April fires bring May Desires
Madison Shakespeare Company returns to live performance in May 2021 with Desires, three stories of connection and confrontation by George Bernard Shaw, Susan Glaspell, and George Cram Cook. Public performances at Tyranena Brewing Company on May 22-23 at 2 PM … Continued
Julius Caesar, a special outdoor reading, October 18
When is the road to live performance ever smooth? We go back to MSC’s beginnings with a reading of Julius Caesar, Sunday October 18. RSVPs required and available now.
Scandals: Three public performances announced
If you would like to see Scandals, three unconventional comedies for an unprecedented summer, you have three opportunities. Join us outdoors at Tyranena Brewing Company in Lake Mills, WI on August 1-2 at 2 PM. Doors open at noon. These … Continued
The harder you try to keep a secret in…
…the more it wants to get out. Public dates for Madison Shakespeare Company’s Scandals, coming soon.
(POSTPONED) Summer 2020 announcement: All’s Well That Ends Well
The planned production of All’s Well That Ends Well has been postponed to a future season. In its place, MSC plans to perform a collection of classic short plays in the Edgewood College Amphitheater. Details to come as they are … Continued
Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet, a grateful look back
All Madison Shakespeare Company productions are rooted in a spirit of generosity and sharing from cast and crew, and are received gratefully by the producers. So from that standpoint Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet isn’t different than any other MSC presentation. Yet … Continued
Hamlet premieres (and closes!) Saturday
Prince Hamlet has just one day to settle all scores. And you have just one chance to see him, and the intensely hard working cast and crew coming together to make it all happen. Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet is February 29 … Continued
Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet on WORT-FM
If you didn’t catch Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet director Lennox Forrester and producer Jason Compton on WORT-FM’s Eight O’Clock Buzz this morning, listen to the replay now on the MSC YouTube channel. It’s very quotable, right from the jump when host … Continued
Hamlet in one day? Explain yourselves!
Director Lennox Forrester took some time out from planning Sudden Shakespeare: Hamlet (oh yes, there’s planning… just not much rehearsal!) to explain just what it means to take on such a monumental play so rapidly. Tickets are selling fast! Get … Continued
A Valentine’s Affair Preview on WKOW TV
Rebecca Ribley of WKOW-TV’s Wake Up Wisconsin graciously hosted MSC performers Leigha Vilen and Jason Compton in studio this morning, complete with a special performance of the besotted Jailer’s Daughter from Two Noble Kinsmen. Hear them discuss why the third … Continued