Tina Packer News

Shakespeare & Company has unveiled its full line-up for Season 2026, unveiling a slate of new titles, returning acts, free and low-cost community events, and more.

Tina Packer, Shakespeare & Company's Founding Artistic Director and acclaimed director, actor, writer, and teacher, has died at age 87. Read her obituary here.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Shakespeare & Company has announced the first titles of its 2026 season, including two Shakespeare plays and two reimagined 'Bard out of the box' productions.

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Albuquerque Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The cast has been revealed and routes are being planned for Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, hitting the road to present Hamlet.

The Fall Festival of Shakespeare includes nearly 500 students from 10 schools in Massachusetts and New York, supported by a cadre of 20 Shakespeare & Company directors, six costume designers, and five production designers. Learn more!

Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training will host its annual January Month-long Intensive from December 27, 2025, through January 18, 2026, in Lenox.

Shakespeare & Company has announced a $50,000 “Fill the Quill” Match Challenge to benefit the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Learn more about the challenge here!

Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training has announced its fall 2025 weekend intensive workshops, with sessions planned for New York City (Oct. 4–5), Los Angeles (Oct. 18–19), and Lenox, MA (Nov. 8–9), as well as a brand-new Alumni Advanced Weekend Intensive in New York City (Dec. 5–7).

Shakespeare & Company and Spirit of the Circus will present Circus & The Bard, co-created by Allyn Burrows, Robin Eldridge, and Pedro Reis. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Shakespeare & Company will delve into the themes of identity, gender roles, and the clash of wills with The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Nicole Ricciardi. Learn more!

Tom Gold Dance, the New York City-based classical dance company founded by former New York City Ballet soloist Tom Gold, will present Tom Gold’s Le Voyage in its entirety with many of the original artists.

Shakespeare & Company has unveiled the final productions rounding out its 2025 season, including the regional premiere of Paula Vogel’s Mother Play: a play in five evictions, a new family-friendly Shakespearean circus experience, and the return of its Plays in Process and winter programming.

Shakespeare & Company has revealed its remaining titles of Season 2025, including Circus & The Bard, co-created by Allyn Burrows, Robin Eldridge, and Pedro Reis; Mother Play: a play in five evictions by Paul Vogel. Learn more here!

Theater enthusiasts are invited to go Behind the Curtain this spring and summer, through Shakespeare & Company's series of discussions led by Shakespeare scholar Ann Berman. Learn how to attend.

Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training will launch an addition to its Spring programming - the NYC Weekend Intensive. Learn more about the intensive taking place this March and see how to sign up.

Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare has launched its run across the region, unleashing the dark and powerful tale of Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Kirstin L. Daniel. Learn how to attend.

Shakespeare & Company of Lenox, Mass., is presenting the return of the Tina Packer Women of Will Directing Fellowship. Learn how to apply.