Atlas Shakespeare Company’s visionary new production combines the first two installments of the seldom-performed *Henry VI* trilogy into a fast-paced, gripping, wickedly funny political thriller. Don’t miss this rare chance to see Shakespeare’s earliest work—complete with exhilarating sword fights, spectacular medieval costumes, cloak-and-dagger conspiracies, demon-summoning ceremonies, murderous pirates, Joan of Arc, and a severed head!

The king is dead. Long live the king.

The year is 1422. England is reeling from the sudden death of its beloved king. His heir, the newly-crowned Henry VI, is underage, unprepared—and unsuited to the throne.
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Personal feuds are running rampant. Riots are breaking out across London. And everyone is starting to resent Henry’s well-intentioned, overprotective uncle. Meanwhile, the ongoing war in France has turned catastrophic, thanks to mismanagement and in-fighting—not to mention the machinations of the self-proclaimed prophetess Joan of Arc. Amidst the chaos, energetic young Richard of York, orphaned and dispossessed, uncovers an earth-shattering family secret and springs into action.
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Surrounded by back-stabbing courtiers and facing the first stirrings of civil war,
Henry has only two options: step up, or be forced to step down.

William Shakespeare
Director Adriana Alter
Produced by Atlas Shakespeare Company

The cast features Ned Bannon as King Henry VI, Justin Bennett, Charlotte Blacklock, Chris Clark, Zachary C. Clark, Timm Coleman, Ken Coughlin, Keara Dooley, Gabe Girson, Clayton Hamburg, Seth Hatch​, Alexander Nero, Larry Reina, Leah Schwartz, Thomas Shuman, and William Oliver Watkins.