Winter's Tale & Much Ado-New Theatre's Shakespeare Fest!

New Voices – New Work

New Theatre Kicks Off its 2006-2007 Season with The Shakespeare Festival

The Winter's Tale

in repertory with
Much Ado About Nothing

With Nicholas Alexander, Bridget Connors, Steve Gladstone, Euriamis Losada, Annemaria Rajala, James Randolph, Robert Strain, Peter Tedeschi, Cecilia Torres and Chris Vicchiollo

Directed by Kathi E. B. Ellis (Winters's Tale) and Roberto Prestgiacomo (Much Ado….;) Set Design: Jesse Dreikosen; Costume Design: Estela Vrancovich; Sound Design: M. Anthony Reimer; Lighting Design: Doug Molash

August 3 through 27, 2006

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 1 pm and 7 pm

Rotating Repertory Schedule

The Winter's Tale: August 3 (Preview), 5 (Press Opening), 6 (7 pm),

10, 12, 13 (1 pm), 18, 20 (7 pm), 24, 26, 27 (1 pm, Closing)

Much Ado About Nothing: August 4 (Preview), 6 (1 pm- Press Opening),

11, 13 (7 pm), 17, 19, 20 (1 pm), 25, 27 (7 pm- Closing)
TICKETS

Preview, Thursday, August 3

$25

Pre-Opening Night, Friday, August 4

(Pre-show reception courtesy of Catering by Lovables)

$55

Tickets $40
Full time students under 25 with ID $15

Shakespeare Festival Flexible Passes (2- plays) $70

BACKGROUND

In 1611 Shakespeare was a mature artist at 47, financially comfortable, and artistically free to speak his mind – at least in matters non-political in nature. That year he wrote The Winter's Tale, a play that shifts tone by the moment, for the agile and willing spectator to savor its delights. The narrative, with its storms, man-eating bears, and statues that come to life is amongst the most fantastical in all literature. The play's first known performance occurred at the Globe Theatre in London, on May 15, 1611. Harold Bloom in his Shakespeare and The Invention of the Human calls The Winter's Tale a work that "surges with Shakespeare's full power…" and "…one of his richest plays."

Written 13 years earlier than the other, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts with The Winter's Tale the way summer differs from winter. In this comedy of mistaken identities and equivocations, Shakespeare gives us some of his most unforgettable supporting characters: Hero, Claudio, Leonato, Don John, Borachio, Don Pedro, and Margaret.

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