What’s in this year’s Valentine’s Affair?

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Tickets are on sale for February 13, 14, and 15!

Every year Madison Shakespeare Company presents a festival of love scenes like no other: A Valentine’s Affair, now in its seventh year. Each season we scour the Elizabethan canon for different ways to say “I love you,” “I need you,” and even “I’m moving on to someone better.”

In A Valentine’s Affair 2025, we feature eight scenes from seven classic plays. There’s a double-helping of Two Noble Kinsmen, featuring the epic tale of the lovelorn Jailer’s Daughter. MSC’s upcoming full-length productions are also featured in scenes from Henry the Fifth and The Comedy Of Errors. Antony and Cleopatra return in a fresh scene, as do the ill-fated Leantio and Bianca from Women Beware Women. Shakespeare’s dark comedy Measure For Measure and Thomas Dekker’s raucous The Shoemaker’s Holiday round out the evening.

The ensemble features the perfect blend of familiar and fresh faces, with AVA veterans Paige Abbatacola, Jason Compton, Laura Kochanowski, Deanna Martinez, and Mitch Taylor joined by the debuts of Josh Gibbons, Malcolm McCanles, and Megan Tennessen.

Director Annie Jay leads her fourth-straight AVA production, seconded by the returning Emma Hinker as stage manager.

Get your tickets now for this limited-run Valentine’s Day experience!