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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

Sunday Lawn Talks

July 3 - August 21 Front Lawn
2016 Season

Arrive early for the Sunday matinee performance to hear artists, special guests, and WTF staff delve into the rich themes of WTF productions on the Front Lawn. Bring your own picnic or stop by concessions for pre-show refreshments! Talks begin at 1:15pm. July 3rd (Cost of Living) Ryan Haddad (Non-Equity Company Member) and Xian Horn (writer, mentor, teacher, and positivity... Read More

The Chinese Room

July 13 - July 23 Nikos Stage
2016 Season

By Michael West
Directed by James Macdonald
With Carson Elrod, Sue Jean Kim, Brían F. O’Byrne, Laila Robins, Elliot Trainor

World Premiere Obie Award-winner James Macdonald directs this sci-fi comedy thriller by Irish playwright Michael West. A visionary in the field of artificial intelligence, Frank (Brían F. O’Byrne) has built a humandroid to preserve his wife Lily’s (Laila Robins) memory — because she is losing hers. But when he is ousted from the company he founded, he must race to... Read More

Camp Monster

July 5 - July 10 Free Theatre | Main Stage
2010 Season

Author: Rothstein, Sharyn
Director: Pines, Kate
Free Theatre, now in its 24th season presents CAMP MONSTER. For years, the sons and daughters of the world's most famous monsters have spent their summer at Camp Flonster...but this year the camp has a new director. Join us as the young monsters try to keep the world safe--for even the strangest among us.

Johnny On a Spot

August 6 - August 17 Main Stage
1997 Season

Author: MacArthur, Charles
Director: Naughton, James

Moonstone, The

August 8 - August 17 Free Theatre | Buxton School Field
1991 Season

Author: Collins, Wilkie
Director: Keller, Neel

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Williamstown, MA 01267