Mary Baldwin University Shakespeare and Performance

Mary Baldwin University Shakespeare and Performance Master of Letters/Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare & Performance at Mary Baldwin University

The Mary Baldwin University Shakespeare and Performance program is a masters level, degree-granting research group dedicated to the creative exploration of early modern drama and the culture that produced and produces it.

While our spring semester may be wrapped up, our students are still engaging in scholarship and performance! Join direct...
05/17/2026

While our spring semester may be wrapped up, our students are still engaging in scholarship and performance! Join directors and rising second year MLitt students Siena Maxwell and Cailyn Mickelsen and a full cast of S&P students for a staged reading of Edward Dering’s 1623 Henry IV adaptation on Monday, May 25th, at the Blackfriars Playhouse at 7:30 PM! This performance and short dramaturgical conversation will attempt to investigate the line between amateur and professional and the role of adaptation in early modern performance and authorship. Tickets are free and first-come, first-served!

To wrap up our academic year, the first year MLitt cohort will be performing A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM on Monday April 2...
04/25/2026

To wrap up our academic year, the first year MLitt cohort will be performing A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM on Monday April 27th at the Blackfriars Playhouse! They’ve been hard at work since January, and we couldn’t be more excited to see their work!

Haven’t gotten tickets yet? They’re still available through the link in our bio! 🌳🌸🧚✨

While you'll see each of our first year MLitt students on stage, they are also hard at work behind the scenes crafting t...
04/24/2026

While you'll see each of our first year MLitt students on stage, they are also hard at work behind the scenes crafting the world of the play! Meet A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM's intimacy team Siena, Kassidy, and Drew! We're so excited to see their work on stage April 27th at the Blackfriars Playhouse! 🌳🌸🧚‍♀️✨

Meet the first-year MLitt cohort of ‘27 and cast of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM! Grab your tickets now for their performan...
04/20/2026

Meet the first-year MLitt cohort of ‘27 and cast of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM! Grab your tickets now for their performance one week from today on April 27th at the Blackfriars Playhouse 🧚🏼‍♂️🌸✨🌳

The first-year MLitt cohort of ‘27 is hard at work on their showcase production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, premiering...
04/14/2026

The first-year MLitt cohort of ‘27 is hard at work on their showcase production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, premiering at the Blackfriars Playhouse on April 27th! Grab your ticket now to learn what the cast is rehearsing in these BTS photos! 🧚🏼‍♂️🌸✨🌳

Meet Caitlyn and Carlyle!Caitlyn comes to Staunton from Liberty, SC, where she previously worked as a teacher. Carlyle c...
04/03/2026

Meet Caitlyn and Carlyle!

Caitlyn comes to Staunton from Liberty, SC, where she previously worked as a teacher. Carlyle comes to us from Chicago. In addition to acting and studying Shakespeare, she works as a voiceover artist. You can see Caitlyn as Egeus and Philostrate, and Carlyle as Titania in the first year MLitt cohort's production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, performing on April 27th in the Blackfriars Playhouse!

While Nick has been dedicated to writing his thesis this year, he's also been involved in other exciting academic projec...
04/01/2026

While Nick has been dedicated to writing his thesis this year, he's also been involved in other exciting academic projects! We're thrilled to share that Nick Trusty is the most recent recipient of the Young Scholars Award from the Southeastern Theatre Conference for his insightful essay analyzing five early modern plays through an ecocritical lens! Join us in congratulating Nick on his outstanding achievement! 👏👏

In honor of upcoming thesis defenses for our second-year MLitt students, we want to highlight last year‘s winner of the ...
03/29/2026

In honor of upcoming thesis defenses for our second-year MLitt students, we want to highlight last year‘s winner of the Andrew J. Gurr award, Megan Parlett, for her thesis “Unsafe Shakespeare: Challenging Audience Complacency and Safety in Contemporary Productions of Romeo and Juliet.” Parlett is continuing her thesis work through her directed, small-scale production of The Winters Tale. Don’t forget to check out this production as well as the other productions during their festival week!

Wishing everyone a joyful World Theater Day from MBU S&P! Celebrate the magic of theater in our community by joining us ...
03/28/2026

Wishing everyone a joyful World Theater Day from MBU S&P! Celebrate the magic of theater in our community by joining us at our MFA thesis festival. Be sure to visit for tickets and location details.

Say hello to Gabby Gozdecki and Sam Mundy, two more members of our fantastic first year MLitt cohort! Gabby is from the ...
03/27/2026

Say hello to Gabby Gozdecki and Sam Mundy, two more members of our fantastic first year MLitt cohort! Gabby is from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and, in addition to acting and studying Shakespeare, has a passion for all things horses.
Sam is quite familiar with all things Shakespeare in Staunton, being a longtime resident of the town! You can catch Gabby as Mustardseed the fairy and Sam as Starveling the tailor in the upcoming first year MLitt production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!

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