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The Stratford Festival is putting the finishing touches on casting and will soon open its box office for a special holiday pre-sale for tickets to the 13 exciting shows of the 2023 season. With savings up to 25%, this is a perfect opportunity to secure tickets for your favourite shows or buy gifts for the theatre-lovers on your list.

Just as the 2022 season comes to a close, work for the 2023 season is getting underway at the Stratford Festival. Creative teams for next year's productions are coming into place and the casting department is busy confirming key roles for the season. Soon the workshops will be abuzz with artisans building the season's sets, props and costumes.

Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino has announced the 2023 season, inspired by the theme of Duty vs Desire. The playbill includes 13 lively and thought-provoking productions across four theatres, along with a full slate of events in The Meighen Forum.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET)'s FUN Company is proud to present Tomás and the Library Lady. From the best-selling children's book by Pat Mora, this musical adaptation by José Cruz Gonzales is sure to be a magical story for the whole family. FUNCompany Artistic Director Julie Herber is directing this show with an incredible cast and crew.

Highlights include Turnpike Troubadours’ long-awaited return to Bonnaroo along with such diverse performers as Paul Cauthen, NGHTMRE, Channel Tres, Dillon Francis, Jay Shetty, Flatland Calvary, and many more. Learn more information on tickets now!

After four years away from professional programming as the company focused on educational work, Shakespeare in Detroit (SiD) is back with a new team and vision, beginning with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare {abridged} [revised]. 

The Old Globe announced today the four-member cohort for the 2022 Classical Directing Fellowship, a program of the Karen and Stuart Tanz Fellowships at The Old Globe, led by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, a leading Shakespearean teacher, author, and director. 

StageQ has announced the cast for its first show back on stage since the pandemic shutdown in March 2020. 

The play is directed by RTW's Co-Founder and Artistic Director Suzan Fete and stars Tara Mallen, April Paul, Courtney Tucker, Sam White and Michael Pink

Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) presents THE CAKE by Bekah Brunstetter, October 22 - November 14, at their new artistic home, 255 S. Water St. The play is directed by RTW's Co-Founder and Artistic Director Suzan Fete and stars Tara Mallen, April Paul, Courtney Tucker, Sam White and Michael Pink

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program Class of 2022 makes their joyous return to in-person performances with Shakespeare's beloved comedy, Twelfth Night. Directed by Sam White,

Founded in 2020 by North Carolina-based director and producer, JaMeeka Holloway, BGLTB reimagines, reframes, and examines Shakespeare through the lens of Black and IPOC women with process, people, care and community-centered workshops and public readings using modern-verse translation commissioned by Play On! Shakespeare.

Founded in 2020 by JaMeeka Holloway, Blk Girls Luv The Bard, has announced its 2021 Fall Virtual Reading and Community Conversation Series, produced in partnership with Ashland, Oregon's PLAY ON SHAKESPEARE.

The Old Globe has announced the four-member cohort for the 2021 Classical Directing Fellowship, a program of the Karen and Stuart Tanz Fellowships at The Old Globe, led by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, a leading Shakespearean teacher, author, and director. 

The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program recently presented a virtual production of William Shakespeare's enchanting comedy classic A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program's presentation of William Shakespeare's enchanting comedy classic A Midsummer Night's Dream.

As the world catches glimpses of a return to normalcy and dares to imagine a time when we can once again gather together in our theatre spaces, The Old Globe will produce a hybrid of digital and in-person offerings that encompasses a broad range of thrilling theatre created by a diverse group of major talents.

The Old Globe has announced the 2020 Classical Directing Fellowships, a program of the Karen and Stuart Tanz Fellowships at The Old Globe, led by the Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, a leading Shakespearean scholar, author, and director.

The New York Landmarks Conservancy held its 31st Annual Chairman's Award Luncheon at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan on June 5, 2019. 

The 9th Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam will be held Friday, April 26th from 1pm-4pm at the 9th floor Lounge at the Riverside Church Campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The Sonnet Slam features 154 readers of all ages and abilities performing all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets in numerical order. The event is free to the public and is approximately 3 hours long.