The Comedy of Errors

Fiasco Theater and Actors Theatre of Louisville present
Fiasco Theater’s
The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare
created in collaboration with The Saunders Collective
directed by Ben Steinfeld

part of the Bingham Signature Shakespeare Series
March 4 – 15, 2026
in the Bingham Theatre

Overview

Actors Theatre of Louisville welcomes back New York-based company Fiasco Theater as they combine their joyful, actor-driven approach to Shakespeare with the ingenuity of The Saunders Collective—a family of multi-talented performers, singers, composers and producers. Featuring original music, this collaboration breathes magical new life into the classic madcap farce about two pairs of identical twins, separated in a shipwreck, whose day roaming the same city leads to mistaken identities, cascading misadventures, and gloriously silly comic confusion.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:


“Fiasco is doing justice to Shakespeare in a wholly and excitingly contemporary way…Among its tools are careful compression, deep investigation of character, a pleasure in the gestalt of ensemble work, and a firm believe the that plays are meant to be, well, accessible fun.”

                     —The Washington Post

“Fiasco’s priorities seem to spring from the mindset of actors who deeply love Shakespeare and long to communicate this material’s great gifts and joys…[the] ensemble members value textual clarity, enthusiastic storytelling, and energetic forward motion.”

                     —Vulture

“A small troupe with an expansive imagination and an eagerness to wrestle with thorny classics, Fiasco has quickly become a force to reckon with in American theater.”

                     —The New York Times

“The score is beautiful, with patterns and loops and cacophonies…the rapport between the Saunders brothers absolutely translates.”

                     —The New York Times (review of Newton’s Cradle, written by Kim Saunders & Heath Saunders; Heath & Trent Saunders performed)

“The Saunders family taps a compelling vein within the genre of musical theater.”

                     —Theatermania (review of Newton’s Cradle)

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The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

Actors Theatre of Louisville welcomes back New York-based company Fiasco Theater as they combine their joyful, actor-driven approach to Shakespeare with the ingenuity of The Saunders Collective—a family of multi-talented performers, singers, composers and producers. Featuring original music, this collaboration breathes magical new life into the classic madcap farce about two pairs of identical twins, separated in a shipwreck, whose day roaming the same city leads to mistaken identities, cascading misadventures, and gloriously silly comic confusion.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:


“Fiasco is doing justice to Shakespeare in a wholly and excitingly contemporary way…Among its tools are careful compression, deep investigation of character, a pleasure in the gestalt of ensemble work, and a firm believe the that plays are meant to be, well, accessible fun.”

                     —The Washington Post

“Fiasco’s priorities seem to spring from the mindset of actors who deeply love Shakespeare and long to communicate this material’s great gifts and joys…[the] ensemble members value textual clarity, enthusiastic storytelling, and energetic forward motion.”

                     —Vulture

“A small troupe with an expansive imagination and an eagerness to wrestle with thorny classics, Fiasco has quickly become a force to reckon with in American theater.”

                     —The New York Times

“The score is beautiful, with patterns and loops and cacophonies…the rapport between the Saunders brothers absolutely translates.”

                     —The New York Times (review of Newton’s Cradle, written by Kim Saunders & Heath Saunders; Heath & Trent Saunders performed)

“The Saunders family taps a compelling vein within the genre of musical theater.”

                     —Theatermania (review of Newton’s Cradle)

Fiasco Theater and Actors Theatre of Louisville present
Fiasco Theater’s
The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare
created in collaboration with The Saunders Collective
directed by Ben Steinfeld

part of the Bingham Signature Shakespeare Series
March 4 – 15, 2026
in the Bingham Theatre

Dates and Tickets

Mar 04, 2026 - Mar 15, 2026
The Comedy of Errors
Wed
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March 4, 2026
30
Thu
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March 5, 2026
30
Fri
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March 6, 2026
30
Sat
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March 7, 2026
30
Sun
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March 8, 2026
30
Thu
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March 12, 2026
30
Fri
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March 13, 2026
30
Sat
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March 14, 2026
30
Sun
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March 15, 2026
30

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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Run Time
Age Recommendation
Grade Recommendation
Content Warning
Production contains stage weapons, staged physical violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, and depictions of blood.

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