Skip to Main Content

The Pillowman

August 5 - August 6 2023 Festival Stage
2023 Season

By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Lila Neugebauer

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... Read More

2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala

April 7 Presented Virtually
Season

  The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF's annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers, and will feature musical performances and... Read More

Row

Available Now on Audible!
2020 Season

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Book by Daniel Goldstein
Music & Lyrics by Dawn Landes
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Inspired by A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure
With Kerstin Anderson, John Ellison Conlee, Nehal Joshi, Tamika Lawrence, John McGinty, Grace McLean, Kathryn O’Rourke, Lance Roberts, Sean Stack, Sally Wilfert

Tori (Grace McLean) aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. As a child, she raised her younger brother Lamar (John McGinty), defending him against discrimination and neighborhood bullies. Now, with nothing but her body and a hand-built boat, she squares off with her own tormentor: the ocean. Inspired by A Pearl in the Storm by... Read More

A Human Being, of a Sort

June 26 - July 7 Nikos Stage
2019 Season

WORLD PREMIERE
By Jonathan Payne
Directed by Whitney White
With André Braugher, Sullivan Jones, Matthew Saldivar, Keith Randolph Smith, Jeorge Bennett Watson, Frank WoodAntonio Michael Woodard

It's 1906, and at the Bronx Zoological Park, an African-American convict named “Smokey” (Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner André Braugher) is guarding the zoo’s most sensational exhibit: Ota Benga (Antonio Michael Woodard), a Congolese pygmy. As the public’s fascination intensifies and protestors call for Ota’s release, Smokey must grapple with the fact that his own freedom depends on another... Read More

2018 WTF GALA

Honoring Trustee Gary Levine
Season

Please join us as we celebrate Williamstown Theatre Festival and honor Trustee Gary Levine, President of Programming at Showtime and former Festival Managing Director, at the WTF Gala in New York City on Monday, February 5, 2018 at Tao Downtown. Festivities will include cocktails, dinner, and appearances or performances by Festival artists including Annaleigh Ashford, Kyle MacLachlan, James Naughton, Mandy Patinkin,... Read More

New Play and Musical Development Initiative

Generating groundbreaking new work for the Festival
Season

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

Find Us

By Phone: (413) 458-3200
By Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org
By Snail Mail: PO Box 517
Williamstown, MA 01267