Shakespeare & Company 2008-2009 Season

Launching its 31st season in the culturally-rich Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts in Lenox, Shakespeare & Company aspires to create a theatre of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance, and harmony; a company that performs as the Elizabethans did — in love with poetry, physical prowess, and the mysteries of the universe. With a core of over 150 artists, the company performs Shakespeare, generating opportunities for collaboration between actors, directors, and designers of all races, nationalities, and backgrounds. Shakespeare & Company provides original, in-depth, classical training and performance methods. The company also develops and produces new plays of social and political significance. Shakespeare & Company’s educational programs inspire a new generation of students and scholars to discover the resonance of Shakespeare’s truths in the everyday world, demonstrating the influence that classical theatre can have within a community.

ELAYNE P. BERNSTEIN THEATRE
July 13 – 16: Shirley Valentine
August 1 – 31: The Goatwoman of Corvis County
September 19 – November 9: The Canterville Ghost
January 9, 2009 – March 8, 2009: Bad Dates

FOUNDERS’ THEATRE
May 28 – August 31: The Ladies Man
June 20 – August 31: All’s Well That Ends Well
July 18 – August 31: Othello

ROSE FOOTPRINT THEATRE
June 25 – August 30: The Mad Pirate and the Mermaid
August 3 – 31: Wild and Whirling Words