The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 23rd season features Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in repertory with the comedy, "Lend Me a Tenor"; the Bard's romantic comedy, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," and the beloved musical, "Fiddler on the Roof."

The season also includes Tina Packer's "Women of Will," which will launch a national tour following its run at PSF.

The PSF season opens May 30 and runs through Aug. 3 in Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.

"The vibrant interaction between the artists and the audiences at PSF continues to be the centerpiece of a uniquely enriching experience for our patrons," said Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic director.

"Record subscriptions are a great sign that it's working," Mulcahy continued. "Expanded programming has led to deeper engagement by giving our audiences more opportunities for pre- and post-show experiences."

For the fourth consecutive season, PSF will produce two plays in repertory on its main stage: "Macbeth" and "Lend Me a Tenor."

Mulcahy returns to the director's chair with "Macbeth," July 17 - Aug. 3, Main Stage Theatre, for the first time since his production of "Hamlet" in 2011.

"This is a scorching personal and political nightmare made real and I'm envisioning a production that will appeal to multiple generations, as Shakespeare always has and always will," said Mulcahy of "Macbeth."

"Lend Me a Tenor," July 9 - Aug. 3, Main Stage Theatre, will be directed by long-time PSF artist Jim Helsinger, who directed "The Importance of Being Earnest" last season and also played the role of Lady Bracknell to rave reviews.

"My favorite description of the play is an accelerating snowball of laughter," Mulcahy said of "Tenor." "It has the class and charm of a Kaufman and Hart comedy, plus all the door-slamming hilarity of a Marx Brothers' classic like "Room Service." It's a masterwork of comic mayhem."

Following his production of "Oklahoma!" last summer, PSF Associate Artistic Director Dennis Razze will direct "Fiddler on the Roof," June 11 - 29, Main Stage Theatre.

The talents of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and Jerome Robbins coalesced to create "Fiddler on the Roof," based on "Tevye the Dairyman" and other tales by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem. Set in 1905 in Czarist Russia, the musical fiddler balancing precariously on the roof is a metaphor of survival and of the traditions and faith that help provide balance and direction in the upheaval of challenging times.

Best friends fall for the same girl in Shakespeare's earliest romantic comedy, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," June 18 - July 13, Schubert Theatre.

A Duke, a debutante and a dog join the cast in the exploration of loyalty and love. Matt Pfeiffer, who previously directed last season's hit, "The 39 Steps," returns to direct "Two Gentlemen."

"Women of Will" is the summation of Tina's Packer's 40-plus years investigating all things Shakespeare. Exploring themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence and power through the heroines in Shakespeare's text, Packer traces the chronological evolution of Shakespeare's female characters.

Packer, Founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare & Company, has won accolades from Ben Brantley of The New York Times for "Women of Will." At PSF, Packer and Nigel Gore star and Eric Tucker directs.

"Women of Will" runs July 20 - Aug. 3 in the Schubert Theatre.

"Tina has been a force of nature in Shakespeare performance in England and in America for decades," said Mulcahy. "Any understanding of Shakespeare's women would be incomplete without 'Women of Will.'"

The 2014 season includes two productions for children: "Cinderella," May 30 - Aug. 2, Schubert Theatre, and "Shakespeare for Kids," July 23 - Aug. 2, Main Stage Theatre.

Subscription renewals are available in mid-November. New subscriptions will be available after Jan. 1.

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, a professional company in residence at DeSales University, is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth and a professional, not-for-profit theatre company.