Over the years we’ve earned a REPutation for presenting outstanding productions of Shakespeare’s plays and before that for our critically acclaimed New Jersey premieres and site-specific stagings. Click for past Princeton Rep Company Shakespeare Festival productions... Click for past productions of the Princeton Repertory Company...
Princeton Repertory Company was founded in 1984 and is a professional theatre company operating under a Small Professional Theatre Contract with Actors' Equity Association. The Rep has earned accolades for its innovative programming that includes site-specific stagings, New Jersey premieres of new plays, and exciting, thought provoking and highly accessible productions of Shakespeare's plays. In 1995, in keeping with our tradition of making theatre accessible to underserved and new audiences, Princeton Rep inaugurated the free Shakespeare in the Square Festival. A unique arts/business partnership with Palmer Square Merchants continues to make these weekend performances possible. In the summer of 2000, the Rep expanded its Shakespeare Festival to a full season opening with A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew playing to enthusiastic audiences of more than 14,000. The Company also received its first national review in USA Today. The impressive growth of the Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival is due in part to the sustained lead sponsorship of Fleet Bank. Major funding for the Shakespeare Festival has also been provided by The Times Newspaper, Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission/New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the Mereville Foundation. |
