Washington Shakespeare Company

Founded in 1990, Washington Shakespeare Company (WSC) is a performing arts organization dedicated to producing primarily classic works, both time-tested and contemporary classics; emphasizing a provocative, bold approach in an intimate setting; and training and showcasing the best emerging talent in the region, mentored by seasoned, professional theatre artists.

WSC's mission is expressed through its commitment to artistic excellence, collaboration, developing talent, and promoting educational and social outreach.  Our history is replete with edgy, innovative productions of Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar on the top floor of an unfinished office building in Ballston to a Kubrick-inspired Richard II; productions of works by other world literary giants, from Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot to Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman; American classics, from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire to Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour and Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice; exciting new plays, from Allison Currin’s Learning Curves to Julie Jensen’s Two-Headed; and hit productions of our favorite contemporary playwright, Tom Stoppard, from Travesties to Hapgood.  Our upcoming mainstage programming, including three productions offered as part of the 2007 Shakespeare in Washington Festival, WSC Downtown, and our various exciting reading series build on this tradition of bold productions of rarely produced classics, time-honored and contemporary.