KING LEAR: 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival

Don't miss Shakespeare's epic tragedy "King Lear," as part of the 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival.

And, you can double your Shakespeare by catching "Twelfth Night" on another night, as these two plays are performed in repertory this summer!

July 9 through August 3, 2025
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 5:30 p.m.

Audience members are encouraged to bring their family, friends, lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic dinner.

Performances are held outdoors, adjacent to the Bruyette Athenaeum (indoors in the case of rain or excessive heat), on the beautiful campus of the University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut.

General Admission tickets for each show are $25. The discount ticket price for seniors (65 and up), full-time students (with ID), active military (with ID), groups of 10 or more is $17. For audience members wanting to see both plays, there is a multiple-show price of $20 for each show at the General Admission rate; $15 per person for each show for seniors, full-time students, active military, and groups of 10 or more. In addition, groups of 10 or more can also get special reserved lawn locations.

Audience members are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance, online at [CapitalClassics.org.](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FCapitalClassics.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0AFvtRBMBVwz4Vvntev1mDJRCYMC06ENIqIEXnqZxwh83AwjZ3FS0m8bo_aem_Acm58vViYRPoEJnvp1hgZHEa8nE_5VtGadNjald1MREZvsp0Z3qSdlGQMjMunKTHTXul61OmbGQBjURxmBk66Pi8&h=AT0p22U7KsxO55_3NzTS3-HSzaVkYh0VziL-XlCgiB7_1MmwSNhF4fgiLecsQzWrlm5GYNoOFQxgEVto4_LizNfEWgbfWKXQTQDuycwGUWONg_5YzUp7NDlbY_o8uMrB3db1mh0&tn=q&c%5B0%5D=AT2IfsvzftGwYSQyxyOE_MuuvXOBTYwy-6-EbLLMeJNeurFjSavlU9PcRTXNVuGsNWWc4cU4mYWr1waE7F8-XXsEQsoGHSurxmZjKgCrzFHn6ekhByK-_P98n2Z38ydVeklHc0f2k46LXE7yVaJQCVsUHucO) For more information, be sure to visit us at [CapitalClassics.org.](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FCapitalClassics.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3EWMPGPO_Tba0R3a4ytk7DE0FlM7IlRK8ZnZq907PioXhodUvDfDlu2bY_aem_AclnVEK2x_yc_zpzJrRp88cxSzq7jEPOHH1U8ylmwpIinmhSydxghWQLZmtrOjjt8B-k7boS7lTIUcFW1eAGfdgv&h=AT0p22U7KsxO55_3NzTS3-HSzaVkYh0VziL-XlCgiB7_1MmwSNhF4fgiLecsQzWrlm5GYNoOFQxgEVto4_LizNfEWgbfWKXQTQDuycwGUWONg_5YzUp7NDlbY_o8uMrB3db1mh0&tn=q&c%5B0%5D=AT2IfsvzftGwYSQyxyOE_MuuvXOBTYwy-6-EbLLMeJNeurFjSavlU9PcRTXNVuGsNWWc4cU4mYWr1waE7F8-XXsEQsoGHSurxmZjKgCrzFHn6ekhByK-_P98n2Z38ydVeklHc0f2k46LXE7yVaJQCVsUHucO)