The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S LONG LOST FIRST PLAY (ABRIDGED)

On Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, February 12 at 2 PM, the Schimmel Center presents the New York debut of The Reduced Shakespeare Company's latest play, William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged.) The play weaves together most of the famous speeches and plot devices of Shakespeare's thirty-nine plays to create a fast, funny, and fictional fortieth, filled with witty wordplay and vaudevillian variety.

In this strange-yet-familiar narrative, an ancient grudge pits Puck (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) against Ariel (from The Tempest) and turns Shakespeare's canon upside-down, creating such strange bedfellows as Hamlet and that master motivator Lady Macbeth, Viola and Richard III, King Lear and the Weird Sisters, and (of course) Dromio and Juliet.

About the Reduced Shakespeare Company

Founded in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created ten world-renowned stage shows, two television specials, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company's itinerary has included stops off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London's West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal's famed Just For Laughs Festival, as well as performances in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Singapore and Bermuda, plus countless civic and university venues throughout the USA, the UK, and Europe.

They have been nominated for an Olivier Award in London, two Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, DC, the SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award, and several podcast awards.

RSC scripts are published in the US and UK, and translated into over a dozen languages.

About Schimmel Center

Schimmel Center is located in the heart of Downtown Manhattan at Pace University. At the Schimmel Center, it is our mission to present internationally acclaimed artists in the fields of dance, cabaret, music, comedy, lecture, world music and dance and family programming. We strive to provide affordable tickets allowing all patrons access to the high quality talent in the intimate setting of the Schimmel Center auditorium. Patrons enjoy performances as they've never seen or heard them before. By participating in our programming, you contribute to the rich culture of arts and education that we hold so dear in downtown Manhattan. For more information, visit SchimmelCenter.org.

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Location:

Schimmel Center is located at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan; conveniently located near the new Fulton Center and just blocks from One World Trade Center.

Via Subway:

A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5, J, or Z to Fulton Street (William Street Exit)

4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge Exit)

R to City Hall (Broadway Exit)

Via Path Train:

Path to World Trade Center stop

Via Bus:

M1, M9, M15, M22, M102, B51 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Stop

M6 to City Hall/Broadwaye

For additional information and up-to-the-minute updates, contact the Schimmel Center Box Office at (212) 346-1715

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