About the Theatre
Located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, Virginia’s premiere classical theatre is at once intimate in scale and epic in imagination—creating vital, sophisticated, and accessible seasons built around a company of versatile actors performing in repertory all year round. We are a center for shared discovery by audiences, scholars, and artists of Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and classics old and new.RELATED STORIES
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Pamela Roberts - March 01, 2024
The Lehman Trilogy, directed by Arin Arbus at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, is an extraordinary feat of storytelling. It is simultaneously epic and spare. With just three actors it unfolds the captivating and intimate story of one immigrant family that evolves its company, navigates pious lives, ...
Artistic Director Brandon Carter Will Depart The American Shakespeare Center
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2024
The American Shakespeare Center has announced the departure of Artistic Director Brandon Carter, after his nearly four years of service....
American Shakespeare Center Reveals Vanessa Morosco as New Executive Director
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2024
The American Shakespeare Center has announced the appointment of Vanessa Morosco as its new Executive Director, marking a significant milestone in the organization's journey....
Review: American Shakespeare Center's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a Treat for All Seasons
by Andrew White - August 12, 2023
As the Summer draws to a hot close, and school days loom on the near horizon, it’s good to know that some childish antics will survive well into the Fall. The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, has pulled out the stops with Shakespeare’s zany take on the battle of the sexes, Much Ad...
Past Shows
A Christmas Carol
12/4
A Christmas Carol will also be live streamed in cinema-quality from the Blackfriars stage. This live performance can be viewed only via Marquee TV on ...
The Grapes of Wrath
9/13 - 4/5/2020
Presented by Anchorage Opera. Narrated Concert Version Please note that this performance is one night only! Described as “one of the best operatic achievements of ...
The Willard Suitcases
9/25 - 12/1/2019
In 1995, a handful of forgotten suitcases were discovered in the recently closed Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York, untouched since their owners checked ...
Anne Page Hates Fun
2/7 - 4/14/2019
Blackfriars Playhouse: Amy E. Witting....
The Belle's Stratagem
2/28 - 4/13/2019
Blackfriars Playhouse: Hannah Cowley....
Arden of Faversham
3/20 - 4/12/2019
Shakespeare Apocrypha; dir: David Melville....
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
4/12 - 6/11/2017
Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
4/26 - 6/10/2017
Ann-Marie MacDonald; dir: Jim Warren....
Our Town
4/13 - 6/9/2017
Day in and day out, Grover's Corners is Any Town, USA. The paper is delivered, the milkman visits, time passes and life continues. Only when ...
Videos
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Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Imagination Stage (12/11 - 2/8) | |
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Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1) | |
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Out of Character
Theater J (1/8 - 1/26) | |
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Sketch Night feat. The Chris and Paul Show
Bad Medicine Comedy (1/11 - 1/11) COMEDY
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Into the Woods
Har Shalom Players (2/1 - 2/2) | |
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A Year With Frog and Toad
Hylton Performing Arts Center (3/29 - 3/29) | |
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Virginia Opera: Loving v. Virginia
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (5/3 - 5/4) | |
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Angélique Kidjo
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/2 - 3/2) | |
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Broadway en Spanglish
Sixth & I (2/1 - 2/1) | |
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