Ducdame's DAMES OF THRONES Begins Next Week

Ducdame Ensemble will present a one-night-only preview performance of DAMES OF THRONES: THE WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES, on Wednesday February 10th at the Gloria Maddox Theatre in New York City. The event will take place before the production makes its official premiere at the Adobe Rose Theatre in Santa Fe, New Mexico later this month. The devised piece, produced in association with the International Shakespeare Center of Santa Fe, draws from Shakespeare's history plays including RICHARD III, HENRY IV - VI, and KING JOHN.

ISC Associate Artistic Director and Ducdame Ensemble Founding Member Ariana Karp adapts and directs the production. Samantha Blinn, Brittany Chandler, Gabrielle Georgescu, Cori Hundt, Jane May, Tedra Millan, Emily Ota, and Kelly Strandemo will take on Shakespeare's iconic female characters. Michael J. Connolly, Ian Harkins, Will McKay, Brandon Petty, and Nicholas Koy Santillo will portray the men who attempt to seduce, serve, and destroy them.

Ducdame Ensemble was founded by graduates of the Masters Degree in Classical Acting program from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). The company's inaugural USA production, a new adaptation of Lope de Vega's FUENTE OVEJUNA, was presented in the NY International Fringe Festival last August. The production was awarded the 2015 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Best Direction.

DAMES OF THRONES: THE WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES marks Ducdame Ensemble's first of several planned partner productions with the International Shakespeare Center. DAMES OF THRONES will be part of a month-long celebration of Shakespeare sparked by the New Mexico Museum of Art exhibit The First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.

Tickets to the NYC preview of DAMES OF THRONES are available on Ducdame Ensemble's website: www.ducdameensemble.com. There will be a reception directly following the performance. For inquiries and information, contact media@ducdameensemble.com.

DAMES OF THRONES, THE WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIESGloria Maddox Theatre, 151 West 26th Street, 7th floor, NYC 10011Wednesday February 10th, 2016 - 7:00pm