Shakespeare Theatre Company

Theatre

Theatre is an event—a special event, an extraordinary event. Theatre is something people do together. Theatre is a search—every day—for the common threads that bind us all.

Shakespeare Theatre Company creates world-class Shakespeare productions and innovative contemporary work, addressing the most urgent questions with scale and audacity.

Shakespeare inspires us to see ourselves better. A statue comes to life; a youngest daughter brings down a king; a prince finds wisdom in the skull of a fool. Shakespeare evokes our common humanity with images engraved on our hearts. Across two stages—Harman Hall and the Klein Theatre—and in hundreds of classrooms across the nation, STC is a learning space where different generations gather, unified by a shared curiosity about our time together on earth and the power of great stories to make a difference.

STC's mission is grounded in four pillars of meaning: Theatre, Shakespeare, Audacity & Vitality, and Community & Empathy. We tell stories that are Shakespearean in the deepest sense, even if (and especially when) they are not written by our house dramatist. We create impactful work on and off the stage, aimed at showcasing the common threads that bind us all.