Casting for Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure. The performance will take place at the Blithewood Garden on Bard Campus in early May. In-person auditions will be held on March 23, 24, 30, and 31 at Bard Campus, 17 N Ravine Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. This project is not compensated. Rehearsals will take place…
by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, now being staged at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse, is known as a “problem play.” Neither tragedy nor comedy, it lives somewhere in between, which is probably why it is rarely produced. But this Lenox company ended up with more problems than…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the cast of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare – to be staged at the Tina Packer Playhouse at the Shakespeare & Company campus, from August 19 through September 18. Opening performance is Directed by Alice Reagan, Measure for Measure follows Lord Angelo, abruptly appointed to rule…
New Lecture Series to Offer Insight on Season’s Titles Through the Spring and Summer LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced the creation of a new, free lecture series slated to launch on Friday, April 22. Hosted by educator and member of Shakespeare & Volunteer Company Ann Berman, Free Friday Talks…
Two Shakespeare Plays and a Greek Tragedy Adaptation to be Staged in 2022 LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company has announced tickets are on sale now for the three Classic productions of its 45th Season: Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure, and An Iliad, an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem by Lisa Peterson and Denis…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company announced today the first three titles slated for production during its 45th Season, beginning in June 2022. Two works by Shakespeare and a modern production will open the season, which also marks the one-year anniversary of The New Spruce Theatre – Shakespeare & Company’s 500-seat…
Workshop Production of Shakespeare Classic Runs September 1 through 5 [Lenox, MA – August 23, 2021] Shakespeare & Company continues its 2021 season with a workshop production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Directed by Alice Reagan, the production Reagan will open for a limited run September 1 through 5. Measure for…
The once powerful King Lear chooses to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, and so begins one of Shakespeare’s most moving tragedies. At the crucial point of relinquishing his realm, Lear demands to know which of his daughters loves him the most. His ambitious older daughters answer with false praise and…
