Fall/Holiday 2023

August 24 - December 30

ASC’s 35th Anniversary Fall/Holiday Season consists of three epic Shakespeare titles and one beloved holiday classic. The three fall titles — Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and Coriolanus — run through November 19 and A Christmas Carol will conclude the year from November 30 – December 30.

Shows

Much Ado About Nothing

July 21 - November 19

Beatrice loves Benedick. Benedick loves Beatrice. So what’s the problem? Feel the joy of love won and the ache of love lost as this story makes you laugh, breaks your heart, and then somehow puts it back together again. "A treat for all seasons! American Shakespeare Center pulled out all the stops in Shakespeare's zany battle of the sexes. Get thee to Staunton—thou shalt not regret it." - Broadway World

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Hamlet

September 28, 2023 – November 18, 2023

A royal family unravels in this thrilling drama. Shattered by his father’s murder and horrified by his mother’s hasty remarriage to his scheming uncle, Prince Hamlet plots revenge, feigning madness that soon consumes him. Sponsored by Paul G. Beers of Roanoke, VA. "...the American Shakespeare Center’s Meg Rodgers, one of the finest and most versatile actresses on the American stage. Her Royal Dane is intensely personal, and for that our melancholy prince should be forever grateful." - Andrew Walker White, DC Theater Arts

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Coriolanus

October 26, 2023 – November 18, 2023

Shakespeare’s Coriolanus pits a leader whose pride places him so far above his subjects that he can scarcely hide his disdain. When hunger drives the people to sedition, Coriolanus wins back their regard in feats of battle—only to lose their faith and his life. Unbending pride and untrammeled power make a deadly mix in this riveting political tragedy. "Explosive! This company has clearly grown comfortable working together, and this frees them to add a dangerous edge to scenes so raw you’re not sure where the next blow will come from." - Andrew Walker White, DC Theater Arts

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A Christmas Carol 2023

November 30 – December 30

The ultimate tale of transformation, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol transports miserly Ebenezer Scrooge high above the streets of Victorian London, where Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future haunt his dreams…accomplishing, in one fateful night, what a lifetime of grasping and greed could not do: the warming of his cold, cold heart. Join a holiday tradition beloved by families and friends of all ages!

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