Two star-crossed lovers defy their feuding families who are determined to keep them apart. Set in a world shaped by cultural collision, this bold staging of Romeo and Juliet reimagines Shakespeare’s most famous love story through a contemporary lens. NSF’s Shakespeare Education Experience (SEE) Tour offers an accessible, actor-driven, abridged production to schools and venues across the region.

Directed by Evren Odcikin Christmas, 1598. A fierce winter storm strands William Shakespeare and a young actor at a countryside inn, where the last thing anyone wants is an unexpected guest, much less England's most famous playwright. As the snow piles up, so do the complications. Between holiday mischief, budding romance, family tensions, and a healthy dose of Shakespearean wit, an unlikely gathering discovers that even in the darkest season, there's room for laughter, love, and new beginnings. Join the Nashville Shakespeare Festival for a special workshop reading of Christmastide, a new play in development by Lauren M. Gunderson and Casey M. Murphy. Be among the first to experience this heartwarming and humorous story about the people, places, and unexpected moments that inspire us to begin again.

Hold onto your handbags! NSF teams up with Belmont University’s College of Music and Performing Arts for The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s beloved comedy of love and mistaken identity. Two debonair bachelors, Jack and Algernon, each lead a double life to shirk their responsibilities. But when their alter egos begin to win the hearts of two society ladies, the lines between truth and fiction blur. What follows is a delightfully tangled web of wit, deception, and high-society hijinks, as each tries to stay one step ahead of their own lies.