The Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County’s renowned classical summer theater, will open its performance season July 3 with Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the Bard’s beloved romantic comedy of sparkling wit, deception, and desire.
Shakespeare’s romantic comedy is a play of sharp wit, overheard gossip, and mischievous schemes. As rumor and deception threaten young love, two couples are drawn together—and driven apart—by pride, rumor, and mistaken identity. Filled with clever banter, joyful reversals, and heartfelt emotion, Shakespeare’s popular comedy celebrates love’s resilience and the delightfully messy path to happiness. In our era of social media, rapid communication, and polarized discourse, these themes resonate as strongly as ever and prove just as relevant today. “We’re thrilled to bring this timely and witty classic comedy to our 30th Anniversary summer season,” said FSC Artistic Director Patricia Buckley.
The Franklin Stage Company season runs through Aug. 23 at Chapel Hall, 25 Institute Street in Franklin. Note: evening shows have a curtain time of 7:30 p.m. Much Ado About Nothing will also have Saturday matinees at 3 p.m., and Sunday shows at 5 p.m. General seating; admission is free—suggested donation is $25 per person.
For more information and reservations visit www.franklinstagecompany.org
Programming at the Franklin Stage Company is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY’s dual mission is to produce professional, admission-free theater that brings together audiences and artists to create community and celebrate the enduring power of stories; and to ensure the preservation of Chapel Hall, our historic home, as both an architectural treasure and a center of community activity.
Franklin Stage Company is a professional Actors Equity, not-for-profit theater founded in 1997 in Franklin, NY. FSC is dedicated to producing classic and new plays that stimulate thought and provoke discussion to illuminate as well as entertain. FSC also presents both emerging and established artists working in a variety of performance disciplines. The company was founded on the principle that great theater should be accessible to all.
