Schiller's Mary Stuart, Translated by Feingold Opens 4/30

Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart opens at The Pearl Theatre Company on Sunday, April 30th and runs through Sunday, May 21st. Joanne Camp (recently seen in "Hecuba") and Carol Schultz (recently seen in "Measure for Measure") star and Eleanor Holdridge (The Imaginary Invalid) directs.

Mary Stuart dramatizes the enthralling clash of two rival royals, Mary Queen of Scots and her politically-ambitious cousin, Elizabeth I of England, during a scandal-ridden, world-changing period of England's history. With faith dramatically pitted against politics and womanhood poised with statesmanship, Schiller's account of Elizabeth's struggle over executing Mary or sparing her life is propelled forward through conspiracies, suicides, jealousies, explosive confrontations and suspense.

Schiller's universally acclaimed masterpiece (written in 1801) has been performed for over 200 years and was recently staged on London's West End. Friedrich Schiller, whose "Ode to Joy" was most famously set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, is renowned not just as a dramatist and poet but as a foremost German philosopher and historian.

The Pearl Theatre Company's production of Mary Stuart is a New York premiere of Michael Feingold's translation, which has received critical acclaim in Boston and San Francisco. Five of Mr. Feingold's translations have received world premieres at The Pearl: The Venetian Twins, When Ladies Battle, The Barber of Seville, Mirandolina and A Will of His Own.

Joanne Camp (Mary Stuart) This marks Ms. Camp's 47th role at The Pearl; she was most recently seen in the title role of Hecuba. Favorites include Clytemnestra, Millamant, Madames Arkadina and Ranyevskaya, Rosalind, Beatrice, Hedda Gabler, Phaedra, Mrs. Sullen and Toinette (2005 Joseph A. Callaway Award). Broadway: Dinner at Eight; The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Heidi Chronicles (Drama Desk & Tony Award nominations), and Coastal Disturbances. Off-Broadway: Painting Churches, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, and Geniuses (Clarence Derwent & Theatre World Awards). Ms. Camp received an OBIE for her work with The Pearl. Film/TV: Law & Order, Private Parts, The Luckiest Man in the World. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

Carol Schultz (Elizabeth) Twenty-five shows at The Pearl, including The Rivals (2003 Callaway Award for Classical Performance), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Way of The World, The Oresteia, John Gabriel Borkman, The School for Scandal, Angel Street, and Hard Times. Other New York credits include Lincoln Center Theater (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), the Minetta Lane (Marvin's Room), and CSC. She has worked extensively in regional theatres across the country, recently playing Margrethe in Copenhagen, Terry in Side Man at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Lily in Ah Wilderness, and Birdie in The Little Foxes at the Cincinnati Playhouse. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

The cast of Mary Stuart includes members of The Pearl Theatre Company's 2005-2006 Resident Acting Company: Dominic Cuskern, Robert Hock, Sean McNall and Edward Seamon. Additional cast members include guest artists Beth Dixon, T J Edwards, Kenric Green, Brian Hicks, Raphael Peacock, Celester Rich, Noel Velez and Tyler Woods.

Stage Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers; Costume Design by Jessica Ford; Lighting Design by Stephen Petrilli; Sound Design by Jane Shaw.

Since 1984, The Pearl Theatre Company has made its home at the historic Theatre 80 in the heart of New York's East Village. The Pearl has produced 106 classical masterpieces. The great playwrights all have been well-represented at The Pearl, including twenty-two Shakespeares, nine Shaws, seven Ibsens, five Sophocles, and four each of Molière, Chekhov, and Racine.

Performances take place alternating Tuesdays at 7PM; Wednesdays at 2PM; Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM; Saturdays at 2PM (except April 29); and Sundays at 2PM. Visit www.pearltheatre.org for complete 05-06 performance schedule. Tickets are $50 (Fri.-Sun.) and $40 (Tues.-Thurs. and Sat. matinees).

Tickets can be purchased by calling The Pearl Theatre Company Box Office at (212) 598-9802 or on-line at www.TheaterMania.com. Theatre 80 is located at 80 St. Marks Place at 1st Avenue. To get to The Pearl Theatre Company, take the R/W Train to 8th Street, the 6 Train to Astor Place, the L Train to 1st Avenue, or the F Train to 2nd Avenue.

• ALL PREVIEW PERFORMANCES ARE $25

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