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'What conjuration, and what mighty magic'
—Othello 1.3

Here's a quick look at what's coming for 2008-2009.

Borrowing from Othello, we're planning a season of Conjuration and Mighty Magic. Tickets are one sale now.

Keep in touch with our website this season for all the latest details, and make plans to experience and share the spirit of transformative theatre.

Click here to view a 2008-2009 Calendar so you can begin making travel plans now.

Click here to download the 2008-2009 Season Brochure to see more of what's going on.

Ready Set...
Construction has now begun on our new Production Arts Center and Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, to open in the summer of 2008. Look forward to an exciting variety of classic and new works on that stage. Check in on the progress here.

2008-2009 Season – at a glance

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Founders' Theatre – About

Buy TicketsA Midsummer Night's Dream (New England Tour)
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jonathan Croy
March 19 - May 9
Buy TicketsShakespeare and Young Company
May 10 - May 11
Buy TicketsThe Ladies Man
By Charles Morey
Freely translated and adapted
from Georges Feydeau's Tailleur Pour Dames
Directed by Kevin Coleman
Founders' Theatre Reserved Seating
May 23 - August 31
Buy TicketsAll's Well That Ends Well
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tina Packer
June 20 - August 31
Buy TicketsCornets and Summer Stars: Evening Gala
June 28
Buy TicketsOthello
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tony Simotes
Founders' Theatre Reserved Seating
July 18 - August 31
Buy TicketsHamlet National Tour Premiere
By William Shakespeare
Founders' Theatre Reserved Seating
September 12 - September 14

Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre – About

Buy TicketsThe Goatwoman of Corvis County
World Premiere
By Christine Whitley
Directed by Robert Walsh
Ready Set Series, General Admission
August 1 - August 31
Buy TicketsThe Studio Festival Plays
September 1
Buy TicketsThe Canterville Ghost
Adapted by Irina Brook from the Oscar Wilde story
Directed by Irina Brook
Ready Set Series, General Admission
September 19 - November 9
Buy TicketsTwelfth Night Conservatory Program Performance
By William Shakespeare
General Admission
December 12 - December 13
Buy TicketsBad Dates
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Adrianne Krstansky
Ready Set Series, General Admission
January 9 - March 8

Rose Footprint Theatre – About

Buy TicketsThe Mad Pirate and the Mermaid: Part A
World Premiere
Written and directed by Michael Burnet
Original music by Bill Barclay
June 25 - August 30
Buy TicketsThe Mad Pirate and the Mermaid: Part B
World Premiere
Written and directed by Michael Burnet
June 27 - August 30
Buy TicketsRiotous Youth Performance
July 11 - August 22
Buy TicketsWild and Whirling Words
August 3 - August 31
Buy TicketsShakespeare and Young Company
August 20 - August 22

Bankside – About

Buy TicketsPrelude
June 26 - August 31
Buy TicketsThe Physics of Farce
Bankside Humanities Series
Charles Morey
July 1
Buy TicketsLike Your Life Depended On It
Bankside Humanities Series
Michael Burnet
July 3
Buy TicketsDeclaration of Independence reading
July 4
Buy TicketsTina's Take on All's Well That Ends Well
Bankside Humanities Series
Tina Packer
July 8
Buy TicketsEntertainments & Dinner Parties in La Belle Époque
Bankside Humanities Series
Francine Segan
July 10
Buy TicketsMusic In The Elizabethan World Picture
Bankside Humanities Series
Bill Barclay
July 15
Buy TicketsBirds of Prey in the Time and Works of Shakespeare
Bankside Humanities Series
Larry Keating
July 17
Buy TicketsVillainy Triumphant!
Bankside Humanities Series
Phyllis Jaffe
July 22
Buy TicketsMeet and Greet Director Irina Brook
Bankside Humanities Series
Irina Brook
July 24
Buy TicketsPassion's Daughter
Bankside Humanities Series
Professor Barbara Wallace Grossman
July 29
Buy TicketsSend in the Clowns!
Bankside Humanities Series
Michael Toomey
July 31

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