The Young Shakespeare Players

05/20/2026

NEW! 🚨 Lin-Manuel Miranda is heading back to Broadway with a brand-new musical adaptation of Warriors.

Co-written with Eisa Davis, the show is aiming to open next March, as exclusively reported by the Broadway Journal.

Warriors is based on the 1979 cult film and the 1965 novel and debuted as a concept album in 2024 featuring an all star cast including Phillipa Soo, Lauryn Hill, Billy Porter, Nas and Joshua Henry.

Warriors marks Miranda’s first new stage musical since Hamilton, which opened on Broadway in 2015 and went on to become one of the biggest theater hits of all time.

05/16/2026

Boris is weary. So weary. He needs some help to present delightful folk tales in a gorgeous outdoor theater.
MSC is recruiting stage crew for Boris Borisovich's Wonder Tales, performing July 24-August 2 at the Madison Country Day School amphitheater.
Crew positions are available for rehearsal, performance, and combined roles. Theatrical experience is preferred but not mandatory. Crew positions receive a share of production revenue.
To inquire, contact us here via Messenger or write [email protected] .

05/03/2026

Twelfth Night



Intro: May 16, 10:30 am-Noon

Readings: May 23 at 9 am

Rehearsals: June 15-July 24, Monday-Friday, 9 am-Noon

Dress Rehearsals: July 25-30

Performances: July 30-Aug 9



Romeo and Juliet



Intro: May 26, 6 pm-7:30 pm

Readings May 30 at 9 am

Rehearsals: June 15-Aug 7, Monday-Friday, 1 pm-4 pm (with optional mornings added July 27-Aug 7)

Dress Rehearsals: Aug 10-13

Performances: Aug 13-23

Dear Friends of YSP,

This summer, YSP will perform two of Shakespeare's best loved plays: Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. As always at YSP, all young people who register will receive a substantial speaking role.

For the first time, we scheduled the two summer plays, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, in such a way that actors can spend full days at YSP from June 15 through early August, if they choose to do both. We hope this will make it easier for families to balance YSP with work obligations (of course, you can do only one or the other of the plays as well). Please keep in mind that there will be a couple of days during the week of July 27th when Romeo and Juliet rehearsal will be cancelled to make way for Twelfth Night dress rehearsals.

Please email us with any questions and we hope to see you at the playhouse this year. You can register for any of these productions by mailing the YSP registration form. As always at YSP, there are no auditions or rejections and everyone receives a substantial speaking role!

Jacob and Anne

The Young Shakespeare Players
1806 West Lawn Ave.
Madison, WI 53711

04/25/2026

If you're interested in performing Shakespeare in the elements and only have a couple of hours to give, we have the event for you!
Signups for Shakespeare In the Park 2026 will be accepted through April 30 at madisonshakespeare.org/auditions . We will present readings of Much Ado About Nothing (11 AM) and Henry the Fourth (1 PM).

04/23/2026

04/16/2026

Wait for me, I'm comin'
NEXT Summer❗️

Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards,® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, “Hadestown” is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

03/31/2026

YSP's First New Full Play Since 2015!

The Devil's Disciple by G.B. Shaw

Tuesday, March 31, 6 pm-7 pm

Rehearsals: April 11-June 7, Saturday and Sunday 1 pm-4 pm

Dress Rehearsals: June 11-17

Performances June 19-28

Open to all young people 7-18! No auditions or rejections--all who register receive a substantial speaking role!

''Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.''

"Fourthly and lastly, that he try to live at peace with his mother as far as she will consent to it."

"...Why should you cry out robbery because of a stamp duty and a tea duty and so forth? After all, it is the essence of your position as a gentleman that you pay with a good grace.
..It is not the money, General. But to be swindled by a pig-headed lunatic like King George."

Dear Friends of YSP,

Join us for YSP's first production of Shaw's great early comedy, The Devil's Disciple. It is a terrifically funny play about idealism, love, and self-sacrifice during the American Revolution. The Devil's Disciple has a wonderful range of roles, from the lunkheaded (and hilarious) Christy to the gentlemanly soldier-dramatist Burgoyne and the beautiful minister's wife, Judith, to the Devil's Disciple himself!

Join us next today for the intro meeting! And tell everyone you know!

--Jacob and Anne
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01/14/2026

YSP’s 2026 Schedule:

The Devil's Disciple by G.B. Shaw

Tuesday, March 31, 6 pm-7 pm
Rehearsals: April 11-June 7, Saturday and Sunday 1 pm-4 pm
Dress Rehearsals: June 11-17
Performances June 19-28

Twelfth Night

Intro: May 16, 10:30 am-Noon
Readings: May 23 at 9 am
Rehearsals: June 15-July 24, Monday-Friday, 9 am-Noon
Dress Rehearsals: July 25-30
Performances: July 30-Aug 9

Romeo and Juliet

Intro: May 26, 6 pm-7:30 pm
Readings May 30 at 9 am
Rehearsals: June 15-Aug 7, Monday-Friday, 1 pm-4 pm (with optional mornings added July 27-Aug 7)
Dress Rehearsals: Aug 10-13
Performances: Aug 13-23

The Music Cure and Dark Lady of the Sonnets by G.B. Shaw

Intro: September 9, 6 pm-7 pm
Rehearsals: September 16-Nov 25, 9 am-12 pm Saturdays and 5 pm-8 pm Wednesdays
Dress Rehearsals: Nov 28-Dec 2
Performances: Dec 3-13

Julius Caesar

Intro: Oct 3 1 pm-2:30 pm
Readings: Oct 10 at 9 am
Rehearsals: Oct 24, 2026-Feb 21, 2027, 1 pm-4 pm Saturdays and Noon-4 pm Sundays
Dress Rehearsals: Feb 24-March 3
Performances: March 4-March 14

Dear Friends of YSP,

We are excited to announce YSP’s 2026 schedule! We have three full Shakespeare plays and two Shaw productions planned for this year, as well as eight performances of Henry IV, pt. 1 coming up in March.

For the first time, we scheduled the two summer plays, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, in such a way that actors can spend full days at YSP from June 15 through early August, if they choose to do both. We hope this will make it easier for families to balance YSP with work obligations (of course, you can do only one or the other of the plays as well). Please keep in mind that there will be a couple of days during the week of July 27th when Romeo and Juliet rehearsal will be cancelled to make way for Twelfth Night dress rehearsals.

We’re also very excited to introduce Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple. This will be YSP’s first new full play in more than ten years!

Please email us with any questions and we hope to see you at the playhouse this year. You can register for any of these productions by mailing the YSP registration form. As always at YSP, there are no auditions or rejections and everyone receives a substantial speaking role!

Happy New Year!

Jacob and Anne

11/12/2025