Productions by Austin Shakespeare

Dec. 14 - Dec. 17, 2023
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An Enemy of the People by Austin Shakespeare

An Enemy of the People
by Austin Shakespeare

A STAGED READING FEATURING MARK PELLEGRINO OF TELEVISION'S SUPERNATURAL AND LOST   Review by Sabrina Wallace, Austin Broadway World, December 18, 2023  

Nov. 10 - Nov. 26, 2023
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El Cid by Austin Shakespeare

El Cid
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare will debut a new adaptation by Michael Meigs of Corneille’s romantic tour de force retitled El Cid at the Long Center Nov. 10 – 26, …

May. 18 - May. 21, 2023
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Short Shakespeare by Austin Shakespeare

Short Shakespeare
by Austin Shakespeare

   The four Shakespeare plays include 20-minute versions of: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. Gwendolyn Kelso will direct all four comedies.     Austin Shakespeare Artistic …

Feb. 17 - Mar. 05, 2023
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The Real Thing by Austin Shakespeare

The Real Thing
by Austin Shakespeare

The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard's exploration of fidelity/infidelity. Using a play-within-a-play mechanism, the play integrates issues of political anarchy in the politically charged atmosphere …

Jan. 13 - Jan. 15, 2023
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Master Harold and the Boys by Austin Shakespeare

Master Harold and the Boys
by Austin Shakespeare

 Set in the 1950's during the apartheid era, South African playwright Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys  explores the challenges between a young white …

Nov. 11 - Nov. 27, 2022
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Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by Austin Shakespeare

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
by Austin Shakespeare

Explore the clever Jane Austen by entering her comic and romantic world of Sense & Sensibility. Two young sisters – marriageable – but with unique …

Jul. 10, 2022
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The Winter's Tale by Austin Shakespeare

The Winter's Tale
by Austin Shakespeare

Coming up! With Austin Chamber Music Center & Michelle Schuman. With actors Gwendolyn Kelso, samuel grimes, Babs George, Cliff miller, Rick Roemer, lilly percifield, and …

May. 05 - May. 29, 2022
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by Austin Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare’s Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park returns to offer the famous romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream for four weekends May 4-May 29. The colorful outdoor story of …

Feb. 17 - Feb. 20, 2022
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The Glass Menagerie by Austin Shakespeare

The Glass Menagerie
by Austin Shakespeare

Enjoy the emotion-packed charge and nostalgic laughter of Tennessee Williams’ memory play The Glass Menagerie, when Austin Shakespeare returns to the intimate Rollins Theatre. Journey …

Jan. 23, 2022
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The Hollow by Austin Shakespeare

The Hollow
by Austin Shakespeare

The play is a psychological murder mystery with Agatha Christie at her cleverest. Christie, considered the best-selling novelist of all time and a record-breaking playwright, …

Nov. 04 - Nov. 21, 2021
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Bollywood Twelfth Night by Austin Shakespeare

Bollywood Twelfth Night
by Austin Shakespeare

One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, Bollywood Twelfth Night will feature dances by Prakash Mohandas and songs by Austin singer/songwriter Nagavalli. “We will be celebrating our in-person …

May. 30, 2021
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The Rivals by Austin Shakespeare

The Rivals
by Austin Shakespeare

Celebrating the antics of a comedy of manners, join Austin Shakespeare and its talented cast for the hilarious online reading of The Rivals by Richard …

Mar. 27 - Apr. 03, 2021
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Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 by Austin Shakespeare

Henry IV, parts 1 and 2
by Austin Shakespeare

Newly crowned Henry IV struggles to keep his throne against a huge rebellion. His son, Prince Hal, begins the play as a wild boy, but …

Dec. 06, 2020
Sun
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Sherlock Holmes by Austin Shakespeare

Sherlock Holmes
by Austin Shakespeare

   A lve, online staged reading of William Gillette's Classic Sherlock Holmes with actress Helen Merino as the famous detective. Incriminating letters written by a …

Nov. 19 - Nov. 22, 2020
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The Importance of Being Earnest by Austin Shakespeare

The Importance of Being Earnest
by Austin Shakespeare

    Things don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals, and morality! Jack and Algernon are two men that are …

Oct. 22 - Oct. 25, 2020
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by Austin Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Austin Shakespeare

A favorite for Austin audiences, the popular play, with costumes designed by Aaron Kubacak, was originally slated to appear on the Zilker Hillside Stage. “The …

Feb. 21 - Mar. 08, 2020
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Hedda by Austin Shakespeare

Hedda
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare presents Ibsen’s acclaimed masterwork, Hedda, in a new adaptation by Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella. Set in 1950, this new production is inspired by Betty Friedan’s …

Jan. 12, 2020
 
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Jo & Louisa by Austin Shakespeare

Jo & Louisa
by Austin Shakespeare

Famed Novelist Louisa May Alcott’s most rambunctious character, the beloved Jo March of Little Women, flouts convention and foils her author. The new play about …

Nov. 22 - Dec. 08, 2019
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As You Like It by Austin Shakespeare

As You Like It
by Austin Shakespeare

  Austin Shakespeare brings one of Shakespeare’s most romantic of comedies with music from some of Austin’s talented songwriters in As You Like It, performed by …

Oct. 11 - Oct. 12, 2019
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The Odyssey by Austin Shakespeare

The Odyssey
by Austin Shakespeare

 Six creative actors will bring to life scenes from the hero’s epic adventures in Austin Shakespeare’s new production of Homer’s The Odyssey at the Long Center’s Rollins Theatre.    …

Aug. 25, 2019
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Saint Joan by Austin Shakespeare

Saint Joan
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare’s season will culminate in a staged reading of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at ZACH Theatre on Sunday, August 25, playing The Whisenhunt at ZACH with an intimate …

May. 08 - May. 26, 2019
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The Merchant of Venice by Austin Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare will bring the romance, comedy and dramatic clashes of The Merchant of Venice to the Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater in May.   Produced in …

Feb. 15 - Mar. 03, 2019
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Indian Ink by Austin Shakespeare

Indian Ink
by Austin Shakespeare

In 1930, British poet Flora Crewe travels to India. Flora is a thoroughly modern girl who has modeled for Modigliani, hobnobbed with communists, and been accused of obscenity …

Dec. 08, 2018
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Measure for Measure (modern version) by Austin Shakespeare

Measure for Measure (modern version)
by Austin Shakespeare

“To whom should I complain? If I told them who would believe me?” says the young Isabella in a new translation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure by …

Nov. 16 - Dec. 02, 2018
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Austin Shakespeare

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare Presents Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF November 16-December 2, 2018    Tennessee Williams’ personal favorite play, Cat on a Hot Tin …

Sep. 29 - Sep. 30, 2018
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Antony and Cleopatra by Austin Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra
by Austin Shakespeare

   Franchelle S. Dorn & Robert Ramirez take the stage as Antony & Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s legendary story of the passionate romance that shook the world to …

May. 03 - May. 27, 2018
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by Austin Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare will transform the Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater into the world of a classic ‘50s sitcom for their Free Shakespeare in the …

Mar. 25, 2018
Sun
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Vita and Virginia by Austin Shakespeare

Vita and Virginia
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare presents a staged reading of Vita and Virginia, based on the letters between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Written by actress Eileen Atkins as …

Feb. 07 - Feb. 25, 2018
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The Seagull by Austin Shakespeare

The Seagull
by Austin Shakespeare

 Austin Shakespeare brings Chekhov’s revolutionary play The Seagull to the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center from February 7 – 25, 2018. This is the first time …

Nov. 15 - Dec. 03, 2017
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Much Ado About Nothing by Austin Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare kicks off the holiday festivities with Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy Much Ado about NOTHING, running in the intimate Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center …

Sep. 21 - Sep. 24, 2017
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The Crucible by Austin Shakespeare

The Crucible
by Austin Shakespeare

A fully-costumed staged reading with scenic projections of the modern classic where a flawed hero confronts adolescent sex and the hysteria of the Salem witch …

Aug. 27, 2017
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Lysistrata by Austin Shakespeare

Lysistrata
by Austin Shakespeare

Sharron (Bower) Anderson returns to Austin with a staged reading of Lysistrata at the Spider House Ballroom for one night only: Sunday, August 27, 2017 …

May. 03 - May. 28, 2017
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The Comedy of Errors by Austin Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production is a rollicking and rambunctious fresh look at The Comedy of Errors from guest director, Robert Ramirez, head of …

Feb. 15 - Mar. 05, 2017
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Old Times by Austin Shakespeare

Old Times
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare seats the audience in the round for Harold Pinter’s work at The Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. This …

Jan. 29, 2017
 
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A Life in the Theatre by Austin Shakespeare

A Life in the Theatre
by Austin Shakespeare

Join Austin Shakespeare for a Salon fundraiser featuring selections from David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre. Starring Ev Lunning, Jr. Hors d'oeuvres, dessert and champagne. …

Jan. 07, 2017
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Free Story Reading and Singing with Austin Shakespeare by Austin Shakespeare

Free Story Reading and Singing with Austin Shakespeare
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare Brings Poetry and Music to the New Brentwood Social House Austin Shakespeare hosts an afternoon of free Story Reading & Singing with Austin Shakespeare for …

Nov. 16 - Dec. 04, 2016
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Present Laughter by Austin Shakespeare

Present Laughter
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare brings Noel Coward’s classic comedy Present Laughter to the Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center for the Performing Arts from November 16, 2016 – December …

Sep. 22 - Sep. 25, 2016
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Wolf Hall, Part 1 by Austin Shakespeare

Wolf Hall, Part 1
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare is proud to announce its 2016 – 2017 season, which will kick off with a staged reading of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall (Part I only).  Mantel’s best-selling …

Jul. 16, 2016
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Henry VIII scenes by Austin Shakespeare

Henry VIII scenes
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare, central Texas’ classical theater company, will collaborate with ACMC for the first time to create a music-filled production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII at …

May. 05 - May. 29, 2016
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Macbeth by Austin Shakespeare

Macbeth
by Austin Shakespeare

Now in its 32nd year of Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park, Austin Shakespeare      brings a professional production of a modern, military Macbeth facing unusual witches and …

Mar. 28, 2016
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by Austin Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Austin Shakespeare

The company will stage a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy in which four young lovers flee the adult world to the …

Feb. 17 - Mar. 06, 2016
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Medea by Austin Shakespeare

Medea
by Austin Shakespeare

Medea by Euripides is a 2500-year-old classic that still resonates today with its modern–day complexities of power, marriage, families and politics. Medea will plunge the audience into the …

Nov. 18 - Dec. 06, 2015
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Austin Shakespeare

A Streetcar Named Desire
by Austin Shakespeare

  Considered one of the most powerful plays ever written, A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The play has since …

Oct. 17 - Oct. 19, 2015
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The Norman Conquests trilogy by Austin Shakespeare

The Norman Conquests trilogy
by Austin Shakespeare

The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. The small scale of the drama is typical of Ayckbourn. There are only …

Sep. 24 - Sep. 27, 2015
 
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Sunday in the Park with George by Austin Shakespeare

Sunday in the Park with George
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare, in collaboration with Armstrong Community Music School, has cast familiar Austin singing actors along with new ones for their concert version of Stephen …

Sep. 13, 2015
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (novella) by Austin Shakespeare

The Picture of Dorian Gray (novella)
by Austin Shakespeare

Join us for a staged reading of Oscar Wilde's notorious novel of vanity, hedonism and fatal beauty. Featuring Cal Ussery, Brian Coughlin, Norman Blumensaadt, Susanne …

Apr. 29 - May. 24, 2015
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The Taming of the Shrew by Austin Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew
by Austin Shakespeare

 From the battle of the sexes to the marriage of true minds, Austin Shakespeare transforms The Taming of the Shrew to the Austin of the …

Feb. 19 - Mar. 08, 2015
 
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The Invention of Love by Austin Shakespeare

The Invention of Love
by Austin Shakespeare

This beautiful play reveals the love of poetry and the Victorian struggle of a "love that dare not speak its name." The Invention of Love …

Nov. 19 - Dec. 07, 2014
 
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Austin Shakespeare

Cyrano de Bergerac
by Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare kicks off their official season this year with American poet Brian Hooker's acclaimed version of Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmund Rostand. Starring Marc …

May. 01 - May. 25, 2014
 
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As You Like It by Austin Shakespeare

As You Like It
by Austin Shakespeare

In celebration of its 30th Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park, The City of Austin, Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside …

Feb. 20 - Mar. 02, 2014
 
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Othello by Austin Shakespeare

Othello
by Austin Shakespeare

Feb. 02 - Feb. 19, 2012
 
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Arcadia by Austin Shakespeare

Arcadia
by Austin Shakespeare

Sep. 22 - Oct. 09, 2011
 
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Hamlet by Austin Shakespeare

Hamlet
by Austin Shakespeare

May. 05 - May. 29, 2011
 
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Love's Labor's Lost by Austin Shakespeare

Love's Labor's Lost
by Austin Shakespeare

Spark notes: The King of Navarre and his three lords, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, swear an oath to scholarship, which includes fasting and avoiding contact with …

Sep. 10 - Sep. 27, 2009
 
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Measure for Measure by Austin Shakespeare

Measure for Measure
by Austin Shakespeare

Wikipedia: Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623 (where it was …

Sep. 10 - Sep. 21, 2008
 
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Macbeth by Austin Shakespeare

Macbeth
by Austin Shakespeare

Wikipedia: Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one …