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The Williamstown Theatre Festival is a resident summer theater on the campus of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Williams College news director Ralph Renzi and drama program chairman David C. Bryant. It was awarded a Tony Award in 2002 and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Commonwealth Award in 2011. [1]
Selling Kabul had its world premiere on July 10, 2019 on the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, produced in association with Playwrights Horizons.The play won the 2018 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award administered by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, which grants winners a reading at the Williastown Theatre Festival. [2]
The musical was originally commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre and New Dramatists. Between 2011 and 2017, the musical underwent a series of labs and workshops. The musical premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival on July 20, 2018, running through August 1, 2018.
Williamstown Theatre Festival commissioned “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which had its Broadway premiere in October 2023 and earned five Tony nominations, including Best Play.
Williamstown Theatre Festival [126] 1986–87 The Merchant of Venice: Portia: Classic Stage Company [127] 1988 The Show-Off: Clara Williamstown Theatre Festival [128] 1996 Sex and Longing: Lulu Cort Theatre [129] 2001–02 The Guys: Joan The Flea Theater [130] 2002 The Mercy Seat: Abby Prescott: Acorn Theatre [131] 2004 Mrs. Farnsworth ...
The "one-act" version of The Visit which was presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival began Broadway previews on March 26, 2015, and premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on April 23, 2015. Chita Rivera and Roger Rees, in his final stage performance, starred, with direction by John Doyle and choreography by Graciela Daniele. [13]
The show was next performed in 2020 with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, directed by Trip Cullman; originally meant to be an in-person production, it was done for Audible as an audio recording instead during the COVID-19 pandemic. The show includes musical segments with original songs, with the family gathering together to sing during the ...
“I saw this cute guy chain-smoking [at the Williamstown Theatre Festival] in front of a stack of books on Chekhov and I thought, ‘Wow, that’s my kind of guy,'” the New York native teased ...