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Alabama Shakespeare Festival announces lineup for 2025-2026 season

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Shakespeare Festival has released the titles and dates for the productions that will feature for its 2025-2026 season. Running from October, 2025 to August of 2026, audiences will have an opportunity to see various ...
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Alabama Shakespeare Festival showing three plays in three days

The Montgomery Chorale is hosting a free concert to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, May 4th. The rodeo is back in Wetumpka. The Wetumpka FFA Alumni Championship Rodeo, kicks off May 2nd, at the Sports Complex.
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New show at Alabama Shakespeare Festival highlights Freedom Riders and how they are still relevant today

Friday, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival began its run of a show about an important piece of Civil Rights history.
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Review: HAMLET at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

The best word I can think of to describe Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival is "standard." There is a standard-issue Hamlet (played by Grant Chapman) feigning madness in the castle.
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Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Festival Stage

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, located in Montgomery -- Alabama's state capital -- is the sixth largest Shakespeare festival in the world and attracts more than 300,000 annual visitors from all ...
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'We Shall Someday': A family's journey of hope and courage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

"We Shall Someday" is a new musical play opening at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The play follows three generations of a Black family navigating racial injustice from 1961 to 1992. It highlights the Freedom Riders and the impact of police brutality.
The Post-Searchlight · 13d

BHS students watch Hamlet play at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Dr. Heidi Chambers, Ms. Sally Hawthorne, Mr. Pauncho Hufstetler, Dr. Joe Kelly, and Mrs. Leigh Powell introduced nearly 30 Bainbridge High School students to the world of Shakespearean theater. The production featured a talented cast bringing Shakespeare’s Hamlet to life.
WAAY 31 News · 13d

Athens High teachers makes Final 4 in 2025 Alabama Teacher of the Year contest

Amanda J. Gudmundsson made the Final Four in the 2025 event, the Alabama Department of Education announced Wednesday.
Icon for www.broadwayworld.comBroadwayWorld · Jun 1, 2023

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Names New Associate Artistic Director

As an Equity actress, Madeleine has performed in plays at top regional theatres across the country including Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre Center, Syracuse Stage, Cleveland Play House ...