Southwest Shakespeare Company's 2023-2024 Season!

 

Southwest Shakespeare Company's new Executive Director, Grant Mudge announces the selections for the 2023-2024 30th Anniversary season, opening in October. Known for its bold and varied productions rooted in classical theatre, Southwest Shakespeare will present three plays at Mesa Arts Center and two in the intimate theater space in Taliesin West. "It's such a delight to launch the 30th Anniversary Season of the Southwest Shakespeare with beloved favorites and a pair of wonderful plays that will be new to SSC audiences," says Mudge. The artists, staff, and board are enormously excited to see you----in both of our theatrical homes." Flex ticket packages, ("Bard Cards") are on sale for $360, which include 5 tickets to be used in any combination for any performance, premium seating, and admission to the three Flachmann Seminars planned for the season. Single tickets are $53/$63 for Mesa Arts Center performances and $45 for Taliesin West. Discounts are available for seniors, students and educators. All tickets are on sale by visiting swshakespeare.org or by calling 480-644-6500. SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 2023-24 SEASON Macbeth By William Shakespeare October 13 - 28, 2023 Mesa Arts Center – Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse Experience Macbeth, a captivating tale of ambition, betrayal, and supernatural forces. Step into the treacherous world of medieval Scotland, as a bold warrior obsessed with power descends into murderous madness. With its gripping plot, haunting themes, and Shakespeare’s brilliance, Macbeth is a mesmerizing theatrical masterpiece.

Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey By Debra Ann Byrd November 3 - 11, 2023 Mesa Arts Center - Anita Cox Farnsworth Studio Theater “Riveting! *****" - Wall Street Journal Official Selection of the 2022 National Black Theatre Festival Fresh on the heels of performing this one-woman living memoir at Lincoln Center, Debra Ann Byrd brings Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey, to the Southwest Shakespeare stage. Fearlessly exploring her upbringing in Spanish Harlem and life as a single mother and artist, Byrd weaves her personal struggles and triumphs through her acclaimed, gender-switched performance as the Moor of Venice. Don’t miss this tour-de-force hailed as “astonishing, brilliant, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring.” -Mark Nixon, Stratford-upon-Avon.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare February 9 - 24, 2024 Mesa Arts Center – Virginia G. Piper Repertory Theatre  Enter an enchanted realm where fairies meddle, lovers entangle and mischief reigns supreme. An enchanted forest is the playground for Puck, the magical fairy who spins a web of chaos with his delightful pranks and unpredictable tricks. With mistaken identities, hilarious misunderstandings and supernatural transformations, Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a night of pure theatrical delight.

Southwest Shakespeare at Taliesin West April Production To Be Announced Soon! April 11 - 14, 2024 Taliesin West – Music Pavilion Held in the intimate and fascinating "home theatre” of master architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Southwest Shakespeare’s performances at Taliesin West are wildly popular and quickly sell out. Always riveting, always entertaining, this series brings classical theatre into a modern architectural space for a magical experience between actors and audience. Reserve your seats now for our April production which will be announced later this fall.

The School for Lies By David Ives Inspired by Molière May 9 - 13, 2024 Taliesin West – Music Pavilion “The School For Lies is a rom-com for wordsmiths…” -The Washington Post It’s 1666 and the brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Célimène, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue that she’s being sued for it. Surrounded by shallow suitors, whom she lives off of without surrendering to, Célimène has managed to evade love since her beloved husband died — until today when Frank appears. With a cast of colorful characters and a rollercoaster ride of verbal acrobatics and clever word play, this wild farce is sure to leave you laughing out loud.