Scranton Shakespeare Festival

06/06/2026

“When you follow your own beat, the world will follow you” - Hairspray

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈🫶

06/04/2026

Welcome! ✨

Summer is finally here! ☀️ We are so excited to announce the company of our milestone Season 15. Hailing from Philadelphia to Minneapolis to California to Florida to right here in our backyard, catch these versatile actors performing all summer in Carousel, Henry V, Saint Joan, and Jesus Christ Superstar!

If you see them out and about with a yellow lanyard, say hi! 👋

05/06/2026

Thank you BroadwayWorld for featuring Scranton Shakes and our 15th Season! ✨

The Scranton Shakespeare Festival has announced its 15th anniversary season, featuring six productions and expanded programming. Performances will take place across two venues in Scranton, including musicals, Shakespeare, and new works.

05/04/2026

✨Aptly in time for our Season 15 of Faith:

The Scranton Shakespeare Festival is thrilled to announce a new summer partnership with the historic Church of the Good Shepherd Church in Green Ridge.

The "Shakes @ Shepherd Residency" will allow Shakes to host its upcoming summer musicals at Good Shepherd, providing nearly 500 seats for patrons to enjoy their often sold-out productions in the church's great hall. This partnership, made possible through the generosity of Good Shepherd's President and SSF Board of Trustees Vice President Warren Shotto and his family, will be an opportunity for Shakes to continue its dedication to transforming unconventional spaces into regional theatre performance venues.

Shakes will continue to produce their plays in The Shakes Space, their central hub, at the Marketplace at Steamtown, where they have transformed a storefront into an immersive and dynamic black box space.

The Shakes Space will be a dedicated intimate space for straight plays, including this season's Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V by William Shakespeare, as well as Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw. Aptly with the season theme of "Faith," Shakes @ Shepherd will host their musicals, including Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Alice By Heart.

Shakes is excited to bring these musical productions to the Green Ridge community, and welcomes opportunities to collaborate with local businesses. Already, Shakes has taken the initiative to assist with beautification and restoration of the historic church, bringing together locals and student volunteers to prepare the space for the summer.

See you soon, Green Ridge!

04/30/2026

Our faces when you say you’re coming to Thank You For the Music this weekend 🩷🪩🥳

Get your tickets, we’ll “love ya forevermore!”

04/30/2026

Thank you so much to Happenings Magazine and Paula Mackarey for featuring Scranton Shakes! We are so grateful to be producing this milestone 15th Season and can't wait for you to hear what we have in store.

Meredith Willson's The Music Man!

04/28/2026

We’re so excited for the next installment of our Spring Jams Series! Throwback to our 2023 A Sunday in Steamtown with Sondheim, featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor TJ Capobiancho singing “Being Alive” from Company.

🩷 Tickets available for Saturday and Sunday’s Thank You for the Music in the link in our bio!

04/26/2026

🪩 Honey, honey, how you thrill me! 🪩

We’re less than a week way from Thank You for the Music! Are you ready to dance?

🌀 Tickets available in the link in our bio! See you there!

🍹 Don’t forget to purchase a VIP ticket with included specialty cocktail hour included in between shows Saturday. All proceeds go to directly funding our 15th season of accessible, professional theatre in Scranton!

04/25/2026

Get tickets for Thank You for the Music!

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Time to break out the boogie shoes 👀

04/25/2026

“Thank You For the Music” is more than just a concert, it really is a “thank you” to our patrons and a celebration of the Scranton Shakes Community.

🎼 Not sure what to expect from our Spring Jams 2026 concert? Check out these photos and clips from our previous concerts, including a r***e celebrating Stephen Sondheim, HELP!, and Piano Man.

Don’t forget to join us in between shows on Saturday May 2 for our VIP cocktail hour, including specialty cocktails and nibbles inspired by 🪩🩷🕺!

🎟️ Tickets available in the link in our bio!