The theme of the 11th season of our Shakespeare Book Club is “POWER Plays & Players!”

Click to learn the plays and dates.

thank you for making the 2024 greater hartford shakespeare festival such a huge success — with record crowds to see hamlet and The taming of the shrew!

Stay tuned to learn the selected plays for our 2025 Festival.

Help us support our BIG plans for two Shakespeare plays in 2025!

Click on the photos above to look back at our 2024 Festival.

“Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival gets even greater with two shows this summer.”
— Hartford Courant
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Since 1991, we have enriched the Greater Hartford region with classical theatrical entertainment. As the home of the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival, we look forward to continuing our tradition of quality.

Testimonials
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“We went last night — absolutely the best experience ever! Characters were so well portrayed, clear enunciation, modern staging touches, comfortable venue — perfect! Thank you for all your hard work!”

Deborah, audience member

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"The Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival is unabashed Elizabethan pomp and fun outdoors.”

Chris Arnott, The Hartford Courant

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"Watching Capital Classics, I was reminded of why I did theater in the first place.”

Ray Hardman, Host of All Things Considered, Connecticut Public Radio

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“It is the perfect thing for a warm summer night to bring the family or a date to and enjoy a picnic on the grass along with some hilarious and high-quality Shakespeare.”

BroadwayWorld.com

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"I like their style ... Shakespeare's words cleanly and clearly presented, on a beautiful lawn in West Hartford, on a warm summer's night.”

The Hartford Courant

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“The atmosphere couldn’t have been more perfect on a West Hartford-style summer night!”

~ We-Ha.com

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“This is a gem! And it’s right down the road! The quality of the productions is unbelievable.”

Rorie Rueckert, audience member, 11 summers and counting.

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“I understood all of the language of the play.  I've never been to a Shakespeare performance before and the actors really made you understand the meaning behind their words.”

Nicole Qualls, first time audience member

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