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THE MOORS Comes to Estrella Mountain Community College Fine Arts Center in May


by Stephi Wild - April 16, 2024

The Bridge Initiative is in residence this spring at Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC), the continuation of a professional/educational theatre partnership. The collaboration launched last year with Elaine Romero’s Like Heaven and a $2,000 scholarship for EMCC student Andrea Obregon. This ye...

HOUSE OF DESIRES by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to be Presented at Southwest Shakespeare Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 19, 2024

Southwest Shakespeare Company has revealed the fourth play in the company’s 30th Anniversary Season, House of Desires. Learn more about the show!...

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Phoenix Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Phoenix Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE, CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE, CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Starlight Community Theater & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards December 5th Standings; LES MISERABLES Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Review: MACBETH at Southwest Shakespeare Company


by Herbert Paine - October 23, 2023

Southwest Shakespeare Company's MACBETH is the stuff of great drama, thick with psychological import, mad acts of violence, and the fog of war....

BECOMING OTHELLO: A BLACK GIRL'S JOURNEY Opens At Mesa Arts Center November 3


by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2023

Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey opens on November 3, showcasing a one-woman show at Mesa Arts Center....

MACBETH Comes to Southwest Shakespeare Company in October


by Stephi Wild - September 07, 2023

Southwest Shakespeare Company opens its 30th Anniversary season on Friday the 13th, with William Shakespeare's masterpiece, MACBETH. Learn more about the play and how to get tickets here!...

As If Theatre Company to Present CRY IT OUT in October


by Blair Ingenthron - August 27, 2023

As If Theatre Company has announced its sixth mainstage production, Cry It Out, written by Molly Smith Metzler (Shameless, Orange is the New Black, and Maid), and directed by Betsy Mugavero. Cry It Out holds both a microscope and a megaphone to the joys and perils that today's mothers face....

Past Shows

Mojada
4/7 - 4/24/2022


Medea, a Mexican seamstress of extraordinary skill, barely survived the perilous border crossing into the United States and lives uneasily in a borrowed Los Angeles ...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)


Called Pithier than Python, by the New York Times, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was Londons longest-running comedy and now comes to Arizona ...

All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain


From Richard III to Prospero, Shakespeares villains are complex, crafty, cunning and seductively real, thanks to the performance of acclaimed Shakespeare performer, Grammy winner, TONY ...

Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender


From Hamlet to Iago, internationally renowned actor Lisa Wolpe has stepped into many of the Bards iconic male characters shoes throughout her decades long career. ...

Mabel Madness
Mabel Madness
11/14 - 11/15/2020


The life and music of cabaret legend Mabel Mercer is brought to enchanting life by TONY Award winner Trezana Beverley in an evening of storytelling ...

An Iliad
10/24


On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. ...

Macbeth & The Mystery of Irma Vep in Rep!!


Just right for the spooky season: See Macbeth like never before. Simply hair raising. Ghosts, Wytchs, and something wicked. Starring Betsy Mugavero, Quinn Mattfeld, Kyle ...

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
10/27 - 11/10/2018


Just in time for Halloween, Southwest Shakespeare Company presents a brand new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale of man and monster. A largely faithful ...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
10/26 - 11/10/2018


Southwest Shakespeare Company kicks off its 2018-2019 season with one of the most popular plays in Shakespeare’s time, but one rarely produced in our own. ...

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What The Constitution Means To Me in Phoenix What The Constitution Means To Me
The Phoenix Theatre Company (4/10 - 6/16)
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Herberger Theater Center (5/20 - 5/30)
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The Madison Center for the Arts (5/5 - 5/5)
God's Favorite in Phoenix God's Favorite
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Don Bluth Front Row Theatre (11/13 - 12/23)
The Subject Was Roses in Phoenix The Subject Was Roses
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