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The Staunton News Leader's Charles Culbertson calls PHILASTER "one of the most rousing and funny of plays not written by Shakespeare."
"If you enjoy a good deal of laughter with your "tragedy," make sure to check this one out."
This February, we invite you to share your love for the ASC by recording a video message telling us "How Do I Love the ASC" and posting it on our YouTube Channel.
Critics and fans have spoken. They love the first two shows of the 2012 Actors' Renaissance Season. Fans call Much Ado about Nothing "glorious" and "effervescent." Richard III is "dynamic" and "mad creepy."
Performances will continue as scheduled unless we experience a loss of power. For patrons who cannot travel safely to the Playhouse, we will waive our standard exchange fee. Simply contact the box office within 48 hours. Learn More...

Education & Research

Join us on Thursday, February 23rd, at 5pm for a pre-show presentation by renowned early modern scholar and historian Peter Saccio.
Nominate your favorite teacher, past or current, for our 2012 Words in Action Award - tell us how your teacher has influenced your love of Shakesepare.
On Thursday, March 1st, join us for a Dr. Ralph Presents pre-show lecture on A MAD WORLD, MY MASTERS. This pre-show event begins at 6pm, is pay-what-you-will, and open to the public.
Register now for our 2012 Summer Camp for adults, and spend a week with ASC actors and education artists, exploring the theme of "movement" as it pertains to Shakespeare's plays.

On Stage at the Blackfriars

2012 Actors' Renaissance Season

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A Mad World, My Masters

PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL Preview Tonight

Blackfriars Premiere. Money and sex, swindles and scams take center stage in the mad world of Jacobean London - with the unexpected possiblity of true love.  More 

 

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Much Ado about Nothing

NOW PLAYING through APRIL 8

In this powerful comedy, Shakespeare makes you laugh, but also breaks your heart - and magically puts it back together again. 

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Richard III

NOW PLAYING through APRIL 5

Being seduced by Richard III's shameless treachery is one of theatre-going's most delicious guilty pleasures.   More 

 

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Philaster,

or Love Lies a-Bleeding

NOW PLAYING through APRIL 6

Blackfriars Premiere. Two love triangles dominate this beautiful, sexy, troubling, and surprising romance.  More 

 

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Dido, Queen of Carthage

MARCH 14 TO APRIL 7

Blackfriars Premiere.  Part Antony and Cleopatra, part A Midsummer Night's Dream, and part The Tempest - Dido, Queen of Carthage is Marlowe's ravishing take on Virgil's Aeneid.   More 

 

On Tour

2011/12 Almost Blasphemy Tour

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The Winter's Tale

Shakespeare's magnificent late play is a roller-coaster ride from romance to tragedy to comedy and finally to a place of transcendent beauty that few other works of art have ever gone.  More 

 

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

John Ford's brilliant re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet leads audiences deep into a story of passion, lust, vengeance, greed, incest, and murder.  More 

 

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare's mischievous comedy of lovers, heroes, fairies, and rude mechanicals is his tribute to humankind's power of imagination.  More 

 


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ANNUAL SPONSORS:

J. Kerry Clayton and Paige Royer of New Orleans, Louisiana

Rory and Jaymie Cutaia of Middlebrook, Virginia

Pamela Fox and Dan Layman of Staunton, Virginia

Chris and Betsy Little of McDowell, Virginia

 Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center

Frederick House, a small hotel,
celebrating more than 10 years as our Annual Sponsor

We are proud to acknowledge that the American Shakespeare Center receives financial support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 


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A Mad World, My Masters (PWYW)

Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30 pm

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Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding

Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm

Richard III

Saturday, February 25, 2012, 7:30 pm

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Much Ado About Nothing

Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 pm

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ASC on Tour

All the world's a stage, and the American Shakespeare Center On Tour has played it. More