What’s Playing

Experience a play in its early stages when possibilities are endless! Returning for its fourth year, Plays in Process offers a glimpse into the inner workings of play creation as new works are readied for the stage.

Many Plays in Process titles have gone on to become fully realized productions; this season, The Victim by Lawrence Goodman – presented as a reading last year – makes its World Premiere.

“A beauty to rich to be missed” – Berkshire on Stage   “Unexpected” is not a word you might expect in a review of a play written over 300-years ago” […]

Directed by Christopher V. Edwards Co-produced with Actors’ Shakespeare Project Shakespeare & Company returns to August Wilson’s American Century Cycle with The Piano Lesson, July 25 through August 24 at […]

by William Shakespeare Directed by Nicole Ricciardi   Step into the world of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, with its timeless themes of identity, gender roles, and the clash […]

For the kids and the kids in all of us, Shakespeare & Company and Spirit of the Circus present a merry mash-up of professional circus acts and Shakespeare’s characters! Featuring […]

Mother Play follows Phyllis, a hardheaded matriarch, and her children Martha and Carl as they move into a new apartment in Washington, D.C.

Spanning four decades, Mother Play follows the family through five apartments and through many hardships, including cockroach infestations and painful conflicts. Phyllis wants her children to follow a certain path, but they each forge their own way.

This fall, Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. introduces the Jewish Play Festival: Dynamic Staged Readings, October 10 – 12. Friday through Sunday, four readings will be staged – The Price by Arthur Miller, Sisters Rosenweig by Wendy Wasserstein, Here There Are Blueberries by Moises Kaufman, and Roz & Ray by Karen Hartman, featuring Tony-nominated actor John Douglas Thompson (The Gilded Age).