The Romeo and Juliet Balcony Battle: August 22-23 at Tyranena Brewing Company
Let the love games begin! Love stories and audience participation games taken straight from the pages of Shakespeare (and some Shakes-peers) and brought out to the gorgeous Tyranena Brewing beer garden for our seventh season in the Lake Mills sun! … Continued
Shakespeare’s August Lovers: August 20 at Stone Horse Green
Join Madison Shakespeare Company at Middleton’s Stone Horse Green for an evening of passion, pursuit, misunderstanding, marriage, and mayhem. Including scenes from Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano de Bergerac, and more. Your one … Continued
MSC’s 2026-2027 Indoor Season
Madison Shakespeare Company programs year-round classical theater. Entering the third year as a Resident Company of Madison’s Bartell Theatre, our presentations this year will be: Romeo and Juliet, November 6-21. The best-known, best-loved play in the English language, for good … Continued
Final weekend of Wonder Tales!
If you like adventure with that distinctive old-world edge, don’t miss the final weekend of Boris Borisovich’s Wonder Tales! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the MCDS Amphitheater, and then this world premiere sails off to the Thrice-Ninth Land of legend! … Continued
The Wonder-Makers of Boris Borisovich’s Wonder Tales
Announcing the ensemble of Boris Borisovich’s Wonder Tales, with performances July 24 – August 2 at the Madison Country Day School amphitheater:Ian HughesMalcolm McCanlesChristian NeuhausRhiannon TalbotIntroducing Kellie MorinFeaturing Evy Gildrie-Voyles as Baba Yagaand Jon Rowe as the Storyteller.Adapted from the … Continued
Vasilisa the Beautiful!
A sneak preview of one of the adventures shared in Boris Borisovich’s Wonder Tales, as originally aired on WORT-FM’s Radio Literature program. See it live and in person July 24 – August 2 exclusively at Madison Country Day School! Featuring … Continued
The story the Plantagenets don’t want you to see! Final weekend!
Closing weekend is here of the comedic history, the prequel to Richard III, and one of the best pirates-versus-kings plays of all time! Thomas Heywood’s Edward the Fourth must close Sunday June 28 at Madison Children’s Museum. Tickets available online … Continued
Edward the Fourth on WORT-FM
Sarah Z. Johnson, script adapter of Edward the Fourth joined Madison Children’s Museum co-CEO Kia Karlen on WORT-FM Eight o’Clock Buzz to talk all things historical comedy on playgrounds! Listen below or access the WORT FM page here.
Edward the Fourth
King Edward loves life. He loves his wife Elizabeth. He also loves his mistress Jane. Jane loves her husband Matthew. Matthew loves Jane, but he doesn’t love the idea of competing with a king. So Matthew becomes a pirate. The … Continued
Ten years of collaboration: Madison Children’s Museum and MSC
Madison Children’s Museum co-CEO Kia Karlen and MSC producer Jason Compton share the story of Edward the Fourth (June 19-28) and the past ten years of collaboration from the rooftop of the museum to the basement and all points between!