CAMP SIEGFRIED
Mainstage Performance
CAMP SIEGFRIED
Written by Bess Wohl
Directed by Genee Coreno
Run: October 16th – November 1, 2026
Location: Elayne P. Bernstein Theater, Shakespeare & Company, Lenox MA
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What happens when love blooms in the shadow of hate?
It’s 1938 on Long Island, and summer at Camp Siegfried is full of dances, sports, campfires, and camaraderie. Two teenagers meet, fall in love, and experience all the excitement of youth. But the camp is reserved for American youth of German descent, and behind the cheerful activities lurks the dangerous allure of Nazi ideology.
As their attraction deepens, so does their indoctrination, revealing how easily charm and ritual can mask the spread of hatred. Inspired by the real Camp Siegfried, award-winning playwright Bess Wohl (Liberation, Grand Horizons) delivers a chilling, timely exploration of the seductive power of fascism, the fragility of morality, and the frightening ways ideology can twist even the most ordinary moments.
The play encourages us to reflect on the allure of belief, the fragility of moral judgment, and how we confront the spaces where innocence and danger collide..
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Friday, October 16 @ 7pm (Artist Networking Night)
Saturday, October 17 @ 2pm
Saturday, October 17 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 18 @ 2pm (Press Opening)
Thursday, October 22 7pm
Friday, October 23 @ 2pm (Artist Talkback)
Saturday, October 24 @ 2pm
Saturday, October 24 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 25 @ 2pm
Thursday, October 29 2pm (Post-show panel)
Thursday, October 29 @ 7pm
Friday, October 30 @ 7pm (Artist Talkback)
Saturday, October 31 @ 2pm
Sunday, November 1 @ 2pm (Closing Performance)
A play about, "seduction—by bodies, by beliefs, by stories"
Bess WohlPlaywright
“Camp Seigfreid asks what happens when our desire to belong turns into conformity or control—and how we find our way back to ourselves, and to imagining a future we share.”
Genee CorenoDirector
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