PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. – The 2026 annual “Shakespeare Alive! A Bard-Based Variety Show” returns for an all-new, free performance. The NYC-based Stand Up Shakespeare troupe of professional actors and singers will share its talent, passion, and creativity to amuse and amaze with the best of Shakespeare’s canon, as well as skits and songs based on his works, on Saturday, Sept. 5, at 12 p.m., at Union Christian Church, 43 Messer Hill Road, located on the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, 3780 Route 100A, Plymouth Notch, Vt. The show is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
Stand Up Shakespeare is a collective of professional performers from New York City who have become a veritable Vermont institution for more than 26 years. Each Labor Day weekend, the beloved troupe travels to Killington and Plymouth to present a freshly minted, one-hour show comprised of comedy, romance, tragedy, and history, based on the works of William Shakespeare.
The special matinee performance will take place inside the beautifully preserved, 183-year-old Union Christian Church, the remarkable acoustics and historic Carpenter Gothic interior of which provide an ideal setting for Shakespeare’s works.
Stay for the 21st annual Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival, which begins at 2 p.m. and runs until 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. This event is also free, with donations appreciated.
For more information about the show and the Stand Up Shakespeare Company, contact Kate Konigisor at 917-406-1456 or kkonig@aol.com.