Step into a spring of disguise, desire, & deduction at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Or What You Will opens this season with mistaken identities, secret longings, and a love triangle gone delightfully awry. The Hound of the Baskervilles follows with a side-splitting spoof of Sherlock Holmes as three actors play dozens of roles in a fast-paced mystery comedy. Close out the season with A Bold Stroke for a Husband by Hannah Cowley—a rediscovered classic that turns Shakespearean disguise on its head—sharp-tongued women flip scandal into triumph with wit, heart, and audacity.
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A cheating husband. A clever wife. A scandal rewritten. Hannah Cowley’s A Bold Stroke for a Husband lights up Madrid with secrets, social satire, and a woman in disguise who’s three steps ahead.
Sherlock Holmes’ most chilling mystery gets a gloriously funny twist. In this madcap comedy, The Hound of the Baskervilles unleashes slapstick surprises, rapid-fire quick changes, and theatrical chaos that will leave you howling with laughter.
Shipwrecked and disguised, Viola stumbles into a love triangle in a clockpunk Illyria that spirals out of control. Add wild parties, forged letters, and yellow stockings, andTwelfth Night becomes Shakespeare's most mischievous comedy of mistaken identity.