A mini festival-within-the-festival, WTF IS NEXT previews the future of the Williamstown Theatre Festival experience from Thursday, August 1 through Sunday, August 4. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be immersed in a full slate of experiences and exclusive events that reflect an expansive expression of theater within the breathtaking natural beauty of the Berkshires.

You’ll start your time with a welcoming experience that will both ground and orient you for what’s to come. Depending on when you arrive, you then may find yourself at a dining experience, or a show. Or both. Either way, you’ll end your night with a Nightcap. Over the course of the weekend, you may find yourself at an outdoor concert, a live taping of a popular podcast, a world-premiere play, an outdoor community happening, a burlesque-inspired variety performance – a full schedule of expansive programming. No matter what, we won’t send you home without a proper sendoff and an understanding of what you can come to expect from the Festival as it transforms into its next chapter. You’ll have to experience it to know it.

Pick one of two pass options:

4-Day Pass – $850 per person
Includes tickets and meals as follows (subject to change):

Aug 1 at 4pm – Kickoff
Aug 1 at 5:30pm – Dinner Experience: StoryCourse
Aug 1 at 8pm – WTF Cabaret
Aug 1 at 10pm – Nightcap
Aug 2 at 10am – Morning Experience at The Clark
Aug 2 at 1pm – The Plastic Bag Store (Assigned Group 1)
Aug 2 at 3pm – The Plastic Bag Store (Assigned Group 2)
Aug 2 at 5:30pm – Dinner Experience: Tu Le & 328North
Aug 2 at 8pm – Pamela Palmer
Aug 2 at 10pm – Late Night Show
Aug 3 at 11am – Live Podcast
Aug 3 at 3pm – Encore Reading of Kill Corp
Aug 3 at 5pm – Outdoor Block Party
Aug 3 at 7pm – Speakeasy
Aug 4 at 9am – Morning Event
Aug 4 at 1pm – Sendoff

3-Day Pass – $625 per person
Includes tickets and meals as follows (subject to change):

Aug 2 at 4pm – Kickoff
Aug 2 at 5:30pm – Dinner Experience: StoryCourse
Aug 2 at 8pm – WTF Cabaret
Aug 2 at 10pm – Nightcap
Aug 3 at 11am – Live Podcast
Aug 3 at 1pm – The Plastic Bag Store (Assigned Group 3)
Aug 3 at 3pm – Encore Reading of Kill Corp
Aug 3 at 5pm – Outdoor Block Party
Aug 3 at 8pm – Pamela Palmer
Aug 3 at 10pm – Speakeasy
Aug 4 at 11am – Morning Event
Aug 4 at 1pm – Sendoff
Aug 4 at 3pm – The Plastic Bag Store (Assigned Group 4)

These schedules will be updated with project titles and venue information at a later date. WTF IS NEXT is a curated weekend journey; passholders will be assigned event times, as well as seats for non-general admission events, closer to the mini-festival weekend. Tickets will be issued at each Kickoff event. Due to limited capacities for the weekend and within each venue, performance times cannot be exchanged. Passes are non-transferable and badges will be issued for use by one person only.

Please call (413) 458-3200 x113 if you have any questions or if you need hotel accommodations, as we have some rooms on hold until June 15 at The Williams Inn (Williamstown) and The Porches Inn (North Adams) for passholders.

Passes are extremely limited—don’t delay! Passes will go on sale at Noon on May 9. Donors receive advance access as a benefit of their support. Donate today!

Programming, casting, and COVID-19 protocols are subject to change.