Shakespeare & Company’s Traditional Winter Reading Presents “Sense & Sensibility”

A lively, costumed reading by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen, will be staged December 12 – 14, directed by Ariel Bock LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company’s traditional winter show returns this year with Sense & Sensibility by Kate Hamill, a fast-paced, staged reading wherein the wit and romance…

Mount Greylock Regional School Presents “Twelfth Night”

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€” Mount Greylock Regional School and Shakespeare & Company present “Twelfth Night” in the school’s auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown, MA. Performances are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14, at 7 p.m. “Twelfth Night,” by William Shakespeare, is a comedic tale of mistaken identities, wildly changing…

Shakespeare & Company Presents 37th Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare

LENOX, Mass. – Since 1988, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program has brought together high school students from across the region to introduce and nurture a love of theater and language through the Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Back for its 37th year, the Fall Festival of Shakespeare includes nearly 500 students from 10 schools…

REVIEW: “The Taming of the Shrew” at Shakespeare & Company

by Sierra Pasquale “Taming of the Shrew is a hard one”, my companion for the evening noted as we were leaving thetheater and, especially in 2025, I agree. Few works in Shakespeare’s canon provoke as much heatedconversation as this battle-of-the-sexes comedy, whose closing monologue can seem like a ringingendorsement of…

Shakespeare & Company Opens Outdoor Production of “Romeo and Juliet”

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company presents Romeo and Juliet, directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Jonathan Epstein, July 18 through August 10 outdoors at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre. Epstein, who noted he and Coleman have collectively directed more than 20 productions of Romeo and Juliet, said this production explores the pursuit…

Historic Northampton & Plays In Place Present Reading of “Blood on the Snow”

Wednesday March 5 & Thursday March 6 at 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm) at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, 220 Main St, Northampton, MA Staged Reading of historical play: Blood on the Snow by Patrick Gabridge Produced by Historic Northampton in collaboration with Plays In Place Blood On the Snow takes…

Shakespeare & Company Offers Sensory-Friendly Performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company will stage a sensory-friendly performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented by the Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, on Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m., at the Tina Packer Playhouse. Sensory-friendly performances have been adapted to be less overwhelming to the senses. They are designed to welcome individuals…

Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare Presents “The Course of True Love: A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

LENOX, Mass. – The 2024 Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare will stage The Course of True Love: A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Tom Jaeger on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m., at the Tina Packer Playhouse on the Shakespeare & Company campus. Part of the company’s long tradition of offering performances on or near…