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Although this year has been different, WTF remains the theatrical powerhouse that drives the development of new work for audiences in Williamstown and beyond through our year-round New Play & Musical Development Initiative, fellowships and commissions, and our 2020 season, produced in an audio-only format in collaboration with Audible, the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling. We continued... Read More

2017 . . . THAT’S A WRAP!

A LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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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

2018 WTF GALA

Honoring Trustee Gary Levine
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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
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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

Where Storms Are Born

July 12 - July 23 Nikos Stage
2017 Season

by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Saheem Ali

WORLD PREMIERE Mourning the loss of her elder son Myles (LeRoy McClain), Bethea (Myra Lucretia Taylor) tries to help her younger son Gideon (Christopher Livingston) through his grief. But as revelations surrounding Myles' incarceration and death emerge, both mother and son must decide whether to fight or let go. With wit and empathy, this play reminds us of the courage... Read More

WTF HAPPENED IN 2016


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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

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