Ian McKellen's Acting Shakespeare
Join us at Irvington Shakespeare Company for a performance of Acting Shakespeare, our flagship one-person show and the beating heart of our mission as a theater. Performed by Artistic Director and Resident Actor Kamran Saliani, this 90-minute blitz of a play blends Shakespeare’s greatest scenes and soliloquies with storytelling, history, and humor to explore how the Bard changed America forever.
Acting Shakespeare is an official revival of Sir Ian McKellen’s legendary solo show, presented with his personal blessing and enriched by insights from James Shapiro’s Shakespeare in a Divided America. The result is an intimate, powerful, and often hilarious journey through Shakespeare’s characters and the American stories they illuminate—accessible whether you’re a lifelong Shakespeare lover or seeing these plays for the first time.
100% of proceeds from donations go directly to support the mission of Irvington Shakespeare Company: Home of Rivertowns Playhouse—
“SHAKESPEARE FOR ALL” – professional, small-scale theater of the people, by the people, for the people.
In a world where a single Broadway ticket averages $129 and many working families have only about $55 a month for arts and culture, too many people are priced out of transformative theater. We’re here to change that. Our goal is to raise $15,000 to fuel our 2026 season of free, professional Shakespeare and community-centered programming—including accessible workshops, high-caliber productions, and events that remain open to all, regardless of income.
By attending this benefit and making a tax-deductible contribution, you help us:
Keep admission free of charge for future productions
Pay artists and staff a fair, dignified wage
Expand access for audiences of all ages and abilities
Strengthen a grassroots, community-driven alternative to profit-first Broadway and Hollywood
Our theater, Rivertowns Playhouse, is conveniently located near the Westchester Bee-Line buses at Broadway & Main Street and the Metro-North Hudson Line at Irvington, with free parking and wheelchair-accessible facilities.
Come spend an evening with Shakespeare at his most alive and immediate.
🌝 CLOSING NIGHT 🌝 What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #8)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #7)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #6)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #5)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
SPECIAL NRCA SHOW What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #4)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #3)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #2)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
🌞 OPENING NIGHT 🌞 What the Constitution Means to Me (PERFORMANCE #1)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PREVIEW #3)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PREVIEW #2)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
What the Constitution Means to Me (PREVIEW #1)
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. (AGES +14)
Event Five
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Event Four
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Event Three
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Event Two
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PREVIEW #1
Please join us for a preview performance of our Summer Shakespeare Festival Production! Please keep in mind, that this is a preview performance, which means we are still working through some last minute production quirks…enjoy!!!