BLACKFRIARS PLAYHOUSE

10 S. Market St.
Staunton, VA 24401

Recent Central Virginia Discounts:

Spotlight: EDDIE IZZARD at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Spotlight: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY at Hylton Performing Arts Center, Merchant Hall

Spotlight: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Chrysler Hall, Norfolk

by A.A. Cristi - July 27, 2023

American Shakespeare Center (ASC) finishes its 35th Anniversary Season and its celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio with a flourish, with vivid portrayals of two of Shakespeare's most complex and compelling characters: the bitter, tortured prince Hamlet and the proud, re...

Past Shows

MACBETH

7/20 - 11/24/2024

Step into an ominous world of witches, warfare, murder, and madness this season at the Blackfriars Playhouse with Shakespeare’s Macbeth , a relentless examination of ...

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

9/13 - 11/23/2024

In this uproarious comedy, Sir John Falstaff finds himself entangled in the shrewd schemes of two clever Windsor wives who unite to outwit one of ...

The Importance of Being Earnest

7/27 - 10/20/2024

Oscar Wilde's brilliant and wicked The Importance of Being Earnest , is a comedic masterpiece that unravels a web of mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and ...

The Comedy of Errors

3/31 - 5/15/2022

Two pairs of infant twins, separated by shipwreckwhat else could go wrong? One of Shakespeares earliest comedies overflows with mistaken identities, slapstick and puns, ending ...

Romeo and Juliet

3/15 - 5/14/2022

"Smashing...steamy...powerful...dazzling. Critics are talking about American Shakespeare Centers new production of Romeo and Juliet, a whirlwind of adolescent passion in a violent, vengeful adult world. ...

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CENTRAL VIRGINIA SHOWS


		Which Way to the Stage by Ana Nogueira Richmond Triangle Players (4/23 - 5/13)
		Ted Swindley's Honky Tonk Angels Swift Creek Mill Theatre, Inc. (11/16 - 12/28)
		45 Seconds From Broadway Little Theatre of Virginia Beach (3/21 - 4/13)
		The Cher Show (Non-Equity) Ferguson Center for the Arts [Concert Hall] (2/2 - 2/2)
		The Producers Little Theatre of Virginia Beach (7/18 - 8/10)
		MARYS SEACOLE Live Arts (2/14 - 3/2)
		MJ Chrysler Hall (2/4 - 2/9)
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