The Winter's Tale

A tragicomedy by Shakespeare

By First Stage

The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

It's required you awake your faith. False assumptions. Lost children. Truths revealed. Redemption found.

First Stage’s Young Company brings to stage this genre-defying tragicomedy from the Bard.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

King Leontes challenges Sicilia court, as he accuses his Queen of sleeping with Polixenes, King of Bohemia.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

Queen Hermione, wife of Leontes, dies of grief.

From Darkness to Light | THE WINTER'S TALE (2019-12-11) by Traveling Lemur, Maria Pretzl, and Nathaniel SchardinFirst Stage

Young Company gives insight on characters in "The Winter's Tale."

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

Antigonus, lord of Leontes court, given the task of abandoning Perdita — baby of Leontes and Hermione — on the Bohemian Coast.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-11) by Maria Pretzl, Nathaniel Schardin, and Traveling LemurFirst Stage

Behind the scenes with Director Marcella Kearns.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

Leontes left to his sorrow.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

The Shepherd finds and raises Perdita (pictured Shepherd and his buffoonish son).

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

Paulina, a noblewoman of Sicilia and defender of Hermione's virtue, questions Leontes.

The Wintiner's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

After refusing to follow Leontes' order to poison Polixenes (Bohemian King), Camillo flees Sicilia to join Polixenes' service.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-11) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

Perdita, Sicilia royalty, bringing spring to the court after 16 years away from home.

The Winter's Tale (2019-12-06) by Paul RuffoloFirst Stage

The Queen lives! King Leontes and Queen Hermione share an intimate moment in wake of her resurrection.

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The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

Performed by Young Company, First Stage Theater Academy's award-winning advance training program for high school actors

Young Company Performers: Claire Mitchell, Mathilde Prosen-Oldani, Morgan McKinnis, Kate Ketelhohn, Molly Boyle, Selma Rivera, Kyra Mathias, Kathleen Lepianka, Emily Harris, Gabriela Bastardo, Molly McVey, Costello Mylott, Qwynyth Martin, Trevor Schmitt-Ernst

Creative Team: Marcella Kearns, Director | Matt Daniels, Director of Young Company | Amy Sue Hazel, Scenic Coordinator | Marisa Abbott, Lighting Designer | Derek Buckles, Sound Designer | Aaron McEachran, Stage Manager | Lindy Girman, Assistant to the Director

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