As You Like It by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2023, McGuire Hall auditorium in the Richmond Art Museum As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2023 In As You Like It, witty words and romance play out against the disputes of divided pairs of brothers. Orlando’s older…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare RESERVE YOUR 2021 TICKETS Plot Summary Duke Theseus and Hippolyta are preparing for their wedding, when Egeus arrives with his daughter Hermia, along with Lysander and Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander love each other; but Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius (who is loved by Helena). Theseus insists…
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2019, Starr-Gennett Factory Building The Cast of The Tempest The deposed Duke of Milan has been abandoned to a desert island with her only daughter. She shares the island with two magic creatures, Caliban the son of the witch Sycorax, and Ariel, an airy…
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2019, Starr-Gennett Factory Building Rupert Spraul as Hamlet Prince Hamlet suspects foul play in the death of his father when he returns to his kingdom to find his mother married to his father’s brother not long after his father’s death. He sets a trap to…
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The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2018, Starr-Gennett Factory Building The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare, Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2018 Jealous King Leontes orders his Queen Hermione imprisoned and, (fearing she is not of his issue), his infant daughter to be abandoned in the wilderness. The Princess, Perdita…
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2018, Starr-Gennett Factory Building Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2018 Witches, vaulting ambition, and unyielding desire are the driving factors that lead Lord and Lady Macbeth to weave a wild web of murder and deceit in their lust for ultimate power. In a…
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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2017, Starr-Gennett Factory Building The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2017 Sir John Falstaff is up to his usual tricks. Convinced that two local women are enamored of him, he writes identical love letters…
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Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2017, Starr-Gennett Factory Building Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, Produced in 2017 by Richmond Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare’s epic fairy tale is a sweeping story of love, laughter, betrayal and redemption. Evil queens, forbidden love, mistaken identities, banishment, magic potions and poison fill the stage in this…
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The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2016, Starr-Gennett Factory Building Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2016 Production of The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, delivers on the promise of its title with not one, but TWO sets of twins to cause confusion and…
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The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare Produced by Richmond Shakespeare Festival in 2016, Starr-Gennett Factory Building Richmond Shakespeare Festival 2016 Production of King Lear, by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s existentialist masterpiece, The Tragedy of King Lear explores family relationships and mental breakdown, while illustrating the full range of human behaviors from wretched cruelty to perfect love.…
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