A Valentine’s Affair returns!
Seating is limited, AVA 2025 is onsale now! Madison’s unique Valentine’s Day theatrical tradition is back to brighten your February. A Valentine’s Affair 2025 performs Feb 13-15 at the Bartell Theatre with an ensemble of familiar and fresh faces: Deanna … Continued
Drill inside The Blue Comet!
It took 98 years to bring The Blue Comet to America, and you have just two weekends to see it. Performances begin November 1 at the Bartell Theatre, so book now. Until then, enjoy these looks behind the scenes at … Continued
Shakespeare Monologue Workshop, November 9 2024
Register to attend a focused workshop on crafting a Shakespeare monologue for audition or performance, held at the Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin St in Madison, WI on Saturday November 9 from 11 AM – 3:30 PM. This event is … Continued
The Blue Comet is coming to Earth! (And America!)
An American premiere nearly 100 years in the making. Only Madison Shakespeare Company would open the first season of its indoor residency at the Bartell Theatre with a science fiction comedy! Tickets are on sale now for the first-ever performance … Continued
Auditions open for our 2025 shows!
Performers sought for Madison Shakespeare Company’s first two presentations of 2025: Sign up to audition for A Valentine’s Affair 2025. The ensemble has three openings. See the signup form for representative roles available. Auditions November 18-19 with performances in February … Continued
Final weekend of Love’s Labour’s Lost!
Last three chances to see MSC’s fast-paced, fresh, funny, 90 minute take on Love’s Labour’s Lost are here, Friday through Saturday August 16-18 at the Madison Country Day School amphitheater. Get your tickets now on Eventbrite before this classic goes … Continued
Explore exotic Navarre! Love’s Labour’s Lost opens Friday!
Love’s Labour’s Lost tickets are onsale now. With the premiere of Shakespeare’s stunning battle-of-the-sexes comedy just around the corner, we’re thrilled to share this sneak peek captured by longtime MSC collaborator Benjamin Barlow in the gorgeous Madison Country Day School … Continued
A long road to Love’s Labour’s Lost!
Love’s Labour’s Lost is a personal favorite of MSC co-founder John Varda. So why did it take so long to perform it? We spent a lot of time being serious. MSC didn’t perform a single comedy for nearly five years! … Continued
2024-2025 Bartell Theatre indoor season
Madison Shakespeare Company’s first season as a Resident Company at the Bartell Theatre opens November 1, 2024 and continues through mid-May 2025. Tickets for all productions are onsale now through the Bartell Theatre website and box office. The presentations: The … Continued
How’d this “No Girls Allowed” business get started, anyway?
We found it! The painfully earnest post that kicked off the events of Love’s Labour’s Lost, revealed for the first time: