The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, located in Montgomery - Alabama's state capital - is the sixth largest Shakespeare festival in the world and attracts more than 300,000 annual visitors from all 50 states and over 60 countries.

ASF operates year-round, producing 14 world-class productions annually, including three works of William Shakespeare. The remainder are classics of the stage - works by playwrights such as Moliére, George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, and Eugene O'Neill - along with musicals and new works commissioned by the Festival.

Southern Writers' Project was founded by Artistic Director Kent Thompson in 1991 as an exploration of the South's rich cultural heritage and is dedicated to creating a theatrical voice for Southern writers and topics. SWP connects our audience directly with the work produced here at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Children's Theatre and SchoolFest, ASF's widely acclaimed student matinee programs, entertain and educate more than 36,000 schoolchildren each season from throughout the region. On Saturdays during the entire season, ASF offers Theatre in the Mind, a free adult humanities program featuring lectures, author talks, and actor discussions designed to help audiences learn more about the plays. In conjunction with the University of Alabama, ASF educates students through Master of Fine Arts programs in acting, stage management, and theatre administration. These students work and train at ASF while earning MFA degrees.