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Texas Shakespeare Festival

June 25, 2026 – July 26, 2026 · Kilgore, Texas · Gregg County

The Texas Shakespeare Festival's official Season 42 calendar runs from opening night on June 25 through the final listed performances on July 26, 2026 in Kilgore. The supplied discovery inventory projected a June-July 2027 season, but no dedicated 2027 calendar is currently published, so Texas Defined uses the latest confirmed season rather than guessing future dates.

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Why plan around Texas Shakespeare Festival?

The Texas Shakespeare Festival is East Texas' professional repertory theatre festival, bringing multiple fully staged productions to Kilgore each summer and giving the Piney Woods a distinctive performing-arts destination with enough programming to support a multi-show trip.

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Organizer: Texas Shakespeare Festival ↗

Official-source details checked 2026-09-01. Ticket prices and lineups can change; confirm the linked official source before purchasing or traveling.

Plan the visit

Use the repertory calendar, not a single festival date

Season 42 opened June 25, 2026 and continued through July 26 with rotating performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Emma, Hamlet, 1776 and additional programming. Choose the plays first, then build the trip around the official calendar.

Consider a multi-show stay

The repertory structure lets visitors see different productions on consecutive days. If theatre is the main reason for the trip, compare matinee and evening combinations before booking lodging so you can use the festival format rather than making repeated drives.

Connect the festival to Kilgore

The performance venue is on the Kilgore College campus. Leave time for Kilgore and Gregg County rather than treating the festival as an isolated auditorium visit, especially if you are already traveling into East Texas for more than one production.

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