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 performances of 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

1 Student Membership Pass (4 tickets) - $80

Memberships to Richmond Shakespeare's Season 26 are on sale now:

 
 

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear…

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.

Audio description performance in partnership with Virginia Voice on June 1.

 

The course of true love never did run smooth…

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.

Audio description performance in partnership with Virginia Voice on July 6.