Independent Arts News Reporting McCarter Theatre Center presents All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, created and performed by Patrick Page
Reported on Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Pictured Above: Patrick Page in All The Devils Are Here. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.
NEWRSOOM POST: PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Page brings his critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production to McCarter’s Berlind Theatre for a limited engagement, August 19–30
Princeton, NJ – McCarter Theatre Center (Sarah Rasmussen, Artistic Director; Martin Miller, Executive Director) presents Octopus Theatricals’ All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain. Created and performed by Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Patrick Page (Hadestown) and directed by Simon Godwin, the acclaimed solo production will be presented in McCarter’s Berlind Theatre for a limited engagement August 19–30. Due to popular demand, an additional performance has been added on Tuesday, August 25.
A post-show conversation with Patrick Page will follow each performance.
All the Devils Are Here premiered Off-Broadway in October 2023 and quickly earned critical acclaim. The production received Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Off-Broadway Solo Performance.
“Patrick Page has an extraordinary ability to make Shakespeare feel immediate, accessible, and deeply human,” said Sarah Rasmussen, Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre Center. “With All the Devils Are Here, he invites audiences to look beyond these iconic villains and consider the complexities of ambition, power, and morality. It’s a performance that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.”
All the Devils Are Here follows some of Shakespeare’s greatest villains—including Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Claudius, Iago, Shylock, and more—whose stories have fascinated audiences for centuries. After decades of bringing iconic villains to life—including Hades in Hadestown, Scar in The Lion King, and the Green Goblin in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark—Patrick Page turns his attention to the twisted motivations and hidden humanity at the heart of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable evildoers. Seamlessly transforming from one character to the next, Page illuminates Shakespeare’s evolving conception of evil, moving from king to murderer to mastermind as he explores more than a dozen of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable creations. This tour-de-force performance offers a spellbinding exploration of the most terrifying subject of them all: human nature.
Pictured Above: Patrick Page in All The Devils Are Here. Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.
The creative team includes Patrick Page (Creator/Performer), Simon Godwin (Director), Arnulfo Maldonado (Scenic Designer), Emily Rebholz (Costume Designer), Stacey Derosier (Lighting Designer), Darron L. West (Sound Designer), Stewart Productions/Bethany Weinstein Stewart (Tour Production Manager), Natalie Hratcko (Production Stage Manager), Joe Burt (Associate Scenic Designer), Ryan Matthew Hall (Associate Sound Designer), Avery Reagan (Lighting Supervisor), Sam Spear (Tour Technical Director), Mara Isaacs (Executive Producer), Bryan Hunt (Tour Producer) for Octopus Theatricals, and Thomas M. Neff (Co-Producer).
Single and group tickets are now on sale through the Box Office at 91 University Place, online at mccarter.org, or by calling Patron Services at (609) 258-2787. Accessibility services, including ASL-interpreted, audio-described, and open-captioned performances, are also available on selected dates. McCarter Theatre Center in located at 91 University Place, Princeton.
New: Picnic Packages
Before seeing the show, choose a curated picnic to enjoy preshow on the lawn or in the lobby. To learn more, visit mccarter.org/picnicpackages.
Pictured Above: Patrick Page in All The Devils Are Here. Photo Credit: Contributed.
About Patrick Page
Patrick Page, “one of America’s finest classical actors” (The Wall Street Journal), is a Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner whose acclaimed stage career spans Broadway, classical theater, and new works. He is an Associate Artist of The Old Globe in San Diego and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., where he has performed celebrated Shakespearean roles including King Lear, Coriolanus, Prospero, Macbeth, Iago, and Claudius. His film credits include Spirited for Apple TV+, In the Heights, Estella Scrooge, The Sixth Reel, and I Am Michael. Television credits include Richard Clay on HBO’s The Gilded Age, Octavius Kratt in Schmigadoon!, and appearances on Etoile, Elementary, Madam Secretary, and Flesh and Bone.
About Octopus Theatricals
Founded by Tony® and GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs, Octopus Theatricals collaborates with artists and organizations to develop and produce compelling theatrical works for local and global audiences. Projects include GYPSY starring Audra McDonald (lead producer, Broadway); Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (lead producer, Broadway, West End, and National Tour; eight Tony Awards including Best Musical; GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album); Goddess created by Saheem Ali, James Ijames, and Michael Thurber (The Public Theater, NYC); Patrick Page’s All the Devils Are Here (Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Award nominations; Off-Broadway and U.S. Tour); A Beat of Our Own by Rehana Lew Mirza, Mike Lew, and Sam Willmott; Kunene and the King by John Kani; (…Iphigenia), a new opera by Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding; In The Same Tongue created by choreographer Dianne McIntyre with music by Diedre Murray; Bill Irwin’s On Beckett; And So We Walked by DeLanna Studi; Theatre for One (in-person and virtual); and many more. For more information, visit octopustheatricals.com.
About McCarter Theatre Center
McCARTER THEATRE CENTER is one of the country’s flagship theatres and a vibrant center for community and the performing arts. Located on the campus of Princeton University, the company is an independent nonprofit, serving as a nationally renowned, multidisciplinary creative hub of arts and ideas, offering theatre, music, dance, spoken word, and educational programs for all ages. A two-time Tony Award winner, McCarter’s legacy of artistic excellence traces back to the theatre’s first performances in 1930. Our Town, You Can’t Take It with You, and Bus Stop all had their premieres on the McCarter stage, paving the way for a long history of collaborations with playwrights to launch remarkable works that have gone on to tens of thousands of performances, reaching millions of audience members around the world.
The company is equally revered for presenting global artists on its stages, including Alvin Ailey, Yo-Yo Ma, Samara Joy, Hasan Minhaj, Jon Stewart, Caetano Veloso, Rhiannon Giddens, Patti Smith, Esperanza Spalding, Lake Street Dive, and Herbie Hancock, among many others. Of the 100,000 community members who directly participate in the company’s work every year, more than 5,000 are students taking part in McCarter’s robust educational offerings in Princeton, Trenton, and in schools throughout the region.
McCarter leads with values of “justice and joy, beauty in belonging,” creating stories and experiences that enliven minds, expand imaginations, and engage communities.
