Cast of Henry the Fourth announced
Director Francisco C. Torres announces the cast of Madison Shakespeare Company’s Henry the Fourth, the center of the Shakespeare’s Rarer Monsters season at the Bartell Theatre, presented February 9-17, 2018, in the Evjue Stage. Tickets available now. Prince Hal – Brian McGowan … Continued
Shakespeare in the Arboretum!
Madison Shakespeare Company will present a pop-up performance at 4 PM Sunday September 24, as part of the September 2017 installment of Bike the Art. For full tour details, see the event listing on wortfm.org or Facebook. The event is … Continued
Sloshed Shakespeare: Macbeth Returns October 5!
We’re going back to where it all started. The final outdoor performance of the 2017 season is coming to Capital Brewery on Thursday October 5 at 6 PM, when Sloshed Shakespeare: Macbeth returns to Capital Brewery. Featuring the return of … Continued
Auditions for Henry the Fourth, September 11-12
Auditions for Henry the Fourth Part 1 will be held September 11-12 at the Bartell Theatre. Please see the audition page for details.
Cast of Edward the Fourth announced
Director Francisco C. Torres announces the cast of Edward the Fourth, a Madison Shakespeare Company staged reading, performing August 17, 7 PM at Arts + Literature Laboratory: Mary Elizabeth Wallin – Jane Shore Ben Seidensticker – Edward Lennox Forrester – … Continued
Edward the Fourth makes its Madison (Wisconsin? American?!) debut August 17
To assemble our staged reading of Edward the Fourth, we had to start with a poorly scanned version of an 1842 text from London’s Shakespeare Society. Records are scanty about this kind of thing, but we feel pretty confident that … Continued
Sloshed Shakespeare on WORT-FM replay!
Brian Standing of WORT FM hosted Sloshed Shakespeare: Macbeth players Sarah Z. Johnson and Joshua Woolfolk in-studio this morning. Here’s the replay.
Shakespeer Readings on Madstage Podcast
Hosts Suzan Kurry and Buzz Kemper speak with MSC’s Jason Compton about the Shakespeer reading series this summer: Doctor Faustus, tonight at 7 PM, and Edward the Fourth, August 17 at 7 PM. Both performances at Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2021 … Continued
MSC does Faustus, July 20
Our “Shakespeer” series begins Thursday July 20 at Arts + Literature Laboratory with a one-night-only staged reading of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe’s career was cut tragically short, but his Faustus is considered one of the highlights of the Elizabethan … Continued
Third Show Added Of Sloshed Shakespeare!
To meet unprecedented demand, a third performance of Sloshed Shakespeare: Macbeth has been added on Monday July 31 at 7:30 PM at Madison’s High Noon Saloon. This really and truly may be the last opportunity to see this tale of … Continued