Shakespeare at Notre Dame // University of Notre Dame

Quarto Winter 2018: Othello

We are honored to be featured on the cover of the Shakespeare Theatre Association's winter 2018 edition of Quarto. We would like to acknowledge actors Esau Pritchett and Delaney Feener, director Cameron Knight, photographer Peter Ringenberg, and the entire NDSF 2018 Professional Company. Read more!

Hunter Heartbeat Workshops

Sensory-friendly Shakespeare: Shakespeare at Notre Dame is proud to collaborate with the South Bend Civic Theatre on a series of workshops and performances designed expressly for children on the autism spectrum. Building upon workshops held here at Notre Dame in January 2018, this exciting new initiative builds upon the work of internationally-renowned theatre artist Kelly Hunter of the Flute Theatre, whose Hunter Heartbeat practices have produced astonishing results worldwide.

Click here for a photo gallery of the recent workshops at Notre Dame. For more information on the Hunter Heartbeat method, click here.

AFTLS Hamlet Now Touring!

The fall 2018 tour of Actors From The London Stage's new production of Hamlet is now on tour through November 2018! Don't miss the dynamic 5-person ensemble perform Shakespeare's classic tragedy of murder, scandal and the supernatural at perennial favorite universities in Texas, Massachusetts, and Michigan, as well as new locations in Florida, Tennessee, and California.

The Shakespeare at Notre Dame program celebrates the power and imagination, the excitement and challenge of Shakespeare’s works—both on the page and on the stage.

With a local focus and international reach, we are advancing ways to explore his enduring importance through interdisciplinary exploration of "Shakespeare in performance."