A leading Shakespeare festival with an emerging national reputation for excellence, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company on the campus of DeSales University.
Each summer, PSF produces a season of Shakespeare and other classics, musical theatre, and children’s theatre. About an hour north of Philadelphia and less than two hours from Manhattan, PSF is summer home to over 200 artists from around the country, including winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Emmy, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Jefferson, and Barrymore awards. Every year 40,000-50,000 patrons attend PSF from 30+ states – over 1,000,000 patrons from 50 states and many countries since 1992.
Quick Facts
- The Festival’s premiere education program, the Linny Fowler WillPower Tour, has toured 23 Shakespeare plays to 220,000+ students in 200+ schools serving 41 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties as well as New Jersey and Delaware.
- PSF is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- PSF is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit professional theatre.
- PSF is a member of the Shakespeare Theatre Association, Discover Lehigh Valley, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the Lehigh Valley Arts & Cultural Alliance.
