Schedule:

July 2-14, 2024 - Sara Porkalob's Dragon Mama

Part II of The Dragon Cycle

Directed by Andrew Russell

"Incandescent Force and Phenomenon" (The Boston Globe) Sara Porkalob transforms the Festival's CenterStage into a vast canvas of emotion, humor, and resilience. With her powerful voice and an evocative collection of '90s R&B hits, Porkalob vividly brings to life the complex tapestry of her mother Maria's early years and queer identity, affirming the power of family, the importance of self-discovery, and the indomitable spirit of those who dare to dream beyond their circumstances.

July 5-14, 2024 - Death, Let Me Do My Show

By Seth Barrish

From the co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend comes a one-woman musical comedy that is definitely NOT about the ever-present specter of death. Rachel Bloom's new show is filled with raunchy and escapist material that will in NO way explore the pandemic and all the tumultuous events that ensued in her personal life. NOTHING will stop Rachel from partying like it's 2019!

July 20-21, 2024 - Alex Edelman

The good boy comes home. After a wildly successful run of Just For Us on Broadway and on HBO, for which he received a Special Tony Award, Alex Edelman returns to Williamstown with a fresh batch of all new comedy. Called "one of the funniest minds of his generation-or maybe any generation" (Washington Post), this new stand-up show will delight and enlighten. Alex will be joined by Williamstown's very own comedian, Maggie Crane, who according to Entertainment Now, allows us "to not only find the funny, but also to find the empathy."

July 23 - August 10, 2024 - Pamela Palmer

By David Ives

Directed by Walter Bobbie

The author of "innumerable clever comedies" (The New York Times), David Ives puts a noir spin on an existential romance in this world premiere play. Pamela Palmer lives a seemingly perfect life with her husband at Wishwood but has a bizarre suspicion something's wrong, only for them both to become entangled with the detective she hires to investigate. Directed by Ives' longtime collaborator, Walter Bobbie (Chicago, Venus in Fur), Pamela Palmer goes undercover as a plainclothes philosophical look at the human condition.

Sunday, July 28 - Gavin Creel in Concert

3:00pm

An up-close and spectacular afternoon with the Tony® and Olivier Award-winning actor and songwriter and his band-mates Madeline Benson and Chris Peters. Called "endearing, funny, and relatable" (Time Out NY), Gavin will charm us with a mixed repertoire of musical theater classics and pop covers, along with compositions from his new show Walk on Through, based on a commission from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, that takes us on an intimate journey of discovery and transformation through the lens of the art that captures his imagination.

July 25-27, August 1-3, and August 8-10, 2024 - WTF Cabaret

Music Direction by Joel Waggoner

With Creative Advisors Christopher Fitzgerald and Asmeret Ghebremichael

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 Festival Stage, featuring a mix of premium cabaret-style tables and traditional seating. So grab a drink and pull up a chair for the must-see event of the summer!

July 12,19, 26, August 2, 2024 - Fridays@3 Readings

3:00pm

Williamstown Theatre Festival's Fridays@3 Reading Series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work. Many Festival productions have started as Fridays@3 readings. Spend the afternoon at The Clark with a new play in development, directed and performed by industry professionals.  

The 2024 Fridays@3 Reading Series includes the following projects:

July 12: At the very bottom of a body of water

July 19: SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA

July 26: Indigo Dreams

August 2: KILL CORP

Fridays@3 readings are performed in the Auditorium at the Clark Art Institute. Seating is general admission. Reservations are required. 

July 18-20, 2024 - Workshops

Play development is a year-round activity at WTF. Every summer, the Festival supports new work in development by inviting artists to participate in workshops and residencies. Public performances of these works-in-progress are free and reservations are required. 

Workshops performances take place in the Directing Studio in the '62 Center for Theatre & Dance. Seating is general admission.

August 1-2, 2024 - WTF IS NEXT: StoryCourse

Created by Adam Kantor with special collaborators

StoryCourse is where theater and food come together. A multi-chapter, multi-course, interactive, and narrative dining experience where the story informs the menu and the menu informs the story, StoryCourse breaks down the walls between the kitchen and the dining room, between strangers sitting together at a table, between chefs and the mouths they feed, between experience and possibility. Created for and with the Williamstown community by Adam Kantor (The Band's Visit) with special collaborators, this is a StoryCourse experience you won't be able to have anywhere else.

Tables will be assigned when checking in at the ballroom entrance.

August 2, 2024 - WTF IS NEXT: Britton & The Sting Unplugged

Through the testimony and mesmerizing grooves of gospel, alternative rock, and soul, Britton & The Sting create an intimate, sacred gathering to uncover just how tethered we are to the element of water. Like water, in what ways do we boil, floor, rain, and renew ourselves?

This 45-minute experience features original music, personal testimony, and dialogue about the creation process, vision, and future of the full-length piece, MAMA. Why is a funk liberation band writing music about water? What is the relationship between spirituality and this work? How does Britton's identity as a Black, queer Southerner living in Brooklyn influence this new creation?

Reservations are required; entrance is general admission. There is no seating.

August 3, 2024 - WTF IS NEXT: Normal Gossip Live

Hosted by Kelsey McKinny and Alex Sujong Laughlin with special guests

Divulge and indulge in Normal Gossip Live, a morning of juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you'll never know and never meet, coming to the stage straight from the stream of the hit podcast. This entertaining performance with host Kelsey McKinney, producer Alex Sujong Laughlin, and special surprise guests dives into the lives and decisions of complete strangers.

August 3, 2024 - WTF IS NEXT: KILL CORP

By Sofia Alvarez

Directed by Portia Krieger

At her fancy, corporate job Marie has started to notice that when her female co-workers announce they are pregnant, they are deftly replaced. Now that she's pregnant herself, this seems like more of an issue. She suggests to her work bestie that maybe they just kill all of their bosses, so then she'd be charge! It's all a joke... but is it?

This reading is performed in the Auditorium at the Clark Art Institute. Seating is general admission. Reservations are required. 

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Date: July 2-August 10, 2024

Location: Various Locations in Williamstown, MA

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