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Madison Shakespeare Company
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Classic theater in south-central Wisconsin since 2012. Resident company of the Bartell Theatre.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/women-beware-women/
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Latest review: "I'm going to Hell for enjoying this. And it's your fault."
See Women Beware Women, the wild, unsettling, tragic, touching, funny play.
Friday 7:30 PM
Saturday 5 PM.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/women-beware-women
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pick up a friend on the way to Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton tonight. 7:30 PM at the Bartell Theatre.
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Women Beware Women is what you'd get if you gave John Hughes and Quentin Tarantino the outline of Othello and told them to do whatever they wanted from there.
And it's at Madison's Bartell Theatre, for six performances only.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/women-beware-women
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Women Beware Women, the greatest dark comedy of Shakespeare's age, opens Friday at the Bartell Theatre.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/women-beware-women
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Missed us on Radio Literature? Apart from a spirited discussion of the merits of speaking Italian, you missed this sneak preview of Act 3 Scene 1 of the play featuring Giovanna Iosso as Bianca and Willy Jewer as Leantio.
Listen, then grab your tickets now!
bartelltheatre.org/2025/women-beware-women
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"A running rule has been: the dumber, the better!"
Director John Hendel explains the method behind the mayhem of Shakespeare's rollicking The Comedy of Errors, closing this weekend!

🎟😂: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Come willingly like a good citizen of Ephesus, or be dragged by the ear like a common Dromio. The choice is yours but all ships set sail for The Comedy of Errors, opening tonight at Madison Country Day School!
🎟🤣: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Exactly what you need right now. So don't miss The Comedy of Errors at Madison Country Day School.
🤣🎟: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Catch John Hendel’s work in motion before he moves to the UK! The Comedy of Errors director is a playwright and performer once mistaken for Aaron Tveit, and his production opens Friday.
🎟: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's a tough life, being Dromio. (Either of them. Doesn't matter. They both take a lot of abuse in The Comedy of Errors, opening July 18!)
Featuring Malcolm McCanles as Dromio of Ephesus and Laura Kochanowski as Adriana, from our recent appearance on Radio Literature.
🎟: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Don’t disappoint Doctor Pinch! Catch The Comedy of Errors preview Thursday night, 7:30 PM on Radio Literature, 89.9 WORT-FM (or wortfm.org streaming worldwide) with director John Hendel and select members of the cast.
🎟: comedy2025.eventbrite.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
June starts summer Shakespeare season. Next Saturday, June 28, join Madison Shakespeare Company at Table Wine for A Sip of Shakespeare, a collection of games and scenes focused on being drunk with love, in love, or just... well, you know.

RSVP strongly recommended at sips2025.eventbrite.com .
June 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors was written and performed for the well-heeled Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, a club for England's judges and lawyers.
Our version is just for you, with just six performances in July. See it by visiting comedy2025.eventbrite.com now.
📷: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Jim Osley
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Identical twins drive The Comedy of Errors opening July 18. According to the National Library of Medicine we still don’t know why “monozygotic” (MZ) twins happen!
"Most of the time, the cause of MZ twinning is unknown," writes the NLM's MedlinePlus.

medlineplus.gov/genetics/und...
June 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Auditions are now open for Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women, performing October 31 - November 8 at the Bartell Theatre.
madisonshakespeare.org/auditions
May 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BTW, low-ticket alert for Henry the Fifth.
<10 tix left for Friday.
<20 left for Saturday.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/henry-the-fifth
April 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Shakespeare In the Park 2025 this Saturday at Eastmorland Community Center! Taming of the Shrew at 11:30 AM, Richard III at 2 PM.

Comedy of Errors July 18-27, comedy2025.eventbrite.com advance 🎟.

And Cherry Coke Hermes from alternate timeline Dido, Queen of Carthage. It’s a long story.
April 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
You haven't seen Donavon Armbruster in a MSC production since All's Well That Ends Well but he was heard in Much Ado, Twelfth Night, and The Blue Comet. In Henry V, he flows in and out of characters on both the English and French side of the conflict.
bartelltheatre.org/2025/henry-the-fifth
April 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tonight on WORT FM Radio Literature, director Sam D. White, performers Joshua Woolfolk (Henry V) and Amelia Eichmeier (Katherine), and producer Jason Compton are live with discussion and preview of Shakespeare's sprawling drama. 7:30 PM on 89.9 FM locally or streaming worldwide on wortfm.org .
April 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Amelia Eichmeier makes her MSC debut May 2 in Henry the Fifth. "This play is incredibly human, heartbreaking as well as hilarious. It examines loyalties, relationships, and love," she said. "And we are fortunate to be directed by a military man."

bartelltheatre.org/2025/henry-t...
April 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Madison Shakespeare Company
When you show up at Agincourt but you brought the wrong bow.
April 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Madison Shakespeare Company
I’m directing @madshakes.bsky.social’s production of COMEDY OF ERRORS this summer! If you’re around, come audition: madisonshakespeare.org/auditions/
Auditions – Madison Shakespeare Company
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March 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM