We’re producing a five-day festival of Shakespeare-related events in North Adams. The lineup:
Wed May 28: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Lodge at Tourists as part of their Sing For Your Slumber series.
Friday May 30: Two back-to-back staged readings of short (15-20min) new Shakespeare-adjacent plays at Freemans Grove Benevolent Society. Talkback with playwrights and actors after the show. We Were Wont To Lie by Molly McInturff and There is a World Elsewhere by Lydia Isabel Duff.
Saturday May 31: Sonnet Slam at Heart’s Pace in partnership with ReVerse. Standard Poetry Slam rules except performers will be reciting Shakespeare sonnets instead of original works. $100 cash first place prize.
Sunday June 1: A presentation by Portland-based artist Missy Dunaway who is working on a series of paintings of every bird mentioned in Shakespeare.
Monday June 2: Julius Caesar at Installation Space on Eagle Street.
All events are free, but bring donations for the artists please.
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All our cuts run 90 minutes and can be staged with a cast of seven to nine actors.
Information about individual scripts — including dramaturgical notes about how we cut our scripts and what we’ve removed from each play, as well as doubling charts, props, and fights — can be found on the first two pages of each cut.
If you have additional questions about these cuts, email us.
Production Resources
April 27th, 2025 | Raleigh, NC — Co-Production with Atlas Stage Collective
April 26th, 2025 | Raleigh, NC — Co-Production with Atlas Stage Collective
March 18th, 2025 | Somerville, MA
February 19th, 2025 | East Harlem, NY — Co-Production with The Shakespeare Forum
The Tread On Kings Tour
December 29th, 2024 | Columbia, SC
December 31st, 2024 | Raleigh, NC
January 2nd, 2025 | Richmond, VA
January 4th, 2025 | Washington, DC
September 29th, 2024 | East Harlem, NY — Co-Production with The Shakespeare Forum
May 27th, 2024 | North Adams, MA — Co-Production with Vicious Mole Theatre Collective
October 15th, 2023 | Northampton, MA
October 16th, 2023 | East Harlem, NY
Co-Production with The Shakespeare Forum
October 22nd, 2023 | Atlanta, GA
May 1st, 2022 | Columbia, SC
May 29th, 2022 | Richmond, VA
July 3rd, 2022 | Northampton, MA
December 6th, 2021 | Richmond, VA
November 25th, 2019 | Richmond, VA
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Companies:
Backroom Shakespeare Project
The Container Globe
Junkyard Shakespeare
Teatro Socco
Vicious Mole Theatre Collective
Artistic Associates:
Adam Turck, Alana Wiljanen, Andrew Codispoti, Annabel O’Hagan, Danica Jackson, Hilary Dennis, Jessie Lillis, Linyi Yin, Maddy Gillespie