Join us this summer for an unforgettable season that evokes and celebrates the spirit of Williamstown Theatre Festival!

Schedule of Events

Hasan Minhaj: Experiment Time at Main Stage

Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj showcases and prepares new material for his latest work-in-progress. Hasan is one of the most in-demand comedians on screen and stage today. Earlier this year, he was the guest host of The Daily Show, and he is also the host and creator of Netflix's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, and the Netflix comedy specials Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King and The King's Jester.

Date and Time:
Thursday, July 13 at 8PM
Friday, July 14 at 3PM &8PM
Saturday, July 15 at 3PM & 8PM

Cost:
$65 Prime Orchestra
$45 Rear & Side Orchestra
Plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

July 16, 2023

Laura Benanti In Concert at Main Stage

Broadway legend and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti graces the Main Stage to share songs from her illustrious career. A long-time friend of the Festival, Laura also starred as Perdita in the WTF production of The Winter's Tale (2001) and last performed for WTF audiences at the 2020 Gala. A star on stage and screen, Laura's career spans over two decades since she took Broadway by storm at the age of 18. Laura has earned two Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and garnered five Tony Award nominations.

Join us at The Williams Inn after the benefit concert for a celebratory toast to kick off the season!

Proceeds from Laura Benanti in Concert benefit Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Cost:
$125 Prime Orchestra
$80 Rear & Side Orchestra
Plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

July 20 - August 5, 2023

WTF CABARET at FESTIVAL STAGE

Curated by Christopher Fitzgerald

The WTF Cabaret returns to Williamstown this summer! Intimate, casual, and always surprising, these exhilarating evenings feature performances by Festival artists you know and love! No two weekends are the same, and all shows take place on our specially created 2023 Festival Stage, featuring a mix of premium cabaret-style tables and traditional seating, as well as a full bar. So grab a drink and pull up a chair for the must-see event of the summer!

Cabaret 1:
Thursday, July 20 at 8PM
Friday, July 21 at 8PM
Saturday, July 22 at 10PM

Cabaret 2:
Thursday, July 27 at 8PM
Friday, July 28 at 8PM
Saturday, July 29 at 10PM

Cabaret 3:
Thursday, August 3 at 8PM
Friday, August 4 at 8PM
Saturday, August 5 at 10PM

Cost:
$65 seats at tables
$45 traditional seating
Plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

July 22 - 23, 2023

Paris, Actors! at FESTIVAL STAGE

By Hamish Linklater
Featuring Hamish Linklater & Lily Rabe

Paris, ACTORS is part of the Main Stage Reading Series this summer.

Occupied Paris. 1944. Real life celebrity Nazi Werner Krauss is between projects. But the Party, desperate for a propaganda extravaganza in the City of Lights, has arranged a remount of his notorious Merchant of Venice produced by a French theater teeming with family secrets. Paris, ACTORS! is “The Last Metro” if Truffaut were unavailable to direct, but the Marx Brothers were.

Time:
Saturday, July 22 at 3PM & 7PM
Sunday, July 23 at 3PM

Cost: $35 plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

July 29 - 30, 2023

Three Sisters at FESTIVAL STAGE

By Anton Chekhov
Featuring Louisa Jacobson

Three Sisters is part of the Main Stage Reading Series this summer.

The beloved Prozorov family returns to Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer to recount their timeless and tumultuous tale of existential longing. In this Chekhov classic, sisters Olga, Masha, and Irina yearn for the promise of Moscow while grappling with the tribulations of unrequited love and family drama at home. In the wake of their father's death and a changing Russia, the women must face the reality of their choices and take responsibility for their uncertain futures.

Time:
Saturday, July 29 at 3PM & 7PM
Sunday, July 30 at 3PM

Cost: $35 plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

August 5 - 6, 2023

The Pillowman

By Martin McDonagh

The Pillowman is part of the Main Stage Reading Series this summer.

They say life imitates art—but what happens when that art is horror? In a totalitarian dictatorship, young author Katurian is interrogated by the authorities after a string of child murders bears a striking resemblance to his grisly short stories. When his brother admits to the murders and implicates Katurian and their troubled childhood, more complicated questions arise—is it really possible to separate art from artist? Widely regarded as one of the greatest plays of the last 25 years, The Pillowman is as dark as comedies get and is sure to keep audiences glued to the edge of their seats.

Time:
Saturday, August 5 at 3PM & 7PM
Sunday, August 6 at 3PM

Cost: $35 plus a $5 processing fee per ticket

July 14 - August 4, 2023

Fridays@3 Reading Series at The Clark Auditorium (225 South St)

New plays by Kamilah Bush, Cindy Lou Johnson, Clarence Coo, and Aurora Real de Asua

WTF's Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work. Many Festival productions started as Fridays@3 readings. Spend the afternoon at the Clark with a play in development, performed by professional actors. Seating is general admission. Reservations required.

Cost: $15 with no processing fee per ticket

July 14, 2023

3PM: Nick and the Prizefighter
By Kamilah Bush
Directed by Kristolyn Lloyd
Selah Thompson is the caregiver for her famous playwright father, Forest Thompson. Nick Beerman, a young writer and dramaturg is tasked with helping Forest complete his life's work before the clock runs out. Selah must fight for control of her father's work and legacy- and find her own rhythm as she prepares to face the world without him.

July 21, 2023

3PM: Plunder and Lightning
By Cindy Lou Johnson
Tina and George's preparations for an important party are wildly derailed when their daughter Rikki shows up on the run from the cops, and Tina's stepmother, Lola, threatens to levy charges of elder abuse. A dark comedy about greed and the urgent power of love, Plunder and Lightning examines the price to be paid for burying our sins—in the field out back.

July 28, 2023

3PM: Chapters of a Floating Life - Winner of the 2023 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award!
By Clarence Coo (Recipient of the 2023 Jay Harris Commission)
Directed by Jennifer Chang
Two couples from China try to make ends meet in New York City in the wake of the Second World War. One husband and wife live uptown, obsessed with a past of poetry, painting, and gardens. Another pair face the day-to-day reality of keeping a Chinatown restaurant in business. Their worlds, previously separated by class and education, converge when the two women find each other in Central Park and fall under the spell of the Chinese language.

August 4, 2023

3PM: Wipeout
By Aurora Real de Asua
Directed by Maggie Burrows
It's Gary's 77th birthday and all she wants to do is surf. The only problem? She's never stepped foot on a board before. But with the help of a hot-rod teenage surf instructor and the company of her two best friends, Gary is about to go on the ride of her life. As the three women navigate the currents of the Pacific, they must confront seven decades of secrets and sacrifices, not to mention the odd jellyfish or two.

August 16 - September 9, 2023

A New Brain at Boyd-Quinson Stage (30 Union St, Pittsfield, Ma)

A Barrington Stage Company production in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival

Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Direction by Vadim Feichtner
Directed by Joe Calarco

Gordon can't get past his writer's block when a medical emergency forces him to reassess if his songs (or lack thereof) are more important than his family, his friends, or his partner. He needs to navigate a mean nurse, shelves of books, and a bossy frog to get to the heart of his music.

Cost: $25-$87

Date: July 13-September 10, 2023

Date and Time:
August 16, 2023 at 7:00pm
August 17-19, 2023 at 8:00pm
August 20 and 23, 2023 at 7:00pm
August 24, 2023 at 8:00pm
August 25-26, 2023 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
August 27, 2023 at 2:00pm
August 30, 2023 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
August 31, 2023 at 8:00pm
September 1, 2023 at 8:00pm
September 2, 2023 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
September 3, 2023 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
September 8, 2023 at 8:00pm
September 9, 2023 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
September 10, 2023 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm

Locations:
Williams College - 62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267
Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201

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