WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

OUTSIDE ON MAIN: CELEBRATING THE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION July 6-10: Border of Lights by Guadalís Del Carmen Ghosts of the Diaspora by France-Luce Benson Freaky Dee, Baby by NSangou Njikam. Directed by Colette Robert. July 13-18: Black Moon Lilith by J. Nicole Brooks A Ghost in Satin by Terry Guest don’t get got by Ike OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

OUTSIDE ON MAIN: CELEBRATING THE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION July 6-10: Border of Lights by Guadalís Del Carmen Ghosts of the Diaspora by France-Luce Benson Freaky Dee, Baby by NSangou Njikam. Directed by Colette Robert. July 13-18: Black Moon Lilith by J. Nicole Brooks A Ghost in Satin by Terry Guest don’t get got by Ike OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org COVID-19 CODE OF COURTESY COVID-19 Code of Courtesy. Williamstown Theatre Festival is part of a Berkshire-based consortium of cultural organizations, who have developed the following unified “COVID-19 Code of Courtesy” that addresses public safety for all of our visitors. These guidelines* have been reviewed and endorsed by the Berkshire Public Health

Alliance and

COVID-19 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s orders issued on March 23, 2020, combined with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated measures at the Federal, State, and local level, we are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time. This is a very difficult situation for

everyone at the

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS Department Overview: Company Management is responsible for many behind-the-scenes elements of living and working at the Festival. Under a broad framework, Company Management arranges travel and housing for Festival artists, generates contracts for all seasonal staff, maintains WTF’s relationship with our hosts at Williams College, and provides a friendly face for all. PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Programs & Initiatives. Williamstown Theatre Festival is more than the work you see on our stages each summer in Williamstown. In addition to producing a full season of theatre and events in only eight weeks, Williamstown Theatre Festival runs professional training, play development, and community immersive theatre programs year-round.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Follow Route 2 East from Latham all the way to Williamstown, MA (approximately 35 miles). In Williamstown, Route 2 merges with Route 7 for approximately 2.4 miles until you come to a traffic circle (the village green), where the two split. Follow Route 2 East; the Williamstown Theatre Festival will be approximately 100 yards ahead on

your left.

PARADISE BLUE

2020 Season. By Dominique Morisseau. Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. With André Holland, Kristolyn Lloyd, Simone Missick, Keith Randolph Smith, Blair Underwood. It’s 1949 in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, and there’s no better place to hear or play jazz than Paradise Club. Blue (Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award

winner, and 2020

2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program.

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star.

THE CLEAN HOUSE

Though never close, suddenly the sisters find themselves enmeshed in each other’s lives and in Matilde’s great passion for Portuguese jokes. Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman directs this expressive and lyrical comedy about learning to live with life’s mess. The Clean House runs approximately 2 hours, including one 15-minute

intermission.

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Programs & Initiatives. Williamstown Theatre Festival is more than the work you see on our stages each summer in Williamstown. In addition to producing a full season of theatre and events in only eight weeks, Williamstown Theatre Festival runs professional training, play development, and community immersive theatre programs year-round. COVID-19 CODE OF COURTESY COVID-19 Code of Courtesy. Williamstown Theatre Festival is part of a Berkshire-based consortium of cultural organizations, who have developed the following unified “COVID-19 Code of Courtesy” that addresses public safety for all of our visitors. These guidelines* have been reviewed and endorsed by the Berkshire Public Health

Alliance and

COVID-19 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s orders issued on March 23, 2020, combined with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated measures at the Federal, State, and local level, we are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time. This is a very difficult situation for

everyone at the

2021 ARCHIVES

July 20 - August 8 Williamstown, MA2021 Season. From Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden comes an immersive world premiere theatrical experience that takes you on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around you and within you. Choose to experience this

completely unique

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS Department Overview: Company Management is responsible for many behind-the-scenes elements of living and working at the Festival. Under a broad framework, Company Management arranges travel and housing for Festival artists, generates contracts for all seasonal staff, maintains WTF’s relationship with our hosts at Williams College, and provides a friendly face for all.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Follow Route 2 East from Latham all the way to Williamstown, MA (approximately 35 miles). In Williamstown, Route 2 merges with Route 7 for approximately 2.4 miles until you come to a traffic circle (the village green), where the two split. Follow Route 2 East; the Williamstown Theatre Festival will be approximately 100 yards ahead on

your left.

2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

ACTORS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Non-Equity Admissions. 229 West 42nd St., Suite 801. New York, NY 10036. Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their submission by February 15, 2020 and will be contacted further only if granted an audition. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. FRIDAYS@3 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL WTF’s Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work! Many Festival productions started as Fridays@3 readings, including this season’s Where Storms are Born and Actually.Spend the afternoon up close and personal with a WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Programs & Initiatives. Williamstown Theatre Festival is more than the work you see on our stages each summer in Williamstown. In addition to producing a full season of theatre and events in only eight weeks, Williamstown Theatre Festival runs professional training, play development, and community immersive theatre programs year-round. COVID-19 CODE OF COURTESY COVID-19 Code of Courtesy. Williamstown Theatre Festival is part of a Berkshire-based consortium of cultural organizations, who have developed the following unified “COVID-19 Code of Courtesy” that addresses public safety for all of our visitors. These guidelines* have been reviewed and endorsed by the Berkshire Public Health

Alliance and

COVID-19 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s orders issued on March 23, 2020, combined with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated measures at the Federal, State, and local level, we are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time. This is a very difficult situation for

everyone at the

2021 ARCHIVES

July 20 - August 8 Williamstown, MA2021 Season. From Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden comes an immersive world premiere theatrical experience that takes you on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around you and within you. Choose to experience this

completely unique

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS Department Overview: Company Management is responsible for many behind-the-scenes elements of living and working at the Festival. Under a broad framework, Company Management arranges travel and housing for Festival artists, generates contracts for all seasonal staff, maintains WTF’s relationship with our hosts at Williams College, and provides a friendly face for all.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Follow Route 2 East from Latham all the way to Williamstown, MA (approximately 35 miles). In Williamstown, Route 2 merges with Route 7 for approximately 2.4 miles until you come to a traffic circle (the village green), where the two split. Follow Route 2 East; the Williamstown Theatre Festival will be approximately 100 yards ahead on

your left.

2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

ACTORS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Non-Equity Admissions. 229 West 42nd St., Suite 801. New York, NY 10036. Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their submission by February 15, 2020 and will be contacted further only if granted an audition. EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. FRIDAYS@3 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL WTF’s Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work! Many Festival productions started as Fridays@3 readings, including this season’s Where Storms are Born and Actually.Spend the afternoon up close and personal with a WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). 2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho HISTORY - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org ACTORS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Non-Equity Admissions. 229 West 42nd St., Suite 801. New York, NY 10036. Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their submission by February 15, 2020 and will be contacted further only if granted an audition.

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, THE NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). 2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho HISTORY - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org ACTORS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Non-Equity Admissions. 229 West 42nd St., Suite 801. New York, NY 10036. Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their submission by February 15, 2020 and will be contacted further only if granted an audition.

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, THE NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Programs & Initiatives. Williamstown Theatre Festival is more than the work you see on our stages each summer in Williamstown. In addition to producing a full season of theatre and events in only eight weeks, Williamstown Theatre Festival runs professional training, play development, and community immersive theatre programs year-round.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Follow Route 2 East from Latham all the way to Williamstown, MA (approximately 35 miles). In Williamstown, Route 2 merges with Route 7 for approximately 2.4 miles until you come to a traffic circle (the village green), where the two split. Follow Route 2 East; the Williamstown Theatre Festival will be approximately 100 yards ahead on

your left.

2021 WTF FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS RYAN DOBRIN. Ryan Dobrin (he/him/his) is a queer, biracial New York-based director and producer interested in the exploration of emotional growth, spectacle, otherness, human connection, and

morality.

COVID-19 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s orders issued on March 23, 2020, combined with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated measures at the Federal, State, and local level, we are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time. This is a very difficult situation for

everyone at the

COVID-19 CODE OF COURTESY COVID-19 Code of Courtesy. Williamstown Theatre Festival is part of a Berkshire-based consortium of cultural organizations, who have developed the following unified “COVID-19 Code of Courtesy” that addresses public safety for all of our visitors. These guidelines* have been reviewed and endorsed by the Berkshire Public Health

Alliance and

ROW - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Inspired by A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure. With Kerstin Anderson, John Ellison Conlee, Nehal Joshi, Tamika Lawrence, John McGinty, Grace McLean, Kathryn O’Rourke, Lance Roberts, Sean Stack, Sally Wilfert. Tori (Grace McLean) aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. ANIMALS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Lydia (Aja Naomi King) and Henry (Jason Butler Harner)’s dinner guests (Madeline Brewer and William Jackson Harper) are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp.Wine bottles and years of unspoken tensions are uncorked, and, before the evening is through, Lydia must confront her long-held fears and feelings if she’s going to EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. FRIDAYS@3 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL WTF’s Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work! Many Festival productions started as Fridays@3 readings, including this season’s Where Storms are Born and Actually.Spend the afternoon up close and personal with a WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho HISTORY - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org

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NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays. WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and Charly Evon Simpson

SHOWS & EVENTS

The Box Office will open to the public for online, phone, and in-person sales at 12 PM ET on June 22 (location TBD). All tickets are general admission and $100 each, inclusive of fees. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). ABOUT - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL The Williamstown Theatre Festival Guild is a fun-loving, low-stress, guilt-free group of over 125 volunteers and local businesses. Our purpose is to foster a closer relationship between the community and the over 300 artists and administrators who inhabit our corner of the Berkshires every summer. We make company meals, promote the festival 2021 WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL GALA The 2021 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala will be presented virtually on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Experience the glamour and excitement of WTF’s annual fundraising celebration from the comfort of your own home! The Gala will start at 7:30 PM ET, preceded by an interactive VIP Pre-Show for event sponsors and virtual table buyers,

and will

OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW Please Note. This production will be performed outdoors at the Clark Art Institute (chairs will be provided and sanitized between performances). Patrons are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and the elements, e.g. apply bug repellent before you arrive; wear visors, hats, and/or sunglasses for protection from the sun; bring a light sweater for cooler evenings and a rain poncho HISTORY - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org

WORK & LEARN

Work & Learn. We encourage you to apply for at-will, seasonal employment or training opportunities with Williamstown Theatre Festival as we hope to be operating back in Williamstown, MA during the summer of 2021. At this time, however, we do not know if running a theatre season will be possible in light of federal, state, and local

guidance

LIVING ON LOVE

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming takes the Festival stage as celebrated diva Raquel De Angelis. When her husband, the fiery and egomaniacal Maestro Vito De Angelis, becomes enamored with the lovely young lady hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography, Raquel retaliates by hiring her very own — and very handsome — ghostwriter to chronicle her life as an opera star. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org

1993 ARCHIVES

NYC Office. 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Programs & Initiatives. Williamstown Theatre Festival is more than the work you see on our stages each summer in Williamstown. In addition to producing a full season of theatre and events in only eight weeks, Williamstown Theatre Festival runs professional training, play development, and community immersive theatre programs year-round. COVID-19 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL In compliance with Massachusetts Governor Baker’s orders issued on March 23, 2020, combined with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated measures at the Federal, State, and local level, we are unable to proceed with the theatre season in Williamstown at this time. This is a very difficult situation for

everyone at the

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Follow Route 2 East from Latham all the way to Williamstown, MA (approximately 35 miles). In Williamstown, Route 2 merges with Route 7 for approximately 2.4 miles until you come to a traffic circle (the village green), where the two split. Follow Route 2 East; the Williamstown Theatre Festival will be approximately 100 yards ahead on

your left.

ROW - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Inspired by A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure. With Kerstin Anderson, John Ellison Conlee, Nehal Joshi, Tamika Lawrence, John McGinty, Grace McLean, Kathryn O’Rourke, Lance Roberts, Sean Stack, Sally Wilfert. Tori (Grace McLean) aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. ACTORS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Non-Equity Admissions. 229 West 42nd St., Suite 801. New York, NY 10036. Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their submission by February 15, 2020 and will be contacted further only if granted an audition. ANIMALS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL Lydia (Aja Naomi King) and Henry (Jason Butler Harner)’s dinner guests (Madeline Brewer and William Jackson Harper) are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp.Wine bottles and years of unspoken tensions are uncorked, and, before the evening is through, Lydia must confront her long-held fears and feelings if she’s going to EARLY CAREER BIPOC THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM The resounding demand for racial equity and inclusion in the American theatre has re-affirmed the Festival’s commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in its 66-year-old training program. FRIDAYS@3 - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL WTF’s Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work! Many Festival productions started as Fridays@3 readings, including this season’s Where Storms are Born and Actually.Spend the afternoon up close and personal with a GHOSTS - WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL With great happiness, Mrs. Alving (Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman) welcomes her painter son Oswald (Tom Pecinka) home from years of living abroad.But when he starts to flirt with the family maid (Catherine Combs), she must intercede to save her son and herself from scandals present and past. Mrs. Alving struggles to find joy in a life bound by the strictures of

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WEEK OF JULY 4, 2021

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Sunday

July 4

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Monday

July 5

No performances or events today......check out the rest of the week for more Festival activities!

Tuesday

July 6

* 8:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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Wednesday

July 7

* 8:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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Thursday

July 8

* 3:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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* 8:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination:

Nine Solo Plays

OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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Friday

July 9

* 3:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

More Info

* 8:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination:

Nine Solo Plays

OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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Saturday

July 10

* 3:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

More Info

* 8:00 pm Outside on Main: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination:

Nine Solo Plays

OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

Plays

WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert Guest curated by Robert O’Hara Featuring new plays by Ngozi Anyanwu, France‑Luce Benson, J. Nicole Brooks, Guadalís Del Carmen, Terry Guest, Ike Holter, Zora Howard, NSangou Njikam, and

Charly Evon Simpson

Jul 6-25

Front Lawn of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones,…

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OUTSIDE ON MAIN: Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo

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WORLD PREMIERE

Directed by WARDELL JULIUS CLARK, CANDIS C. JONES, and COLETTE ROBERT Guest curated by ROBERT O’HARA Featuring new plays by NGOZI ANYANWU, FRANCE‑LUCE BENSON, J. NICOLE BROOKS, GUADALÍS DEL CARMEN, TERRY GUEST, IKE HOLTER, ZORA HOWARD, NSANGOU NJIKAM, and CHARLY EVON SIMPSON

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JULY 6 - JULY 25 | FRONT LAWN OF THE '62 CENTER FOR THEATRE AND DANCE OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: ROW OUTSIDE AT THE CLARK: Row WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL Book by DANIEL GOLDSTEIN Music and Lyrics by DAWN LANDES Directed by TYNE RAFAELI Inspired by _A Pearl in the Storm_ by TORI MURDEN MCCLURE Featuring GRACE MCLEAN

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JULY 13 - AUGUST 8 | THE CLARK ART INSTITUTE OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: ALIEN/NATION OUTSIDE AROUND TOWN: Alien/Nation AN IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE IN TWO PARTS FROM THE FOREST OF

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