Production History

Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival (FlagShakes) has produced professional theatre in Flagstaff since 2015, offering unforgettable performances outdoors and indoors. Our productions range from Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and comedies, to bold contemporary works, to original plays. Each season showcases our commitment to actor-driven theatre, Elizabethan staging practices, and community impact. For visitors searching for unique things to do in Flagstaff, and for locals looking to connect with their community, our production history highlights the blend of classics, new works, and collaborations that make FlagShakes northern Arizona’s premier destination for live theatre.

2025

Emma (adapted by Matthew Windham)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)(revised)(again) (Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield)
Klingon Hamlet (William Shakespeare adapted by Keath Hall) *A Ronin Theatre Production
What the Constitution Means to Me (Heidi Schreck)
Shakespeare on Pluto (Matthew Windham, Essie Windham, AJ Maniglia)
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare) *A Ronin Theatre Production

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2024

In Real Life (Charlayne Woodard)
Simply Silly Shakespeare (Matthew Windham and AJ Maniglia)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra (William Shakespeare and Felix Mendelssohn)

2023

I Am Playing Me (Hannah Johnson)
Single Black Female (Lisa B. Thompson)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Two Noble Kinsmen (William Shakespeare)
Simply Silly Shakespeare (Matthew Windham and AJ Maniglia)

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2022

Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Lynn Nottage)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Gift of the Magi (Music by Josh Schmidt,
Lyrics by James DeVita and Josh Schmidt
Book by James DeVita)

2021

I, too, sing America
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Bard’s Birthday Bash
Twelfth Night Drive-in
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)
Dragstaff Drive-in
Co-Vids: An Arts in Flagstaff Series
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

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2020

A Lie of the Mind (Sam Shepard)
Spoon River Anthology (Edgar Lee Masters)
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
Window Shakespeare
No Spring Chicken (Ginna Hoben)

2019

Indecent (Paula Vogel)
God of Vengeance (Sholem Asch)
Much Ado About Nothing
Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
A Deadly Trick
Winter’s Tale
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens adapted by Claire Whitman)
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2018

Fool For Love
Taming of the Shrew
Titus Andronicus
The Tempest

2017

Merry Wives of Windsor
Macbeth
All’s Well That Ends Well
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2016

Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer Night’s Dream

2015

Twelfth Night

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