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New Play and Musical Development Initiative

Generating groundbreaking new work for the Festival
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As a generative, "soup-to-nuts" producing institution with offices in Williamstown and New York City, Williamstown Theatre Festival is engaged year-round in the development of groundbreaking new work, much of which is produced at the Festival or at other major theatres.   WTF develops and incubates new work through the New Play and Musical Development Initiative's programs, which include: Artists-in-Residence Twelve... Read More

WTF HAPPENED IN 2016


Season

Building upon the Festival’s sixty-two-year history of creating excellent work, our 2016 season featured an exhilarating combination of artistic risk-taking and achievement.  Marisa Tomei opened the season in a “buoyant, memorable, inventive, and striking” production (New York Times) of Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, with a performance that Observer called “a one-woman fireworks display.”  After critically acclaimed runs at WTF,... Read More

Fridays@3

July 8 - August 19 Main and Nikos Stages
2016 Season

Spend the afternoon up close and personal with a new play, read by brilliant actors! The 2016 Fridays@3 Reading Series includes the following projects. July 8 | Nikos Stage Actually I Didn’t by Anna Ziegler directed by Daniella Topol July 15 | Main Stage Where Storms are Born by 2016 Playwright-in-Residence Harrison David Rivers directed by Liesl Tommy July 29 | Main Stage Hannah and the Dread... Read More

Last Goodbye, The

August 5 - August 20 Nikos Stage
2010 Season

Author: Kimmel, Michael
Director: Kimmel, Michael
A legendary love. A transcendent artist. Shakespeare’s classic verse meets the driving, passionate rock of iconic singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley in the world premiere of The Last Goodbye. Conceived and adapted from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Michael Kimmel with the music and lyrics of Jeff Buckley arranged by Kris Kukul, an ensemble of fourteen singer/actors bring to life the lyrical... Read More

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