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WTF Happened in 2015


Season

The 2015 Williamstown Theatre Festival season was an overwhelming success.  More than 45,000 visitors experienced the magic of WTF this summer – a Festival record!  Our stages, rehearsal rooms, and work spaces were teeming with some of this country’s best theatrical talent: Jo Bonney, Evan Cabnet, Trip Cullman, Jane Greenwood, Jessica Hecht, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Neil Patel, Ruben Santiago... Read More

A Walk Through Williamstown with Philip Rosenberg


Season

A WALK THROUGH WILLIAMSTOWN WITH PHILIP ROSENBERG A Walk Through Williamstown is our weekly series celebrating the town that supports WTF every summer, and the artists who return year after year. Every Sunday, join one of our artists as they chat with us at their favorite local spot. PHILIP ROSENBERG [6th WTF Season] Favorite Williamstown Spot: Lickety Split Current WTF... Read More

Between The Lines: Kinship


Season

BETWEEN THE LINES - KINSHIP: A weekly look at the creative process through a literary lens. THEATRE'S EXECUTIVE WOMEN Among other themes, Kinship explores what it means to be a woman in power falling into a dangerous obsession. As rehearsals for the American premiere ofKinship raced along, WTF Literary Assistant Rachel Wiegardt-Egel sat down with WTF’s resident female executive, Artistic Director Mandy... Read More

Lawn Talks

July 5 - August 16 Theater Lawn
2015 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 Main Stage Lawn.  Bring your own picnic or stop by concessions for a pre-show drink!  Lawn Talks begin at 1:15pm. July 5 | LEGACY This thoughtful drama exposes the cost of trying to will our own... Read More

Kinship

July 15 - July 25 Nikos Stage
2015 Season

By Carey Perloff
Directed by Jo Bonney

AMERICAN PREMIERE Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-Winner Cynthia Nixon and Emmy Award-winner Penny Fuller make their Festival debuts in Carey Perloff's gripping and sexy new drama.  The tightly wound lives of a fiery newspaper editor (Nixon), an upstart journalist (Lowell), and his overly-protective mother (Fuller) unravel when a passionate entanglement turns into an intense power struggle.  Helmed by Obie Award-winning... Read More

SPECIAL reading – kinship

July 9 2PM @ Paresky Student Center
2014 Season

By Carey Perloff
Featuring Penny Fuller and Cynthia Nixon

She’s a hot newspaper editor who seems to have it all. But when late-night editing sessions with a young reporter (who happens to be her best friend’s son) turn into something more, her world begins to crumble. A story of obsession and desire set against Racine’s Phèdre, Carey Perloff’s Kinship tests the tensile strength of love and friendship, and finds them much more... Read More

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Williamstown, MA 01267