The core of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s mission is making the arts more accessible. That’s why we created the CommonStage Initiative. The initiative extends our summer stay on the Boston Common and allows partner organizations to present work on our stage, expanding access to free arts programming that enhances the cultural landscape of Greater Boston.
CommonStage 2024:
Crown & Anchor’s Prouder Together Follies
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 8 PM – CANCELLED
Provincetown is coming to Boston! The Crown & Anchor in partnership with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents PROUDER TOGETHER FOLLIES on August 7th at 8pm. FREE on Boston Common. Hosted by RuPaul Drag Race’s Tina Burner and The Crown & Anchor’s Jonathan Hawkins, ‘The Gayest Show in Provincetown, Just Got Wicked Gay’! Featuring Tony Award Winner Matt Doyle, Yoli Mayor (America’s Got Talent), Matthew Darren (American Idol), Lilly Rose Valore, Sutton Lee Seymour, Drew Sebastian, Mackenzie, Kory Desoto, Brian Calhoon, Marissa Miller, Mayhapps with even MORE beloved acts to be announced!
Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 11 AM – 1 PM
The CommonStage Arts Festival
The CommonStage Arts Festival welcomes arts organizations from across Greater Boston, including theatre companies, museums, music and dance companies, and local visual and performing artists, and provides the unique opportunity to learn about the wide variety of programming across the city. CSC’s stage on Boston Common will also host pop-up performances! Presented in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
If you’re interested in participating in this year’s pilot program of the CommonStage Arts Festival, please fill out our registration interest form, linked below, to open the conversation on how you might like to join in!
CommonStage Arts Festival Participation/Information Request Form
Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 8 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Movie Night, “The Goonies”
Feel like joining us on an adventure? Not for pirate treasure, but for an unforgettable movie experience under the stars at our special FREE screening of THE GOONIES. We’re teaming up with Alamo Drafthouse on Friday, August 9th, to show the 1985 Richard Donner classic at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (across from Tremont Street) and we want you to bring the whole gang along (and maybe a Baby Ruth or two). The event starts at 8 pm and is totally free, but seating is first come, first serve and BYOC (bring your own chair), so be sure to show up early if you want a good spot.
More About CommonStage: Launched in 2022, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s CommonStage Initiative breaks barriers for organizations and patrons, bringing more FREE arts programming to the Boston Common and the Greater Boston area. Every summer, CSC erects a stage on the Boston Common that provides a performance space that’s open to all attendees, and the organization wanted to offer that opportunity to other arts and cultural organizations who want to provide their performance to all audiences. In 2022, CSC partnered with Boston Lyric Opera to present Romeo and Juliet, directed by CSC’s Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler. CSC also hosted Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), bringing the finale of their beloved Tito Puente Latin Music Series to the Common in both 2022 and 2023.
Want to partner with CSC on the CommonStage? Email info@commshakes.org
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Featured Photo: An Image of a Conga Line with an image of BLO's Romeo and Juliet (PC: Nile Scott Studios)
