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…will you? A Valentine’s Affair performs just three nights this season, February 12-14 at the Bartell Theatre. Tickets available now at the Bartell website or by calling 608-661-9696. Give us just 90 minutes and we’ll give you eight classic love … Continued

All tickets for AVA 2026 onsale now! A Valentine’s Affair is Madison Shakespeare Company’s unique annual rotating feast of love scenes by William Shakespeare and other masters. The 2026 edition performs exclusively at Madison’s Bartell Theatre, February 12, 13, and … Continued

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

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

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

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

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

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

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