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J. Michael Friedman Fellowship


Season

In honor of the late American lyricist and composer J. Michael Friedman, the Fellowship identifies an early-career theatre artist of exceptional talent, versatility, impact, and humanity who has demonstrated an artistic commitment to Williamstown Theatre Festival and invites them to make new work for a summer. The purpose is for the Fellow to create or collaborate on work deemed important and meaningful to... Read More

2017 . . . THAT’S A WRAP!

A LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Season

Throughout 2017, WTF continued its traditions of developing and producing artistically vibrant and culturally resonant plays and musicals, incubating the next generation of great theatre artists, and connecting broad and diverse audiences with its work.  This past summer, over just 55 days at the Festival, we produced more than 170 performances of 35 shows, readings, and special events as well... Read More

Pygmalion

July 17 - July 27 Main Stage
2013 Season

Author: Shaw, George Bernard
Director: Martin, Nicholas
"You have no idea how frightfully interesting it is to take a human being and change her into a quite different human being." With all the parallels of a modern reality-show makeover, an impoverished flower seller is taken in hand by a linguistics professor who attempts to change her accent and pass her off as the epitome of English society.... Read More

She Stoops to Conquer

July 27 - August 7 Main Stage
2011 Season

Author: Goldsmith, Oliver
Director: Martin, Nicholas
Pranks and hijinks abound in this raucous 18th- century comedy of big costumes, big sets, big hair, and even bigger laughs. Two well-bred young men arrive at the country estate of Mr. Hardcastle, intending to woo his daughter Kate and her cousin Constance, but when local mischief-maker Tony Lumpkin plays a practical joke on the city slickers, the Hardcastle household... Read More

Our Town

July 28 - August 8 Main Stage
2010 Season

Author: Wilder, Thornton
Director: Martin, Nicholas
Set not far from the Festival’s Berkshire home in the fictional Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, Wilder’s masterpiece finds the beautiful in the seemingly mundane lives of people in a small town. Artistic Director Nicholas Martin brings together a family of Williamstown favorites, including Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Jessica Hecht, John Rubinstein, and Campbell Scott as the local townsfolk whose... Read More

Knickerbocker

July 8 - July 19 Nikos Stage
2009 Season

Author: Sherman, Jonathan Marc
Director: Martin, Nicholas
Are you ready? The question looms over Jerry as the months tick by and his unborn son grows from the size of a peach to the size of, well, a baby. As the birth date creeps ever nearer, will the advice, encouragement and warnings of friends and family make Jerry more or less ready? The awe and terror of becoming... Read More

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