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Alabama Shakespeare Festival Unveils Seven Productions for 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2024

Alabama Shakespeare Festival reveals its 2024-25 season lineup, featuring a diverse mix of classic and contemporary plays, musicals, and family-friendly performances. Learn how to purchase tickets.

ANTONY & CLEAOPATRA Announced At Mesa Arts Center, March 17-April 1
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2023

 Southwest Shakespeare takes audiences to ancient Rome and Egypt with its powerful performances of ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, March 17 through April 1 at Mesa Arts Center.

Southwest Shakespeare Company Brings THE TEMPEST to the Stage
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 27, 2022

The Southwest Shakespeare Company (SSC) presents its 28th season mainstage repertory production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Ingrid Sonnichsen for a limited run from now  through March 19th at the Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse. Tickets are available in person and online at the Mesa Arts Center.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Celebrates 35 Years In Montgomery
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2020

This week marks Alabama Shakespeare Festival's 35th anniversary in Montgomery. From its founding as a summer theatre festival in Anniston in 1972 to its designation as the State Theater of Alabama in 1977 to the stunning performing arts complex in Montgomery (built in 1985), ASF has been a leader in the performing arts throughout the state, region, and country.

'A Season for New Beginnings' is Released
by Christina Mancuso - Aug 10, 2016

The sequel to 'A Season for Living,' 'A Season for New Beginnings: The Sequel to A Season for Living' (published by iUniverse) continues the historical tale of a wealthy Southern matriarch and her family members as they embark on a quest to find a new beginning, discovering that change is the only certainty in life.

Susan Willis Updegraff Releases New Sequel to A SEASON FOR LIVING
by Christina Mancuso - Jul 18, 2016

The sequel to 'A Season for Living,' 'A Season for New Beginnings: The Sequel to A Season for Living' (published by iUniverse) continues the historical tale of a wealthy Southern matriarch and her family members as they embark on a quest to find a new beginning, discovering that change is the only certainty in life.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Begins 4/20
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 2, 2013

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's spring repertory season will be in full bloom with the openings of two new plays, Around the World in 80 Days in the Festival Theatre and the Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage in the Octagon Theatre, on April 20. Both shows run through May 19. Tickets start at $30 and may be obtained on line at www.asf.net, by phone at 1.800.841.4273 or by visiting the ASF box office at 1 Festival Drive in the heart of Montgomery's beautiful Blount Cultural Park.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Opens Tonight at Alabama Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - Mar 8, 2013

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, will be staged at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival tonight, March 8-24. Four additional performances will take place May 12, 15, 17 and 18 during ASF's final week of the repertory season. Adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, the play is directed by Diana Van Fossen.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to Open 3/8 at Alabama Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2013

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, will be staged at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival March 8-24. Four additional performances will take place May 12, 15, 17 and 18 during ASF's final week of the repertory season. Adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, the play is directed by Diana Van Fossen.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival Will Present Post-Apocalyptic MACBETH
by Kelsey Denette - Jan 14, 2013

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will offer a gritty and chill-filled version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth January 25 through May 18. Under the direction of ASF's producing artistic director Geoffrey Sherman, one of the literature's greatest and most powerful tragedies is set in a haunting post-Apocalyptic world.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Premieres IN THE BOOK OF…, 1/5-22
by BWW News Desk - Jan 5, 2012

Immigration and its powerful political and personal impact on an Army veteran and an Afghan refugee take center stage in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's world premiere of John Walch's incendiary In the Book Of… January 5-22. The play will be performed at ASF's intimate 263-seat Octagon stage. Tickets start at $30 and may be purchased by calling 1.800.841.4293, online at www.asf.net or by visiting the ASF box office at 1 Festival Drive. ASF is located in the heart of Montgomery's beautiful Blount Cultural Park.

KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS Commemorates World AIDS Day 12/1
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2011

To commemorate World AIDS Day, SHOWTIME will premiere 'KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS,' a powerful documentary that bears witness to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Premieres IN THE BOOK OF…, 1/5-22
by Kelsey Denette - Nov 30, 2011

Immigration and its powerful political and personal impact on an Army veteran and an Afghan refugee take center stage in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's world premiere of John Walch's incendiary In the Book Of… January 5-22. The play will be performed at ASF's intimate 263-seat Octagon stage. Tickets start at $30 and may be purchased by calling 1.800.841.4293, online at www.asf.net or by visiting the ASF box office at 1 Festival Drive. ASF is located in the heart of Montgomery's beautiful Blount Cultural Park.

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Plays Alabama Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - Nov 25, 2011

A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's timeless holiday tale set in rural Alabama during the 1930s, has been adapted into an enchanting new family musical which will have its Southern premiere on the stage of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, November 25 through December 24.

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY to Play Alabama Shakespeare Festival
by Kelsey Denette - Nov 2, 2011

A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's timeless holiday tale set in rural Alabama during the 1930s, has been adapted into an enchanting new family musical which will have its Southern premiere on the stage of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, November 25 through December 24.

KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS Commemorates World AIDS Day 12/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 31, 2011

To commemorate World AIDS Day, SHOWTIME will premiere 'KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS,' a powerful documentary that bears witness to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

ASF Presents MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, MUCH ADO..., & JULIUS CEASAR
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 17, 2011

The 2011 Spring Repertory season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival will include Ron Hutchinson's comedy Moonlight and Magnolias and Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Julius Caesar. Three 'Extreme Weekends' are available where all three shows can be seen in the same weekend on April 30 - May 1, May 7-8, and May 21 - 22.