Zealand, and the U.S..

The Brick, presenter of the international NY Clown Theatre Festival (and returning in 2014!), offers up its off-year aperitif while you await next year's feast. This September The Brick presents its biennial Amuse Bouche, with performers from Finland, France, U.K., New Zealand, and the U.S..