Shakespeare & Company
70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA 01240, USA
Managed by: Shakespeare & Company
Theaters: The Roman Garden Theatre, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Tina Packer Playhouse, Rose Footprint Theatre
THEATERS
The Roman Garden Theatre
The Roman Garden Theatre is a unique 280-seat outdoor venue with comfortable seating and a delightful casual ambiance. Seating is in the round. Shakespeare has always been closely linked with the outdoors. In Elizabethan times, the Bard's plays were performed in the open-roofed Globe Theatre. Outdoor Shakespeare performances immerse you in the "natural world", a landscape that offers an escape from conventional society, a theme integral to the Bard's plays.
Seating Capacity: 280
Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
This versatile and intimate stage space, 70 feet by 35 feet, seats 200, with four distinct seating configurations for stage presentations and events. The space is highly adaptable and flexible, depending on the creative needs of our performances and event. Amenities include an indoor bar and lobby, concessions, and restrooms. The theatre is wheelchair accessible.
Seating Capacity: 200
Tina Packer Playhouse
Inspired by Shakespeare's theaters-where everybody was close to the action; our air-conditioned, scaffold-and-canvas theatre, places audiences on all sides of the stage (in the round) and on two levels. With box seats and comfortable armless, cushion-backed benches the Playhouse seats over 400. Amenities include an indoor bar and lobby, concessions, and restrooms. The theatre is wheelchair accessible.
Seating Capacity: 400
Rose Footprint Theatre
Our tented outdoor theatre is a reconstruction of the first level of Shakespeare’s first London theatre, the Rose Playhouse. Situated on our beautiful Rose Meadow, the Theatre features bleacher seating and removable “groundling” seating for up to 250, with restrooms nearby in Josie’s Place Cafe.
Seating Capacity: 250