American Shakespeare Center Introduces the Bard’s New Contemporaries
Playwrights Anchuli Felicia King and Emma Whipday’s works, inspired by ‘Othello’ and ‘Cymbeline,’ respectively, will be produced.
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American Shakespeare Center Announces 2019-20 Season
The season will mark the first under new artistic director Ethan McSweeny.
Ethan McSweeny Named Artistic Director of American Shakespeare Center
The internationally acclaimed director will take over the position vacated by Jim Warren.
American Shakespeare Center Announces 2018-19 Season
The season will feature a world premiere adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma.’
American Shakespeare Center Names ‘Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries’
Works by Amy E. Witting and Mary Elizabeth Hamilton will be the first plays produced as part of the project.
Careers in Development
Four fundraisers talk about what keeps them going, and what it takes to keep the arts alive.
Artistic Director Jim Warren To Depart American Shakespeare Center
Warren, who co-founded the theatre in 1988, will depart at the end of the year.
American Shakespeare Center Announces 2017 Summer/Fall Season
The lineup will feature three Shakespeare plays and ‘Peter and the Starcatcher.’
American Shakespeare Center Launches Playwriting Competition
The international competition will create a new canon of work inspired by Shakespeare’s 38 titles.
The Shows Must Go On: The Trials and Triumphs of Rotating Rep
Why some theatres—and their loyal audiences—keep eagerly boarding the repertory merry-go-round, season after grueling season.