Shakespeare at Notre Dame // University of Notre Dame

Twelfth Night Now Touring

Shakespeare's deliriously enjoyable romantic comedy Twelfth Night is now on tour to colleges & universities across the US through November! Don't miss this brand-new staging from the dynamic 5-actor ensemble Actors From The London Stage.

NDSF 2020 Season Revealed

The 2020 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival will return beginning July 17, 2020. Headlining the season is a stunning new staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream from our NDSF Professional Company. The NDSF Touring Company will travel to stages across Michiana with The Two Noble Kinsmen. And our Community Company will feature audience favorites Shakespeare After Hours, ShakeScenes, and much more.

Full Circle: Shakespearean Culture at Notre Dame: Now Open

Shakespeare at Notre Dame is thrilled to partner with The History Museum in South Bend, IN, on an exciting new exhibit showcasing the past, present, and future of Shakespearean performance, analysis, and culture at the University of Notre Dame. This extraordinary experience is open now through 2021!

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

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."