Photo Flash: What Dreams May Co. in Partnership with Queens Shakespeare Presents KING LEAR

After another amazing season, with amazing work onstage, with amazing audiences, who were in turn....amazed in 2015, What Dreams May Co in partnership with Queens Shakespeare Inc. again turns the microscope onto two of literature's most famous characters, who on the surface appear to be complete opposites. One a certain boy who will never grow up, the other one of Shakespeare's kings who has grown quite old. Yet they both seem to suffer a clear case of "Peter Pan Syndrome"; flying about from place to place, and oblivious to the destruction they leave in their wake. Following up our successful run of The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan, What Dreams May Co is pleased to present William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Director Emily C.A. Snyder brings audiences to the last days of Imperial Russia, a world of encroaching cold and darkness, of blowing winds, and crashing thunder. A place where class distinctions are brutally enforced, in the ever shifting battle to keep from being...left out in the cold. Exploring this timeless work through this high stakes lens, with a female Lear played by Kitty Mortland, audiences will be left to discover their own reason in madness, find the wisdom in folly, and perhaps...see a bit of their own nature in the shadow of Lear's looking glass.

For more information on the production contact Jonathan Emerson at jonathanemerson2000@yahoo.com or visit www.wdmcshakespeare.com/

Featuring: Jennifer Carter, Jonathan Emerson, William Gwyn, Samantha Leigh, Kitty Mortland, Erik LaPointe, Everett O'Neil, Chris Rivera, Alexi Sargeant, Becca Schneider, Chrissy Sheehan

Performances of King Lear are
December 8th - December 17TH (Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 7PM/Matinees Sat at 2PM)

John DeSotelle Studio
300 W 43rd St

New York, NY 10036

Tickets are $20.

To purchase tickets, please visit wdmclear.bpt.me or call 1-800-838-3006

Photo Credit: Joseph Sebring

Left to Right: Erik LaPointe (Albany), Becca Schneider (Goneril), Katrina Art (Oswald)

Left to Right: Samantha Leigh (Cordelia), Kitty Mortland (King Lear), Jennifer Carter (Kent)

Left to Right: Chris Rivera (Cornwall), William Gwyn (Edmund), Christina Sheehan (Regan)

Left to Right: William Gwyn (Edmund), Jonathan Emerson (Edgar)

Left to Right: William Gwyn (Edmund), Jonathan Emerson (Edgar)

Left to Right: Samantha Leigh (Fool), Jennifer Carter (Kent)

Left to Right: Samantha Leigh (Fool), Kitty Mortland (King Lear), Jennifer Carter (Kent)

Left to Right: Alexi Sargeant (France), Cordelia (Samantha Leigh)

Left to Right: Becca Schneider (Goneril), Erik LaPointe (Albany)

Left to Right: Becca Schneider (Goneril), Christina Sheehan (Regan)

Left to Right: Erik LaPointe (Albany), Becca Schneider (Goneril), William Gwyn (Edmund)

Left to Right: Becca Schneider (Goneril), William Gwyn (Edmund), Christina Sheehan (Regan)

Left to Right: Becca Schneider (Goneril), Christina Sheehan (Regan), Kitty Mortland (King Lear), Samantha Leigh (Cordeila)

Left to Right: Chris Rivera (Cornwall), Christina Sheehan (Regan)