Make your Valentine’s Day plans now!
Our unique, long-running February tradition returns. The best seats are already on sale for A Valentine’s Affair 2026, performing February 12, 13, and 14 at Madison’s Bartell Theatre. Make your plans now by purchasing online or contacting the box office … Continued
Auditions for Measure For Measure now open!
Madison Shakespeare Company is seeking 10-13 performers for the April 24-May 2 production of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure, directed by Dustin J. Martin. In this adaptation on the intimate Evjue stage, many performers will play multiple roles. Please see the … Continued
Beware! Opening night is here!
Thomas Middleton’s ultradark comedic masterpiece is here, but just for six performances at the Bartell Theatre. Don’t miss your one chance to see this classic, set in a postwar Italy with a resurgent aristocracy and a thirst for life, love, … Continued
Funny. Sexy. Shocking. Just six performances.
Women Beware Women opens Friday October 31 at the Bartell Theatre. Don’t miss this dark comedy by Thomas Middleton, presented as only Madison Shakespeare Company can. Tickets onsale now. Costumes by Issaka Aguirre, Ines Botto, Gina ChirichellaScenic design by Jay … Continued
A radio preview of Women Beware Women!
Giovanna Iosso (Bianca) and Willy Jewer (Leantio) were in-studio at Madison’s WORT-FM for Radio Literature and performed a brief excerpt from our upcoming Thomas Middleton masterpiece Women Beware Women, Act 3 Scene 1. Listen on YouTube below, then get your … Continued
What’s the plot of Women Beware Women?
Thomas Middleton’s masterpiece flips effortlessly between uncomfortably hilarious and genuinely heartbreaking. It goes like this: The young and beautiful Bianca shocks her wealthy Venetian family by running away and eloping with Leantio, a Florentine salesman of modest means. But Bianca … Continued
The cast of Women Beware Women
Just tell her what you want. Announcing the cast of Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton, a classic dark comedy opening Halloween night and performing through November 8 at Madison’s Bartell Theatre: Bianca – Giovanna IossoLeantio – Willy JewerLivia – … Continued
Auditions are open for A Valentine’s Affair 2026!
Signups are open now to audition this November for the latest edition of A Valentine’s Affair, Madison Shakepeare Company’s signature annual festival of classical love scenes and the longest-running presentation of its kind in the world. A Valentine’s Affair 2026 … Continued
Auditions are nearly here for Women Beware Women!
Madison Shakespeare Company’s second Resident season at the Bartell Theatre kicks off with the deliciously devious machinations of Women Beware Women, written by great Shakespeare successor Thomas Middleton. Think of it as Mad Men, but with more poisonings and deathtraps. … Continued
Final weekend for Comedy of Errors!
See the Isthmus Pick and Capital Times Week Ahead selection before it’s gone! The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s fast-paced, high-energy farce, with shows 6:30 PM Friday and 5 PM Saturday and Sunday. Must close Sunday July 27! Tickets still available … Continued