Theater 2020 Presents ROMEO AND JULIET, 7/14-8/6
By: Kelsey Denette Jun. 14, 2011
Theater 2020 is very pleased toannounce its inaugural production, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Thursday, July 14th through Saturday, August 6th, 2011, in Brooklyn Heights and Hunter Mountain, NY.
This is "Romeo & Juliet" with a Muslim/Hindu theme that was inspired by recent news events. It will be a fast paced 90 minute version with eight actors and four puppets. The show will be performed at Saint Charles Borromeo Church and Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights, before touring to the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY. The production will be the first in the new "Bard at Pier One" series in the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
A troupe of eight skilled street performers tells this timeless tale of
adolescent love through the prism of 21st Century attitudes and prejudices:
when a Hindu and a Muslim fall in love at first sight, sparks fly, igniting
centuries-old tribal passions. Love and laughter are followed by death and
despair: why must it take tragedy to bury ancient animosities?
Creative team: Director David Fuller, (Theater Ten Ten, Jean Cocteau Rep),
Choreographer Judith Jarosz & Poonam Basu, Set & Lighting consultant
Giles Hogya, Costume Designer Lynn Marie Macy, Production Stage
Manager Cynthia Hennon Marino, ASM Mackenzie Beth Ginsburg.
Cast: Poonam Basu, Justin Bennett*, Vandit Bhatt*, Marc Andrew
Hem Lee, Kareem M. Lucas, Lynn Marie Macy, Brandie Moore, and
Nicholas Pollifrone. (*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association)
Dates and Times:
Saint Charles Borromeo: July 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park: July 30, 31, Saturday at 6pm, Sunday at 2pm
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Saturday, August 6 at 8pm
Tickets and Reservations:
St Charles Borromeo, tickets $18 cash only at the door (air conditioned)
Reservations booked at www.theater2020.com or 718-624-3614
Brooklyn Bridge Park, all tickets free, no reservations required
Doctorow Center, tickets $20 ($15 sen/stu) reservations at 518-263-2063
Theater 2020 participates in the TDF Voucher Program - TDF/V
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