Theatre Arts

Shakespeare Adjacent Reading Series Then and Now Facing the End

Directed by Tom Gough & Liz Stimson

 

Wednesday, July 16^th at 7:30pm - Everyman by Anonymous

In this 16^th Century morality play, judgement has come upon Everyman.  He is called to unexpectedly face his mortality and fate in the afterlife only to discover that most things he grew accustomed to in life cannot accompany him to the astral plane.  With his fate uncertain, Everyman struggles with his options.

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Thursday, July 17^th at 7:30pm - Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

A highly modernized take on Everyman, Everybody must negotiate the timeless issue of mortality through a significantly modernized lens.

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Wednesday, August 6 at 7:30pm - The Shakespeare Conspiracy by Andrew Shephard

Shakespeare’s characters are real…the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) is a spy branch of the government . . . and mankind’s last hope is a travel agent called Martin. In this epic, zany, romantic, tragic comedy, Shakespeare’s heroes and villains have been waging a secret war, after being inexplicably being brought to life over 400 years ago. If the rules of theatre are broken, it will bring about the end of the world.

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Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm - Shakespeare & The Zombie Plague of 1590 by Richard Henry and Eric Hissom

In 1590’s England, emerging young playwright William Shakespeare is drawn into one of his own plays where Macbeth and his Witches conjure a horde of Zombies to destroy Queen Elizabeth and a cast of the Bard’s most famous characters. This epic adventure follows a reluctant Shakespeare as he tries to find his voice as a writer and save the world from the undead in a rock and roll horror comedy mash up.

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