SEASON 26

SEASON 26 MEMBERSHIPS ARE ON SALE NOW!

1 Pass. 4 Tickets. Endless ways to experience Richmond Shakespeare’s Season 26! For just $160, get a Membership Pass with 4 tickets to use at select performances of The Father, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again], Cyrano De Bergerac, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

• Members avoid the fees charged on single ticket purchases - a 25% savings versus single tickets!

• Memberships are flexible - use one ticket per show, or plan for your group to attend one show. The possibilities are endless!

• Plus members receive one reserved ticket to our ever popular Bootleg Shakespeare event!

1 Membership Pass (4 tickets) - $160

2 Membership Passes (8 tickets) - $320

3 Membership Passes (15 tickets) - $480

4 Membership Passes (20 tickets) - $640

Single ticket sales begin September 1, 2024. Memberships to Richmond Shakespeare's Season 26 are on sale now:

The Father: A Tragic Farce

by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton

January 30 – February 16, 2025

Virginia Repertory Theatre’s Theatre Gym, 114 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220

Now 80 years old, André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control. Winner of the 2014 Molière award for France’s best play, The Father makes us see things as if through the confused eyes of André, as he struggles to make sense of a progressively befuddling world.

A play that constantly confounds expectations and works almost like a thriller, with a sinister Pinteresque edge…full of guile, particularly in the way it toys with time, yet is also simplicity itself, and is never tricksy. The Father constantly makes you question the truth and the nature of reality…an astonishingly unguarded play about the cruelties of love and the limits of patience, and the way child-parent relationships become inverted as old age creeps up and mugs us.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]

by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield

March 13 - 30, 2025

Dominion Energy Center’s Gottwald Playhouse, 600 E Grace StRichmond, VA 23219

The cultural touchstone that is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was born when three inspired, charismatic comics, having honed their pass-the-hat act at Renaissance fairs, premiered their preposterous masterwork at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, earning the title of London’s longest-running comedy after a decade at the Criterion Theatre. Complete Works is one of the world’s most frequently produced plays and has been translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by three actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.

Cyrano De Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

May 22 - June 8, 2025

Agecroft Hall, 4305 Sulgrave Rd, Richmond, VA 23221

Cyrano de Bergerac is a fearless soldier. A loyal braggadocio. And a man furiously self-conscious about his very protuberant nose. He’s also a man in love with a woman (Roxane) who’s in love with someone else (Christian), and promised in marriage to yet another (De Guiche). When Christian is assigned to Cyrano’s platoon, Roxane begs him to protect her love, which Cyrano reluctantly agrees to do. And when Christian in turn begs Cyrano to help him woo Roxane, a plot unfurls that begs the question: does love truly lie in the eyes or in the soul?

Embark on this glorious romance, swept through with beauty, wit and heart-stopping action. All this, supplied with panache by our iconic Cyrano – a gallant who lives life full-tilt, parrying foes with both swordplay and wordplay. Leading every charge with a glint in his eye, a soul full of poetry and a world of longing in his expansive heart. Just one thing stands in the way of his happiness. If he can see his way free of it, he may just carry the day. A night of theater this perfect is something to be celebrated; a breathtaking love letter addressed to us all.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare

June 19 - July 20, 2025

Agecroft Hall, 4305 Sulgrave Rd, Richmond, VA 23221

Probably written between 1594 and 1596, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It is set across two worlds – the court of Athens and a mystical forest that lies beyond the city’s walls. The play is a comedy and explores themes of the irrationality of love, desire, friendship, possession, jealousy, and magic.

On Midsummer’s Night, the real and fairy worlds collide.  Four young lovers, faced with the prospect of unhappy marriage or worse, flee the court of Athens and stumble into an enchanted forest. Nearby, a group of amateur actors rehearse a play to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding. As these mere mortals cross paths with a warring fairy King and Queen, chaos reigns in the natural world. The lines between reality and illusion start to blur and no-one but mischievous Puck knows what is true and what is magic.