Press
Press For 2026 Spring Season
Staunton Newsleader | Visit a re-creation of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton
The Bardathon | A Bold Stroke For a Husband (American Shakespeare Center) @ The Blackfriars Playhouse
The Bardathon | Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center) @ The Blackfriars Playhouse
DC Theatre Arts | Genders bend in ‘A Bold Stroke for a Husband’ at American Shakespeare Center
DC Theatre Arts | Nutty ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ is a howl at American Shakespeare Center
DC Theatre Arts | The twists and turns shine in ‘Twelfth Night’ at American Shakespeare Center
PRESS FOR 2025 Holiday SEASON
Rocktown Now | Christmas arrives in the Shenandoah Valley
DC Theatre Arts | Another wonderful ‘Christmas Carol’ at American Shakespeare Center
Virginia Living | Staunton’s A Christmas Carol Is a Holiday Must-See
Shakespeareances | A Christmas Carol From the Mouth of Dickens and His Many Creations
Staunton Newsleader | Cozy up with pajamas and ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Blackfriars Playhouse
PRESS FOR 2025 Fall SEASON
DC Theatre Arts | Herstory on the high seas in ‘The Pirate Ballad of Bonny and Read’ at American Shakespeare Center
C-ville Weekly | ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ at Blackfriars Playhouse through 11/15
Staunton Newsleader | Adoptable dogs take the stage as ASC collects donations for local shelters
DC Theatre Arts | ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ at American Shakespeare Center is doggone good
Virginia Living | New Staunton Podcast Celebrates Queen City Culture
DC Theatre Arts | ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as endearing tweens at American Shakespeare Center
PRESS FOR 2025 Summer SEASON
C-ville Weekly | A jazzed up ‘Winter’s Tale’ works wonders
DC Theatre Arts | A memorably brilliant ‘The Winter’s Tale’ at American Shakespeare Center
The Georgetowner | In Staunton: Shakespeare and Austen
Northern Virginia Magazine | Find Cultural and Culinary Gems in Staunton, One of America’s Best Small Towns
Dr. Peter Kirwan | The Winter’s Tale – Reviewed by Dr. Peter Kirwan
NPR News & NPR Talk | Staunton arts groups face federal funding cuts, uncertainty
Staunton Newsleader | What losing the arts means for the Staunton community
DC Theater Arts | American Shakespeare Center’s ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ up close and relatable
PRESS FOR 2025 Spring SEASON
DC Theater Arts | Laughs come hard and fast in ‘Comedy of Errors’ at American Shakespeare Center
DC Theater Arts | A ‘King Lear’ both upbeat and dark at American Shakespeare Center
DC Theater Arts | ‘Little Women’ at American Shakespeare Center is a heartfelt story for us all
Come To The Pedlar I THEATRE: Little Women, adapted by Erin Riley (directed by Constance Swain for the American Shakespeare Center)
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