SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATER 2017 Comes to Brooklyn

Enjoy an indoor Shakespeare festival with air conditioning!

PERFORMANCES:

All's Well That Ends Well
One of Shakespeare's problem plays, All's Well That Ends Well explores the relationship between desire, consent, and power. This disarming play features one of Shakespeare's most underrated heroines, Helena, as she pursues the love of the unlikable Bertram. In its representation of seduction and power, this play asks how far we'll go for the one we want and who do we become when we get him?
90 minutes
Thu Aug 3 @ 7pm
Sat Aug 5 @ 7pm
Sat Aug 12 @ 2pm

Bound in Love
A physical theater piece about who has power, how we get it, and what we do with it. Bound in Love follows five young people as they fight for their chance for the throne.
30 minutes
Fri Aug 18 @ 7pm
Sat Aug 19 @ 3pm
Mon Aug 21 @ 9:30pm

Cymbeline
A wave of war and drama propel a kingdom and its gods through an epic fantasy exceeding the ambition of any other
Shakespearian Tragedy.
90 minutes
Sun Aug 20 @ 5pm
Mon Aug 21 @ 7pm
Sat Aug 26 @ 2pm

Juliet and Romeo
Adapted by Samantha Rehr
Directed by Skylar Fox
When choices are a privilege, who wouldn't risk everything to make some? Girl meets boy in this spare, biting adaptation, giving a fresh view into the forces that make us who we are when we are becoming the people we will be: our strange bodies, the strange people around us, and the best bad pop music.
120 minutes
Sun Aug 6 @ 4pm
Tue Aug 8 @ 9:10pm
Fri Aug 11 @ 6:30pm

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
By having the audience play the central character of the play - the Roman people, this bare bones adaptation of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar deals with the leader's ability to manipulate the people and the community's involvement in the political life. It highlights the responsibility and power that an individual has to change things, by forcing the audience to choose between passive spectatorship and active participation.
70 minutes
Sat Aug 19 @ 4:30pm
Tue Aug 22 @ 7pm
Thu Aug 24 @ 7pm

Macbeth: Thrice and Once
Sustainable VCR
Directed and adapted by J. W. Randall
Performed by Ryan William Downey, Clara Francesca, J. W. Randall
Sustainable VCR & The Brick present Macbeth: Thrice and Once. Three performers dive into this frenetic, hour-long adaption of Shakespeare's original text. The Macbeths, glorified darlings of a prosperous nation, face a prophesy that fuels their murderous lust for power. Witness their secret conversations, monstrous acts, and unearthly terrors in this intimate, wild, and whimsical staging of the bloody tragedy.
60 minutes
Wed Aug 2 @ 9:15pm
Fri Aug 4 @ 9:30pm
Tue Aug 8 @ 7pm

Macbeth; A Walking Shadow
Co-Directed by Hayley Cartee and Aiden Dreskin
What happens when we turn the lights off, inhibiting what we can see of ourselves and others? How much of our identity is the mask we put on to appease the people around us? By incorporating tropes from the horror and dark-comedic genres, and playing with shadows and sounds, our aim is to cast this story of murder and deception in a new light. Together, we will explore the classic tale of the Scottish King: Macbeth; A Walking Shadow.
Tue Aug 15 @ 7pm
Fri Aug 18 @ 8:30pm
Wed Aug 23 @ 7pm

Measure for Measure
Although written in 1623, Measure for Measure is still happening now, in Trump's America. Using only lighting and costume, the text highlights the similarities between Isabellas' circumstances and the conditions faced by women in 2017
after a man accused of rape and sexual assault became the President of the United States.
90 minutes
Fri Aug 4 @ 7pm
Thu Aug 10 @ 7pm
Mon Aug 14 @ 7pm
Pericles
Pericles is the story of love and loss, forgetting and finding, losing your home and learning to make a new one. It's a
story that's been lost in an attic - we're moving out of the house and unpacking old boxes when we come across a weird old story and get swept away. It's performed by no more than four actors, a card table, and a bunch of stuff in boxes- think Krapp's Last Tape meets Tiny Ninja Theater.
120 minutes
Sat Aug 19 @ 6:30pm
Sun Aug 20 @ 2pm
Sat Aug 26 @ 4:30pm

12th Night OR What You Will
Directed by Nikolai Mishler
Set in the abstracted dressing room of The Brick, an all-female ensemble will play out this raucous comedy in a makeshift manner. Focused on the societal constructs of personal identity-and our autonomy within those expectations-the characters do 'what they will' and decide for themselves how they are perceived. Prepare for original music, majestic buffoonery, and sincere love.
75 minutes
Wed Aug 2 @ 7pm
Mon Aug 7 @ 7pm
Thu Aug 17 @ 7pm

Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Swashbuckling Comedy!
Directed by Ariel Leigh
Michael Hagins - Fight Choreography
Performed by: Beth Devlin, Erin PatRick Miller, Isaac Allen Miller, Noah Parks, Daniel Pascale, Annika Gullahorn, Dylan J. Sampson, Vanessa Schanen, Vanessa Wendt, Michael Whitten
The story of Two Gentlemen of Verona, done in a time of piracy and the high seas, where swordplay and physical comedy fixes some of the original holes in the plot. Valentine is sent off to find his fortune in a new land, followed closely by his best friend, and he in turn followed by his lovestruck girlfriend. Sword-fights, dogs, pirate outlaws and kidnappings lead to a wild climax and love triumphant.
120 minutes
Sat Aug 5 @ 4pm
Sun Aug 6 @ 7pm
Fri Aug 11 @ 9:30pm

Shakespeare in the Theater 2017 will play at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) August 2 - 26 on a festival schedule. Tickets ($20) may be purchased online at www.bricktheater.com or by calling 866-
811-4111.

The Brick is located at 579 Metropolitan Avenue (between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the L & G subway lines (L: Lorimer stop; G: Metropolitan stop). For more detailed directions & further information, visit http://www.bricktheater.com.

The Brick and its non-profit company, The Brick Theater, Inc. were founded in September of 2002 by Robert Honeywell and Michael Gardner. Formerly an auto-body shop, a storage space and a yoga center, this brick- walled garage was completely refurbished into a state-of-the-art theater complex, with a large sprung floor and professional lighting and sound package.

Winner of THE 2009 CAFFE CINO FELLOWSHIP AWARD, The Brick is Williamsburg, Brooklyn's destination for subversive theatrical experiences. Home to the critically acclaimed premieres of Bouffon Glass Menajoree (NY IT Award Winner Outstanding Play), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (NY IT Award Winner-Outstanding Play), Greed: A Musical Love $tory (NY IT Award Nominee Outstanding Musical), Red Cloud Rising, Theatre of the Arcade and Suspicious Package (NY IT Award Nominee-Outstanding Play), The Brick has hosted some of downtown theater's most innovative artists, including Target Margin Theater, New Georges, Jason Grote, Annie Baker, Young Jean Lee, The Debate Society, The Mad Ones and Thomas Bradshaw.

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