War of the Worlds at Firehouse Theatre

Shakespeare & Company continues its popular Fall Foliage season with War of the Worlds, based on Orson Welles' thrilling radio broadcast about Martians invading Earth.

Join our actors as they inhabit Welles's classic radio play, which caused a nationwide panic when listeners mistook it for a real newsflash in 1938. Helmed by Artistic Director Tony Simotes, this production features half a dozen S&Co. actors playing a variety of outrageous roles as they bring this tale of Martians and mayhem to life on stage. An entertaining hybrid of old radio and live theatre, War of the Worlds is a delightfully fun production that will have you scanning the skies for mysterious lights! (At the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre)