Patrick Mulcahy News

The Irish play that led to riots in the streets of Dublin when it debuted 103 years ago and became a comic masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World, opens the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 19th season. With previews June 16 and 17, the play opens June 18 in the Schubert Theatre and continues through July 3.

An imaginative parable becomes theatrical magic in The Screwtape Letters at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival for one night only, Monday, June 28 at 7:30pm on the Main Stage.

Outrageous situations lead to hilarious complications in the legendary musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opening on the Main Stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Friday, June 25. With previews June 23 and 24, Forum continues through July 11. Ticket prices range from $25 to $53.

With a sense of humor equal to their sense of adventure, Robin Hood and his Merry Men pursue villains and victories in the Sherwood Forest in a lively new adaptation on stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival June 4 through August 7.

With a sense of humor equal to their sense of adventure, Robin Hood and his Merry Men pursue villains and victories in the Sherwood Forest in a lively new adaptation on stage at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival June 4 through August 7.

The Irish play that led to riots in the streets of Dublin when it debuted 103 years ago and became a comic masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World, opens the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 19th season. With previews June 16 and 17, the play opens June 18 in the Schubert Theatre and continues through July 3.

Casting 100+ roles, designing hundreds of costumes and myriad lighting and sound cues, and hiring 134 seasonal staff, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival prepares to open its 19th season.

That two Lehigh Valley theatres were awarded separate grants from the National Endowment for the Arts signature program, 'Shakespeare in American Communities/ Shakespeare for a New Generation' is unprecedented. Outside major metropolitan areas around the country, no other community the size of the Lehigh Valley has received two grants in one year. Forty non-profit theatre companies across the U.S. won the $25,000 awards.

Artistic excellence and audience enthusiasm created a record-breaking season for The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this past summer and position the company for continued growth in 2010.

Record numbers of patrons attended the 18th season of The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, which closed Sunday. 'For years, our patrons have shared with us personal stories of what the Festival means to them. I'm not sure we knew just how important until this season,' says Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director.

Shakespeare comes in a variety of flavors at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this summer, including a new production: Shakespeare for Kids. Children ages 4 to 12 can experience Shakespeare at their level and help Team Shakespeare tell the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Fueled by legend, passion for the transcendent, and the quest for power, Antony and Cleopatra makes its debut at PSF this summer. Based on the electrifying relationship between celebrated Roman warrior Mark Antony and sultry Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra is set amidst the impending rise of the Roman Empire and its quest to control its exotic eastern frontiers.

Shakespeare comes in a variety of flavors at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival this summer, including a new production: Shakespeare for Kids. Children ages 4 to 12 can experience Shakespeare at their level and help Team Shakespeare tell the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The course of true love never did run smooth, Lysander tells his distraught lover Hermia at the beginning of A Midsummer Night?s Dream. Mischief, mayhem, moonbeams, and magic potions abound as four young Athenian lovers encounter more than they imagined possible in one of Shakespeare?s best known romantic comedies.

Fueled by legend, passion for the transcendent, and the quest for power, Antony and Cleopatra makes its debut at PSF this summer. Based on the electrifying relationship between celebrated Roman warrior Mark Antony and sultry Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra is set amidst the impending rise of the Roman Empire and its quest to control its exotic eastern frontiers.

The course of true love never did run smooth, Lysander tells his distraught lover Hermia at the beginning of A Midsummer Night?s Dream. Mischief, mayhem, moonbeams, and magic potions abound as four young Athenian lovers encounter more than they imagined possible in one of Shakespeare?s best known romantic comedies.

An imaginative parable transforms into theatrical magic in The Great Divorce at The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival for one night only, Monday, June 22 at 7:30pm on the Main Stage.

With the nation's history written in the hills and valleys surrounding The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the company offers a variety of programming in association with its production of the Tony Award winning musical 1776, which runs June 17 through July 5.

An imaginative parable transforms into theatrical magic in The Great Divorce at The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival for one night only, Monday, June 22 at 7:30pm on the Main Stage.

With the nation's history written in the hills and valleys surrounding The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the company offers a variety of programming in association with its production of the Tony Award winning musical 1776, which runs June 17 through July 5.