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Alabama Shakespeare Festival Unveils Seven Productions for 2024-25 Season

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 17, 2024

Alabama Shakespeare Festival reveals its 2024-25 season lineup, featuring a diverse mix of classic and contemporary plays, musicals, and family-friendly performances.

ANTONY & CLEAOPATRA Announced At Mesa Arts Center, March 17-April 1

by A.A. Cristi — February 1, 2023

Southwest Shakespeare takes audiences to ancient Rome and Egypt with its powerful performances of ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, March 17 through April 1 at Mesa Arts Center.

Southwest Shakespeare Company Brings THE TEMPEST to the Stage

by Marissa Tomeo — February 27, 2022

The Southwest Shakespeare Company (SSC) presents its 28th season mainstage repertory production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Ingrid Sonnichsen for a limited run from now through March 19th at the Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Celebrates 35 Years In Montgomery

by A.A. Cristi — December 9, 2020

This week marks Alabama Shakespeare Festival's 35th anniversary in Montgomery.

'A Season for New Beginnings' is Released

by Christina Mancuso — August 10, 2016

The sequel to 'A Season for Living,' 'A Season for New Beginnings: The Sequel to A Season for Living' (published by iUniverse) continues the historical tale of a wealthy Southern matriarch and her family members as they embark on a quest to find a new beginning, discovering that change is the only c

Susan Willis Updegraff Releases New Sequel to A SEASON FOR LIVING

by Christina Mancuso — July 18, 2016

The sequel to 'A Season for Living,' 'A Season for New Beginnings: The Sequel to A Season for Living' (published by iUniverse) continues the historical tale of a wealthy Southern matriarch and her family members as they embark on a quest to find a new beginning, discovering that change is the only c

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Begins 4/20

by Kelsey Denette — April 2, 2013

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's spring repertory season will be in full bloom with the openings of two new plays, Around the World in 80 Days in the Festival Theatre and the Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage in the Octagon Theatre, on April 20.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Opens Tonight at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

by BWW News Desk — March 8, 2013

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, will be staged at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival tonight, March 8-24.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to Open 3/8 at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

by BWW News Desk — February 20, 2013

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, will be staged at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival March 8-24.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival Will Present Post-Apocalyptic MACBETH

by Kelsey Denette — January 14, 2013

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will offer a gritty and chill-filled version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth January 25 through May 18.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Premieres IN THE BOOK OF…, 1/5-22

by BWW News Desk — January 5, 2012

Immigration and its powerful political and personal impact on an Army veteran and an Afghan refugee take center stage in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's world premiere of John Walch's incendiary In the Book Of… January 5-22.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Premieres IN THE BOOK OF…, 1/5-22

by Kelsey Denette — November 30, 2011

Immigration and its powerful political and personal impact on an Army veteran and an Afghan refugee take center stage in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's world premiere of John Walch's incendiary In the Book Of… January 5-22.

KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS Commemorates World AIDS Day 12/1

by BWW News Desk — December 1, 2011

To commemorate World AIDS Day, SHOWTIME will premiere 'KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS,' a powerful documentary that bears witness to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Plays Alabama Shakespeare Festival

by BWW News Desk — November 25, 2011

A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's timeless holiday tale set in rural Alabama during the 1930s, has been adapted into an enchanting new family musical which will have its Southern premiere on the stage of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, November 25 through December 24.

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY to Play Alabama Shakespeare Festival

by Kelsey Denette — November 2, 2011

A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's timeless holiday tale set in rural Alabama during the 1930s, has been adapted into an enchanting new family musical which will have its Southern premiere on the stage of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, November 25 through December 24.

KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS Commemorates World AIDS Day 12/1

by Gabrielle Sierra — October 31, 2011

To commemorate World AIDS Day, SHOWTIME will premiere 'KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS,' a powerful documentary that bears witness to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

ASF Presents MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, MUCH ADO..., & JULIUS CEASAR

by Kelsey Denette — March 17, 2011

The 2011 Spring Repertory season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival will include Ron Hutchinson's comedy Moonlight and Magnolias and Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Julius Caesar.