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The Importance of Being Earnest

June 26 - July 14 Main Stage
2012 Season

Author: Wilde, Oscar
Director: Pierce, David Hyde
What if a family of Guys and Dolls-style gangsters moved to Downton Abbey-style London in order to escape certain, shall we say, entanglements? What if two of these wise guys fell hard for two tough dolls? And what if the formidable dame who runs the aforementioned criminal family developed an appetite for cucumber sandwiches? Director David Hyde Pierce gives us... 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

Streetcar Named Desire, A

June 22 - July 3 Nikos Stage
2011 Season

Author: Williams, Tennessee
Director: Cromer, David
With 28 productions of his plays in our history, Tennessee Williams and the Williamstown Theatre Festival have had a long and impressive relationship. To honor his 100th birthday, there's no better gift than an intimate new production of his masterwork by one of today's most inventive directors. In the close quarters of the Nikos Stage, the audience will take up... Read More

The Autumn Garden

August 15 - August 26 Main Stage
2007 Season

Author: Hellman, Lillian
Director: Jones, David
America's foremost woman playwright, Lillian Hellman, believed THE AUTUMN GARDEN to be her best play. The setting is a summer resort on the Gulf of Mexico in 1949. Seven friends confronting middle age assess the choices they have made and are about to make. The work is compassionate, savagely funny and perhaps Hellman's most perceptive comment on the difficulties of... Read More

Demon Dreams

July 11 - July 16 Free Theatre | Nikos Stage
2006 Season

Author: Smith, Tommy
Director: Charlton, Amanda
Free Theatre, now in its 20th season presents DEMON DREAMS, a rollicking musical fantasy that fuses traditional Japanese storytelling with high-octane hip-hop to tell the tale of three lonely demons who must decide the fate of humankind.

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