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2012 Actors' Renaissance Season
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A Mad World, My MastersSTARTS FEBRUARY 23
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 NothingNOW 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 IIINOW 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-BleedingNOW 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 CarthageMARCH 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 TaleShakespeare'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 WhoreJohn 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 DreamShakespeare'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, |
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.
Calendar
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12Richard IIISunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 pm |
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| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16Much Ado About Nothing - Student MatineeThursday, February 16, 2012, 10:30 am Talk BackThursday, February 16, 2012, 1:00 pm Dr. Ralph LectureThursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 pm Richard IIIThursday, February 16, 2012, 7:30 pm Talk BackThursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 pm |
17Philaster, or Love Lies a-BleedingFriday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 pm |
18Richard IIISaturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 pm Much Ado About NothingSaturday, February 18, 2012, 7:30 pm |
19Philaster, or Love Lies a-BleedingSunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 pm |
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20Mary Baldwin College MLitt/MFA Event - The QueensMonday, February 20, 2012, 8:00 pm |
21Mary Baldwin College MLitt/MFA Event - The QueensTuesday, February 21, 2012, 8:00 pm |
22 | 23Much Ado About Nothing - Student MatineeThursday, February 23, 2012, 10:30 am Talk BackThursday, February 23, 2012, 1:00 pm A Mad World, My Masters (PWYW)Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:30 pm Talk BackThursday, February 23, 2012, 10:00 pm |
24A Mad World, My Masters (PWYW)Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30 pm |
25Philaster, or Love Lies a-BleedingSaturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm Richard IIISaturday, February 25, 2012, 7:30 pm |
26Much Ado About NothingSunday, 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 
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