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Meet the twelve talented actors performing in ROMEO AND JULIET, RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
Save the Date to celebrate ASC's 25th Anniversary on September 28, 2013.
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Education & Research

In 2013, ASC Education will expand our Summer Teacher Seminar to a three-day adventure in the mechanics of putting together an early modern play in your classroom.
At ASC Leadership Programs, participants will engage with Shakespeare's characters and rhetoric, as well as working in teams with cue scripts, to make choices about their own leadership styles and methods of delivery.
The 7th Annual Blackfriars Conference will be held 23-27 October 2013. Register by October 1st to guarantee your seat at the plays and your name in our program.
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On Stage at the Blackfriars

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Forbidden Planet

Pay What You Will TOMORROW

This rollicking starship musical, loosely based on The Tempest, features rock-and-roll hits of the 50s and 60s, a B-movie sci-fi setting, and dialogue borrowed from the greatest plays ever written.  You will be dancing in your seat and laughing nonstop at this out-of-this-world production. More 


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Romeo and Juliet

Pay What You Will TONIGHT

With its ravishing language and uproarious comedy, Romeo and Julietcelebrates love’s triumph and its trivialities. Thumb-biting, dance, and swordplay share the stage with sonnets, bawdy wit, and soul-searching speeches in this profoundly human and always surprising treasure. More 

 

 

Coming Soon

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All's Well

That Ends Well

Starts July 7

Shakespeare paints a sly portrait of the human condition in all its motley colors in this funny, wise, and bittersweet comedy. All’s Well That Ends Welltricks us into believing that lies are true and that truth is fantasy – a dark fairy-tale filled with laughter, miracles, and re-birth. More 

 


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Paul Beers and Michelle Buonocore of Roanoke, VA

Rory J. Cutaia and Jaymie A. Cutaia of Middlebrook, VA 

J. Kerry Clayton and Paige Royer of New Orleans, LA

Grisanti Capital Management of New York, NY

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Chris and Betsy Little of McDowell, VA

Lawrence and Sandra Rose of Penn Laird, VA

Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center 

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Shakespeare in American Communities

We are proud to acknowledge that the American Shakespeare Center receives financial support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.


American Shakespeare Center's student matinee program is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts and ArtsMidwest.


The American Shakespeare Center is proud to partner with Mary Baldwin College.

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Romeo and Juliet (PWYW)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Return to the Forbidden Planet (PWYW)

Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7:30 pm

TalkBack

Thursday, June 20, 2013, 10:00 pm

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Romeo and Juliet - Opening Night (PWYW)

Friday, June 21, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Romeo and Juliet

Saturday, June 22, 2013, 2:00 pm

Return to the Forbidden Planet - Opening Night (PWYW)

Saturday, June 22, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Return to the Forbidden Planet

Thursday, June 27, 2013, 7:30 pm

TalkBack

Thursday, June 27, 2013, 10:00 pm

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Romeo and Juliet

Friday, June 28, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Return to the Forbidden Planet

Saturday, June 29, 2013, 2:00 pm

Romeo and Juliet

Saturday, June 29, 2013, 7:30 pm

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Return to the Forbidden Planet

Sunday, June 30, 2013, 2:00 pm

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ASC on Tour

All the world's a stage, and the American Shakespeare Center On Tour has played it. More