![Red Velvet at CST Celebrated Stratford Festival performer Dion Johnstone portrays trailblazing African-American actor Ira Aldridge, whose Othello shocked nineteenth-century London, in Chicago Shakespeare’s Red Velvet, directed by Gary Griffin, in the Courtyard Theater, December 1, 2017–January 21, 2018. Photo by Jeff Sciortino.](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/11/CST-Red-Velvet-JeffSciortino.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
Shakespeare onstage in November and December
Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Let’s check in with our theater partners with Shakespeare plays onstage in November and December.
![Julius Caesar at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Julius Caesar at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/10/Chesapeake-Brutus-Cassius.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in October
Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. What plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners.
![A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/09/Midsummer-Cincinnati-Shakespeare-Company-2.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September
Every month, we check in with our theater partners to share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America.
![San Francisco Shakespeare Festival San Francisco Shakespeare Festival](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/08/Prospero-in-the-ruins-SFShakes.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 35-year history with 35 Shakespeare speeches
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has been presenting a series of free, short performances of famous Shakespeare speeches at notable San Francisco landmarks to celebrate its 35-year history in the city.
![Hamlet at The Old Globe Hamlet at The Old Globe](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/08/hamlet-old-globe-skull.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in August
Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Which plays are opening this month? We check in with our theater partners.
![Paul Michael Sandberg (left) as Egeus, J. Todd Adams as Theseus, Melinda Parrett as Hippolyta, and Melissa Graves as Jane Snout in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2017 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespeare Festival 2017.) Midsummer at Utah Shakespeare Festival 2017](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/07/Midsummer-Utah-Shakespeare-Festival-2017.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
Three Hamlets and a hip-hop Romeo and Juliet: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in July
Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Summertime is high time for free outdoor performances of the classics.
![The Boys, The Boys. Jesse Bhamrah as Romeo, Christian Strange as Mercutio, and Chris Vizzuraga as Benny V in the Q Brothers'](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/07/Boys_I-Heart-Juliet_2017.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
The Q Brothers take on the star-crossed lovers
The Q Brothers are back at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival this summer with I Heart Juliet, a hip-hop adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
![Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/06/Falstaff-Merry-Wives-OSF-2017-1.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
A Falstaff feast
Find Falstaff at Nebraska Shakespeare, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Dallas.
![Robert Sean Leonard as King Richard II Robert Sean Leonard as King Richard II](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/06/KingRichardII-OldGlobe-e1497300474440.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in June
Experience a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America, from a female Hamlet in Colorado to Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II in San Diego.
![The-Winters-Tale-Shakespeare-Festival-St-Louis The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/06/The-Winters-Tale-Shakespeare-Festival-St-Louis.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
A Shakespeare tale for winter, told in summer
The Winter’s Tale is onstage this summer at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, African-American Shakespeare Company, and Nashville Shakespeare Festival.
![Hamlet Iran](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/05/Hamlet-Iran.png?fit=10%2C10)
An Iranian Hamlet
Arian Moayed is an Iranian Hamlet who straddles the line between East and West in a new dual-language production from Waterwell in New York.
![Seattle Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Seattle Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://images.folger.edu/uploads/2017/05/Seattle-Shakespeare-A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream-rude-mechanicals.jpg?fit=10%2C10)
What's onstage at American Shakespeare theaters in May: a 1940s-style Midsummer and more
This month, we check in with our theater partners at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Atlanta Shakespeare Company.