History

Actors’ Shakespeare Project, founded in 2004, is an award­-winning professional theater company with a Resident Acting Company and extensive education, youth and community programs.
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Actors’ Shakespeare Project Production History

Season 20 (2023-2024)

The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Sep. 15 – Oct. 1, 2021 at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University

How I Learned To Drive
by Paula Vogel | Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
Nov. 3 – 25, 2023 at The Roberts Studio Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion

August Wilson’s King Hedley II
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Summer L. Williams
Mar. 8 – Apr. 7, 2024 at Hibernian Hall

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Marianna Bassham
May 10 – Jun. 2, 2024 at The Roberts Studio Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion

Season 19 (2022-2023)

Let The Right One In
by Jack Thorne | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
In Collaboration with Boston University School of Theatre
Oct. 20 – Nov. 6, 2022 at The Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre at Boston University

August Wilson’s Seven Guitars
Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent
Feb. 8 – Mar. 5, 2023 at Hibernian Hall

Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare | In a New Modern Verse Translation by Sean San José
Directed by A. Nora Long
Mar. 29 – Apr. 23, 2023 at Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare | Directed by A. Nora Long
In Partnership with The Theater Offensive
Jun. 2 – Jun. 25, 2023 at Tufts University’s Balch Arena Theater

Season 18 (2021-2022)

The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Igor Golyak
Sep. 23 – Oct. 17, 2021 at The Plaza Theatre at Boston Center for the Arts

The Bomb-itty of Errors
by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum, Jeffrey Qaiyum, & Erik Weiner
Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
May 25 – June 26, 2022 at Charlestown Working Theater

Season 17 (2020-2021)

Digital Programming During the Coronavirus Pandemic

King Lear
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Doug Lockwood
Oct. 3-27, 2019 at Chelsea Theatre Works

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By Jess Winfield, Adam Long, Daniel Singer | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Dec. 21, 2019 – Jan. 12, 2020 at Charlestown Working Theater

Bright Half Life
by Tanya Barfield | Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Jan. 23 – Feb. 16, 2020 at The Plaza Theatre at Boston Center for the Arts

Macbeth
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Dawn Meredith Simmons
Sep. 26 – Nov. 11, 2018 at United Parish in Brookline

Equivocation
by Bill Cain | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Oct. 11 – Nov. 10, 2018 at United Parish in Brookline

Nat Turner in Jerusalem
by Nathan Alan Davis | Directed by Benny Sato Ambush
Jan. 30 – Feb. 24, 2019 at Hibernian Hall

Twelfth Night
A Co-Production with Lyric Stage Company
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Paula Plum
Mar. 29 – Apr. 28, 2019 at Lyric Stage Company of Boston

Pride and Prejudice
by Kate Hamill | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Jun. 5-29, 2019 at Balch Arena Theatre

Exit the King
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Sep. 13 – Oct. 8, 2017 at the Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre

Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Bryn Boice
Nov. 15 – Dec. 17, 2017 at Studio 210, Huntington Theatre

Richard III
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Walsh 
Feb. 7 – Mar. 11, 2018 at Swedenborg Chapel

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Christopher V. Edwards  Apr. 11 – May 6, 2018at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Hamlet
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Doug Lockwood
Oct. 5 – Nov. 6, 2016 at The Church of the Covenant, Boston

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Allyn Burrows
Dec. 1, 2016 – Jan. 8, 2017 at Willett Hall (United Parish, Brookline)

Edward II
by William Shakespeare | Directed by David R. Gammons
Feb. 22 – Mar. 19, 2017 at Charlestown Working Theater

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Patrick Swanson
May 10 – Jun. 4, 2017 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Youth Production: Titus Andronicus
directed by Gabriel Kuttner |  Charlestown Working Theater

Special Project: I Am Lear
directed by Bobbie Steinbach  |  BU College of Fine Arts, Boston

Summer Youth Intensive production: Richard III
directed by Anneke Reich  |  Charlestown Working Theater

Othello
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Kathleen O’Leary
Sep. 23 – Oct 25, 2015 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University, Boston

The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Melia Bensussen
Dec. 9, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016 at Willett Hall (United Parish, Brookline)

Richard II
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Allyn Burrows
Feb. 17 – Mar. 13, 2016 at Durell Theatre, YMCA Cambridge

The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Directed by Paula Plum
Apr. 13 – May 8, 2016 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare | Directed by David R. Gammons
Sep. 24 – Oct. 19 at Brighton High School Auditorium

Phèdre
by William Shakespeare | Directed by M. Bevin O’Gara
Nov. 19 – Dec. 7 at First Church in Boston

Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian 
Jan. 7 – Feb. 1, 2015 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

God’s Ear
by Jenny Schwartz | Directed by Thomas Derrah
Mar. 25 – Apr. 12, 2015 at The Davis Square Theater, Somerville

Henry VI, Part 2
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Tina Packer
May 13 – Jun. 7, 2015 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University

Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Bobbie Steinbach & Allyn Burrows
Oct. 2 – Nov. 3, 2013 at The Strand Theatre, Dorchester

Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Tina Packer
Dec. 11 – Jan. 5, 2014 at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University

The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov | Directed by Melia Bensussen**
Feb. 12 – Mar. 9 at The Dane Estate, Pine Manor College

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Walsh**
Apr. 17 – May 18, 2014 at The Springstep Building, Medford

Macbeth
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Paula Plum
Oct. 3 – Nov. 4, 2012 at The Chevalier Theater, Medford

Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Walsh**
Dec. 12 – Jan. 6, 2013 at The Davis Square Theater, Somerville

Middletown
by Will Eno | Directed by Doug Lockwood
Feb. 13 – Mar. 10, 2013 at the YMCA Family Theater, Cambridge

Pericles
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Allyn Burrows
Apr. 17 – May 12, 2013 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University, Boston

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Melia Bensussen**
Sep. 27 – Oct. 22, 2011 at the Plaza Theater, Boston Center for the Arts

The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Steven Barkhimer
Dec. 7 – Jan. 1, 2012 at The Davis Square Theatre, Somerville

Medea
by Euripides | Directed by David R. Gammons
Feb. 8 – Mar. 4, 2012 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Troilus & Cressida
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Tina Packer
Apr. 25 – May 20, 2012 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University, Boston

Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Patrick Swanson
Sep. 29 – Nov 21, 2010 at Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel

Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Doug Lockwood 
Feb. 9-20, 2011 at The Storefront on Elm

The Hotel Nepenthe
by John Kuntz | Directed by David R. Gammons
Feb. 23 – Mar. 11, 2011 at The Storefront on Elm
[Remounted in 2012, in partnership with the Huntington Theatre Company]

Living in Exile
by John Lipsky, directed by Allyn Burrows
Mar. 17-27, 2011 at The Storefront on Elm

Antony & Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Adrianne Krstansky
Mar 9 – May 21, 2011 at The Modern Theatre, Suffolk University

The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Melia Bensussen**
Oct. 14 – Nov. 8, 2009 at the Basement of the Garage, Harvard Square

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
Dec. 30, 2009 – Jan. 24, 2010 at Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel

Othello
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Judy Braha**
Mar. 10 – Apr. 4, 2010 at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts

Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Bill Barclay
May 19 – Jun. 13, 2010 at Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel

The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Melia Bensussen**
Nov. 6 – Dec. 7, 2008 at Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel, Boston

The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster | Directed by David R. Gammons
Jan. 8 – Feb. 1, 2009 at Midway Studios, Fort Point Channel

Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare | directed by Robert Walsh**
Mar. 12 – Apr. 5, 2009 at The Armory, Somerville

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
May 14 – Jun. 14, 2009 at Hibernian Hall, Roxbury

Macbeth
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Adrianne Krstansky
Oct. 21 – Nov. 18, 2007 at Studio 102, Boston University

Henry V
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Normi Noel
Jan. 10 – Feb. 3, 2008 at The Basement of the Garage, Harvard Square

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Patrick Swanson
Mar. 13 – Apr. 13, 2008 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

King John
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
May 17 – Jun. 8, 2008 at The Cathedral of St. Paul, Boston

Hamlet
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Rick Lombardo** 
Oct. 19 – Nov. 12, 2006 at The Strand Theatre, Dorchester

The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Curt Tofteland
Jan. 25 – Feb. 18, 2007 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare | Directed by David R. Gammons
Mar. 29 – Apr. 22, 2007 at The Basement of the Garage, Harvard Square

Love’s Labour’s Lost
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
May 29 – Jun. 24, 2007 at the Downstairs at the Garage, Harvard Square
Remounted Aug. 1-3, 2008 in Winthrop Park, Harvard Square

King Lear
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Patrick Swanson
Sep 29 – Oct. 23, 2005 at Studio 102, Boston University
Remounted Jun. 16 – Jul. 2, 2006 at La MaMa E.T.C.

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Walsh**
Dec. 15, 2005 – Jan. 8, 2006 at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

All’s Well that Ends Well
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
Apr. 20 – May 14, 2006 at the YMCA Family Theater, Cambridge

Richard III
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Benjamin Evett
Oct. 16 – Nov. 7, 2004 at The Old South Meeting House, Boston

Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Walsh**
Mar. 16 – Apr. 10, 2005 at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston

Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Robert Scanlan
Apr. 14 – Jun. 1, 2005 at the YMCA Family Theater, Cambridge