William Shakespeare News

Hudson Valley Shakespeare's Highland Lights will return to celebrate five years of illuminating Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s landscape through community-built processions with Assembly: A Procession Of American Luminaries.

The new vision of As You Like It at Folger Theatre feels both timeless and unmistakably local – a Shakespearean comedy that rings true not just in the marble halls of Washington, but in the city’s living, breathing neighborhoods.

Ms. Gunderson’s ingenious play, directed by Lisa Spielman with her usual standard of excellence, is a marvelous creation, a paean not only to the Bard of Avon but a celebration of the magical potion, the curative powers, of live theater and, yea, of storytelling itself.

The New York Shakespeare Awards has officially unveiled its list of winners for 2025, marking the sixth year of celebrating the most impactful contributions to the Bard's legacy.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare has revealed its casts for its 2026 Season, which will be the first season in its new, permanent theater space, the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida will present JULIUS CAESAR in Fort Myers. The production is directed by Alex Dagg and Nykkie Rizley. Performances run in April with tickets now on sale.

Opera Maine has announced its 2026 season, pairing bold contemporary storytelling with one of opera's most beloved romantic classics. Learn more about the season here!

Frog & Peach Theatre Company is presenting William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth at The Cullum Theatre. You now get a first look at production photos.

The show opens by immediately breaking the fourth wall as the audience is introduced to our actors for the evening. Joseph and Andrew are lead by Ryan, a Shakespearean scholar with questionable credentials, and their goal is performing the entire canon of Shakespeare in one night. The energetic trio start us off with the well-known tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet” filled with raunchy innuendos, puns, improv, and over the top physical comedy. The pace and hilarity speeds up from there leaving the audience and the actors out of breath by intermission. The second act focuses on Hamlet after everyone had a well earned break.

A performance of William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy Much Ado About Nothing will take the stage at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in Huntington, West Virginia this spring.

The Prague State Opera will present Giuseppe Verdi’s dramatic opera Macbeth this spring as part of its 2026 season at the National Theatre in Prague. Learn more here!

A logistically and artistically ambitious mashup of Shakespeare's play and modern American songs with some great acting.

Tier5 returns to El Barrio's ArtSpace for a two-night only pop-up production of William Shakespeare's greatest love story, Romeo & Juliet, as a part of their Shakespeare in Love Spring 2026 season.

In Spring 2026, Red Bull Theater will be offering their second annual in-school touring production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in a partnership with Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble.

The 2026 Sydney Writers' Festival has announced its program , delivering 200+ events from 250+ authors to transform Sydney into a week-long celebration of storytelling, 17–24 May.

Arden Theatre Company has released production photos and video from its staging of ROMEO AND JULIET, William Shakespeare’s tragedy directed by Barrymore Award–winning director Amina Robinson.

There's no getting around it- it's hard to read the bard! Though Shakespeare's plays have been around for hundreds of years, reading them has not necesarily gotten easier with time. Getting started can often feel intimidating—the unfamiliar language, complex characters, and poetic structure can be a lot to take in.

You can now get a first look at production photos of The Curtain's all-new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Richard III starring Andrew Sellon.

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, in co-production with OrangeMite Studios, will present The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again].

This year’s Spectrum 2026, produced by First Run Theatre, was unique. The six-play festival featured four wittily written plays that stood on their own. Two were flat-out funny, one was a bit macabre, and Tortured Poets Department was beyond charming.