Attracting more than 300,000 visitors a year, ASF produces 14 world-class productions annually, including classical works, contemporary plays, lavish musicals, and new works commissioned by the Festival's Southern Writers' Project.

Shakespeare and fine classical productions in a beautiful hilltop amphitheatre close to Spring Green, Wisconsin.

The Amphitheatre is a perfect setting to bring the world of Shakespeare to a state park in the tourist town of St. Augustine, a short drive south of Jacksonville, on Florida's east coast.

Shakespeare under the stars in central Texas. Free admission.

Acclaimed as "the best of the West Coast Shakespeare Festivals".

Pacific Repertory Theatre performs Shakespeare at the Outdoor Forest Theatre, Carmel, between August and October.

A summer theatre making classic works of literature accessible to everyone, in New Bern, North Carolina.

Southwest Ohio's professional classical theatre, offering nine productions annually. A resident company of 10-15 actors from around the country performs all roles in a year-round season of the best of Shakespeare and the classics.

One of the top three Shakespeare festivals in the nation.

San Diego's oldest community theatre presents an annual outdoor Shakespeare Festival in August and September.

Provides an opportunity to enjoy professional productions of Shakespeare while casually dining picnic-style under the stars.

Every year, more than 3,000 students from Denver's public schools present a day of pure Shakespearean merriment with parades, performances, costumes, games and contests.

The world's northernmost company, set amidst the boreal splendor of Alaska's birch forest, presenting Shakespeare with artistic integrity, innovative design and quality production values.

Equity, not-for-profit theatre specializing in outdoor summer Shakespeare productions and educational touring. Based at the Peabody Estate at Mayslake Forest Preserve in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Founded in 1979, the FST has toured in more than half of Florida's 67 counties, presented 28 Shakespearean productions, and won critical acclaim for its artistic excellence.

A not-for-profit repertory theatre dedicated to producing the works of William Shakespeare and other enduring authors.

Performing Shakespeare in Washington Square Park, New York City.

One of west Michigan's unique annual cultural events.

Professional Shakespearean artists from across the United States perform in southeastern Minnesota.

Critically acclaimed free outdoor theater entering its fifth anniversary season on eastern Long Island.

A much-anticipated annual event in the intimate setting of Kansas City's Southmoreland Park.

Shakespeare Festival and Renaissance Faire located in downtown Hollywood, Florida.

Performances are held at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Herman Park.

A well-known and respected regional theatre. Shakespeare scholars, critics and enthusiastic fans have lauded its spare, clear and compelling productions.

Idaho's premier professional repertory theatre company performs Shakespeare in a world-class, outdoor amphitheatre beside the Boise River.

Plays are performed on the grounds of Ewing Manor in Bloomington. History, box office information, touring company, and membership levels.

An annual summer Shakespeare event on Anna Maria Island, Florida.

A non-profit theatre company founded in 1960 and the oldest of the six, free, professional, independently-operated Shakespeare festivals in the United States.

Shakespeare reigns on the banks of Lake Tahoe's Sand Harbor.

An outdoor summer Shakespearean Theatre that has served the Central Kentucky community since 1982.

Pre-show activities include a fire-torch juggler, puppeteers, Renaissance singers and dancers, and spirited swordplay.

Achieving excellence in the staging and study of Shakespearean plays, in Marin County, California.

Quality productions presented under the leafy canopy of Ella Sharp Park in Jackson.

A non-profit theatrical touring company from Bozeman, providing free Shakespeare performances to communities in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.

A non-profit, professional theatre company based in Omaha, and a founding member of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America.

Promoting interest in world-class professional theatre, new works, avante-garde and innovative treatments of imaginative literature.

Based on the First Folio and using Elizabethan cue script technique, NESF stages shows as Shakespeare's actors did - without rehearsal.

The state's only professional theatre company dedicated to the presentation of Shakespeare's canon and other classic dramatic entertainments for the cultural enrichment of the community.

Presents an eight-month season of 11 plays, five by Shakespeare and six by classic and contemporary playwrights, in repertory in three theaters.

Professional non-profit theater based in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Florida. Includes information about performances, educational programs and the organization.

Shakespearean productions are presented in Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Oxford, Mississippi.

Experience the passion, magic, and comedy of the Bard's masterpieces in Pennsylvania's scenic Lehigh Valley, halfway between Philadelphia and New York City.

The only free professional outdoor summer festival in New Jersey offering full productions of Shakespeare's plays.

Plays at a building which stood in England during Shakespeare's lifetime.

Iowa City's resident professional theatre presents Shakespeare at the Riverside Festival Stage in Lower City Park.

Free Shakespeare from July to October.

The only professional theatre in Washington State dedicated to the work of the world's greatest dramatist.

Shakespeare productions, in-depth classical training and performance methods, in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Minnesota's longest-running outdoor classical repertory theatre, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Enjoy performances of Shakespeare and other classical plays in an informal picnic atmosphere.

The 1999 season saw an exclusive engagement for the Anglian Open Air Shakespeare Company, direct from England.

Performed at Point Fermin Park, San Pedro, and on tour along the West Coast. All performances are free.

A tradition in Dallas since 1972, and the second oldest free Shakespeare festival in the country.

Integrates a spring fund-raising event featuring notable Hollywood actors, with free union-contracted outdoor summer theatrical productions, and highly acclaimed arts-in-education and community outreach programs.

Free performances in Central Park during the summer, including at least one Shakespeare production each season, have become one of New York's most beloved cultural traditions.

A summer tradition in Buffalo, NY, since 1976 - attracting more than 50,000 patrons each year.

Presented by GreenStage, a non-profit, non-professional theatre organization in Seattle.

The Tennessee Stage Company, located in Knoxville, is a professional theatre company offering a summer season of Shakespeare and year-round plays, readings and acting classes.

Dedicated to presenting the finest Shakespearean productions at the Waltmar Theatre, Orange, in Southern California.

A festival known for its daring interpretations and outdoor performances in the Festival Glen on the UCSC campus.

Productions in the outdoor amphitheatre at The EmilyAnn Theatre, Wimberley, Texas.

Two touring theater troupes that criss-cross the country, performing to over 60,000 people annually at colleges, high schools, festivals, and performing arts centers.

Non-profit, professional theatre company based in Mesa, Arizona, dedicated to performing Shakespeare and other classics.

Summer and winter seasons devoted to the Bard.

Non-profit theatrical production company in Virginia, created to provide quality family entertainment with an emphasis on the classics.

In residence on the campus of Kilgore College.

All shows are free and performed outdoors in the courtyard of the Mather Memorial Building on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.

Presenting quality, innovative, accessible, and professional theatrical productions for the cultural enrichment of Pennsylvania's Capital Region.

Features the plays of William Shakespeare, and classical, modern, and emerging playwrights.

One of the state's largest professional theatres, performing in North Carolina and surrounding states for more than 26 weeks each year.

A non-profit professional theatre company dedicated to presenting high-quality, accessible productions of Shakespeare's plays.

Critically acclaimed, award-winning Shakespeare company based in Washington DC.

Performs to packed audiences throughout the state, proving the Bard's words remain as fresh and delightful as they were when first performed centuries ago.

Professional productions of the world's greatest classical plays in rotating repertory. Shakespeare is the touchstone and standard. Performances are held in beautiful Cumston Hall, Monmouth, Maine.

A world-renowned regional theatre company presenting three Shakespeare plays, and five plays by other playwrights, in three theatres each season from June through October.

In 1753, Williamsburg was home to the first professional Shakespeare production in the New World. Today, the annual summer festival carries on the tradition in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall, on the campus of the College of William and Mary.

In 1999, Gwyneth Paltrow returned to the stage as Rosalind in As You Like It. The 2000 season will run from mid-June through late August.

Performed at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville.

For the last 20 years, YSP has brought together young people to perform full-length Shakespeare plays. This year's productions are Measure for Measure, The Tempest, and Richard II.