THE BARTELL THEATRE

by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2024

Madison Shakespeare Company has joined the Bartell Theatre as a Resident Company, and will produce a full indoor season at the Bartell in 2024-2025 and beyond. The Bartell Theatre residency is the first permanent theatrical home for Madison Shakespeare Company in its 12-year history. Learn more abou...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024

'Discover the thought-provoking Strollers' Theatre production of Mother Courage and Her Children, a multi-media exploration of America's role in global war. ...

by Stephi Wild - January 10, 2024

Madison Shakespeare Company has announced the upcoming premiere of A Valentine's Affair 2024, a collection of classic love scenes directed by Annie Jay. This year's production includes the works of William Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood and performs two nights only, February 13 and 14 at the Bartell...

by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2023

The adventures of the rascal Figaro are well-known to Madison-area audiences. Madison Opera has staged the better-known Figaro tales nine times in its history. But until now, the final adventure of Figaro, Pierre Beaumarchais' 1792 play La mère coupable was little-known to English-speaking audiences...

by Blair Ingenthron - May 07, 2023

Pile of Cats Theatre Company, Madison's continuing source of contemporary comic plays, will present its fifth production, THERE'S AN APP 4 THAT, at the Bartell Theatre's Evjue Stage, May 19-27. This satire of compartmentalized 2020s life is performed as part of World Premiere Wisconsin, the statewid...