News and Events

Auditions for Twelfth Night

Auditions for our February 2012 production of Twelfth Night will be held November 12-13. Click here for more details.

New plays by local writers wanted!

We're looking for new Shakespeare-related plays by local writers for a series of readings in Spring 2012. Click here for more details!

Announcing our upcoming season!

Help us celebrate the tenth anniversary of Shakespeare at Cornell Plantations.
"10 Years - 10 Plays." Details here.

Summer 2011: A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It in rep!

See our main production page for details!

Auditions for Summer 2011 being held March 5, 6, and 12

Click here for details!

Information about Summer 2011 coming very soon!

Looking for information about shows for this coming summer? We're ironing out a few details and will post all the information soon.

Fall Show! The Knight of the Burning Pestle

November 11-14 and 18-21, 2010

A hilarious comedy by one of Shakespeare's most popular contemporaries! Click here for more information!

Macbeth Closes

Despite a few untimely thunderstorms, the Scottish Play closed after rave reviews all around.

See some of the things people are saying about the show.

See a gallery of photos from the show.

Raffle winner chosen!

We've drawn the winning ticket in our NYC raffle. Congratulations to Carla Crooker of Ithaca! And many thanks to all who supported us by buying a ticket!

Win a Weekend Stay in NYC!

We're raffling off a weekend stay in an apartment in the West Village! Click here for more information!

Brunch at Moosewood!

Join the Macbeths for brunch on Sunday, June 13 at Moosewood Restaurant! Proceeds will benefit our upcoming production of Macbeth.

Two seatings at 10:30 am and 12 noon. Tickets $18, available at the door.

Summer 2010: Macbeth

The Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents one of Shakespeare's most exciting plays on the grounds of Cornell Plantations. A feast of swordfights, soliloquies, and the supernatural! All shows at 6 pm. Visit the Macbeth production page for more information!

Auditions for Macbeth

Auditions for Macbeth will be held March 6 and 7, from 3 - 5 pm, in Uris Hall on the Cornell campus.

See all the details here.


We have a new logo!

There were many great designs submitted for our logo contest, and we're truly grateful to everyone who put their time and energy and creativity into designing something for us. The final decision was not an easy one, but there was one entry that stood out to all of us for the way it captured who we are and what we do. Here it is:

ISC full logo


Acting Shakespeare Class

The ISC's Artistic Director and other members of the company are teaching an Acting Shakespeare class at the Community School of Music and Arts this winter. This is a practical, hands-on course in what you need to know and do in order to act Shakespeare well. We'll be working on scenes and monologues from Macbeth, and the course will finish with a performance of scenes that will be open to friends and family.


The ISC at Kids' Book Fest 2009

The Ithaca Shakespeare Company was a big hit at the Family Reading Partnership's Book Fest for Kids event on Saturday, November 14. See more about this event here.


Our 2009 Season

Our 2009 season is finished, and the core members of the Company are currently at work planning for next summer.

Many thanks to everyone who made this year's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream such a success. The response to the show was overwhelming, and we are tremendously grateful to everyone who came to see it and everyone who worked and helped (and slogged through the mud) to make it happen. Rest assured that we're hard at work to make sure that next summer is even better.


A Midsummer Morning's Brunch at Moosewood Restaurant

On Sunday, June 21, 2009 - the summer solstice - Moosewood Restaurant opened for a special benefit brunch to raise funds for our 2009 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Several cooks and servers from Moosewood donated their time for the brunch, and even threw in the tips that customers tried to leave for them! We are deeply grateful to all of them for their generous support of our mission.

Along with the Moosewood personnel, several members of the ISC were pressed into service as servers, bussers, and dishwashers - bringing back long-suppressed memories for some of them...

Many thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the brunch and support our work!