PA Shakespeare Festival is the Lehigh Valley’s Professional Equity Theatre hosted on the campus of DeSales University featuring acclaimed actors from Broadway, television, and film.
The Festival’s 2026 Summer Theatre Series includes August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames (Fat Ham) (May 27-June 24), and the musical Million Dollar Quartet , directed by Orlando Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director Jim Helsinger (June 10-28). Jones will direct Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (July 8-August 2), presented in repertory with Ken Ludwig’s new Sherlock Holmes comedy Moriarty, directed by PSF veteran Matt Pfeiffer (July 16-August 1). Also featured are The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged, by Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch (June 24-July 12); and an “Extreme Shakespeare” production of Coriolanus (July 22-August 2).
PA Shakespeare Festival also welcomes the following shows during the Family Theatre Series:
Parking
When you arrive to DeSales University, enjoy free parking in the lot in front of Labuda Center for the Performing Arts (2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA). There is additional parking in the lot adjacent to the Trexler Library. The box office and will call are located inside the Labuda Center.
Season subscriptions and single tickets for individual productions are on sale now. Call 610-282-WILL for tickets or buy online.
The preferred partner hotel for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is Candlewood Suites in Bethlehem. Conveniently located off Interstate 78, just minutes from historic downtown Bethlehem, and only a short drive from the Festival.
