Frederick Shakespeare Festival

08/30/2026

🎵 Don't You (Forget About Me) 🎶

Happy trails to the cast and crew of Much Ado About Nothing! The beauty of live theatre is its ephemeral nature and how it forces us to live in the moment together, but that doesn't make the goodbyes at the end of a show like this one any easier. We were so lucky to share our summer with this phenomenal group of humans! A huge thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who came out to support us and all our friends in the eighth annual Frederick Shakespeare Festival and our apologies to anyone who missed out on the fun.

Just like that, the 2026 Frederick Shakespeare Festival comes to an end. Our team is already hard at work preparing for next summer's festival season, but until then we made a mix tape for you to remember us by

08/30/2026

Uh, oh! Dogberry (portrayed by Matthew Provance) is taking over! Follow along the Frederick Shakespeare Festival pages to see how Messina's favorite constable keeps his cast in line!

🎭 Much Ado About Nothing
👑 Dress Up Nights at the Frederick Shakespeare Festival: August 29th at 7:30PM
📍 Hood College's Avalon Theater
🎟 www.ardeotheatre.org/shows
📷 Cody James

*TICKET POLICY* Because our final performance is at capacity, all reservations that are not checked in 10-minutes before showtime will be released to any stand-by patrons who have come to buy tickets at the door. This performance will be held at the Avalon Theater inside Hood College's Tatem Arts Center.

If you already have tickets, don't forget that tonight is dress up night! Help us celebrate our closing performance by dressing up in your 80s best or your favorite ren faire garb -- those who participate will be entered for a chance to win an exclusive piece of Frederick Shakespeare Festival merch!

08/30/2026

Rocking out backstage!

08/29/2026

The reviews are in and audiences are loving Much Ado About Nothing! This show is guaranteed to hit you with its best shot, so fire away and grab your tickets now! Follow along with Rebecca Carroll (Balthazar, Seacole, Friar) for a sneak peek behind the scenes of final performances!

🎭 Much Ado About Nothing
📆 Performances run through August 29th
👑 Dress Up Nights at the Frederick Shakespeare Festival: August 29th at 7:30PM
📍 Hood College's Avalon Theater
🎟 www.ardeotheatre.org/shows
📷 Cody James

Remaining performances will be held at the Avalon Theater inside Hood College's Tatem Arts Center. Our 2pm matinee is at capacity and limited seats remain for our 7:30pm closing performance.

*TICKET POLICY* When the performance is reserved at capacity, all reservations that are not checked in 10-minutes before showtime will be released to any stand-by patrons who have come to buy tickets at the door.

08/28/2026