Southwest Shakespeare (SSC) is the Resident Theater Company in the 550-seat Virginia G. Piper Repertory Theater, but also performs in the smaller Farnsworth Studio and Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse theaters. As Arizona’s professional classical theater company,SSC serves patrons from across the Valley and students from all corners of Arizona.

Following the inaugural 2005-06 season, the Company received several AriZoni Theatre Awards, including Best Overall Production Awards for “Hamlet” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” and was recognized as “Best Theater Company” by Get Out: Applauding the Best of Valley Theater in 2005-06.

Its ambitious 6-show 2006-07 season introduced Oregon Shakespearean Festival actor, Richard Baird, to Valley audiences in the title role of “Cyrano de Bergerac.” It was a tour de force performance!

Please join us as we open our third season at the spectacular Mesa Arts Center with Richard Baird returning as Petruchio in “The Taming of the Shrew.”  Our 14th Season – Unlikely Couples offers five plays that are bound to excite, inspire, educate and illuminate you, the theater aficionado. Don’t miss it!

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Visit Southwest Shakespeare Company on the web at www.swshakespeare.org