Wonderful play with an outstanding cast, up close and personal, in a beautiful facility. What a wonderful draw for downtown Staunton!
So often I find that the actors in Shakespeare plays are impressed by the fact that they are in a Shakespeare play and tend to recite the lines in a lofty manner. They forget that Shakespeare wrote dramas and comedies depicting real human emotion. The American Shakespeare Center company put all that emotion back into their staging of the plays. I come back to Staunton on a regular basis just to see ASC plays. It's the best place to see a Shakespeare play in my opinion. Fabulous fun.
My ten year old son and I visited ASC to see Comedy of Errors. We were able to join on stage on the gallant stools since they were not full yet. It is such an engaging troupe and atmosphere that my son had a blast. We ended up staying longer so that we could also see Cyrano (equally fabulous) and my son was one of the only folks to be able to join on stage due to another stool vacancy. Great memory forever. I hope we make it back!
A TRULY outstanding show. We come here at least once a year. Well worth the trip! And there is an AMTRAK station two blocks away.
We went to The Black Friars Playhouse last night to see A CHRISTMAS Carol. Wow! What a fantastic show! Great for all ages. The Ghost of Christmas past was a lil creepy - but SUCH a great representation! A MUST SEE!
If you have the courage get seats on the stage. You'll be included as part of the play. You'll never forget the experience. Short of that get seats in the "lords chairs", front row. Good Seats and right on top of the play. But most of all GET SEATS. You'll never regret it.
We saw "A Christmas Carol" and "The Santaland Diaries". Great experience....they "Do it with the Lights On" at the ASC. Would definitely go back.
Local plays! Son involved. He is working on his MA on william . Wife and son almost live there. Will return.
We went to both the Friday and Saturday night shows last weekend, and we've gone regularly for several years. We love the mix of classic staging conditions, traditional scripts and modern interpretations. For the holidays, both A Christmas Carol and The Santaland Diaries are well worth the trip. Love it!
The American Shakespeare Center presents various productions throughout the year. A Christmas Carol is presented in a reproduction of the Globe Theater in Staunton, VA. The venue is gorgeous, the detail beautifully presented and is as uncomfortable as the original theater in England. That is the space is limited the seats duplicate those in the original.The presentation itself is great, the players are excellent, costuming is true to the period and definitely meant for the whole family. Our party ranged in age from 7 to 69 and the scary, nasty parts affected the younger ones as you would guess. The interact presented period music with period instruments. A real joy for a mixed age group.