American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse

Always delightfully refreshing performances. Adored A Christmas Carol last year. A breath of fresh air to see Othello played by a woman. Cast always young and so talented. We look forward to many return visits.

Great performance of Othello, but will not return during COVID. Despite the fact they do an excellent job of distancing the seats more than 6ft apart and that I am a Physician who understands CDC guidelines, I was reprimanded by a staff member who came within 3ft of my space to tell me that even when sitting down and being at least 10 ft away from the performers and more than 6ft from other customers that I had to wear the mask above my nose or the performers may have to stop the performance, despite the fact the performers were not wearing masks. Its a double standard, overzealous and unnecessary mask shaming with no scientific base. I could not wear my glasses as they would fog up with the mask above my nose. I only wore it under my nose when I was sure I was practicing social distancing.nnFurthermore, the pre play performances had political innuendo and I went there for a Shakespeare play. I would have overlooked it, but given the attitude towards mask the whole mentality of the place makes sense.nnIt was an overall unsatisfactory experience due to the discomfort despite the fact the performers did a great job.nnI will be visiting again when CoVID ends.

Awesome! They do a wonderful job performing shakespeare! Their covid precautions are great too. Their production are absolutely incredible ❤ufe0f

Wish that the music was true to the period - modern songs take away from The Christmas Carol. We have seen the play here several times over the years & this time was very disappointing...even Scrooge's bed has gone from a prop with curtains to a rolling table with just a comforter. I think they can & should do better!

Outstanding performance of Much Ado About Nothing last Sunday. This troupe is to be commended for their dynamic, funny, masterful production. Well worth the 3 hour drive from the Washington area!