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Queens Shakespeare
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2009
Twelfth Night
Queens Shakespeare Makes Manhattan Debut
Queens Shakespeare makes its Manhattan debut with an encore engagement of it acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy classic TWELFTH NIGHT.
Directed by Nanette Ozias Asher, performances begin June 17 at The Flea Theater in Tribeca.
One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, TWELFTH NIGHT tells the story of Viola, a young woman shipwrecked in the country of Illyria who chooses to go incognito as a boy eunuch. She comes to serve the lovesick Count Orsino in his courtship of Lady Olivia, who instead falls for the fetching young go-between. This sets a series of events into motion that creates a tangled knot of romance and confusion that only time and fortuitous appearances can untie. Along the way, we meet Sir Toby Belch, Feste, and other riotous court characters, as well as that officious steward, Malvolio. With raucous antics, ravishing language and rich characters, Shakespeare creates a bittersweet tale of laughter and longing.
Asher’s straight-forward production stars Greg Mocker, Jonathan Emerson, Brandan Hunt, Rachel Crouthamel, Lindsey Larkin, Danny Makalil Mittermeyer, Adam Gallinant, Nathaniel Vaky, Zack Locuson, Viktoria Papayani, Rachel Marcus, David Wescott, Jeremy Patrick Hamilton and Anne Roser with set & lighting by Jonathan Emerson, graphic design by Greg Mocker, costumes & stage management by Tara Schmitt, and music by Justin Asher.
Arsenic and Old Lace
By Joseph Kesselring
Queens Shakespeare Inc. presents Joseph Kesselring's classic comedy/thriller/farce revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a theater-hating drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts' victims); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein to conceal his identity and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff.
Directed by Lawrence Lesher
Production Stage Manager / Costume Design: Tara Mary Schmitt
Production Manager / Set / Lighting Design: Jonathan Emerson
The show features:
Nanette Asher (Abby Brewster), Thom Brown III (Lt. Rooney), Timothy J. Cox (Dr. Herman Einstein), Jonathan Emerson (Officer O'Hara), Matthew Harris (Officer Klein), Brendon Hunt (Officer Brophy), Meg Mark (Elaine Harper), Danny Mittermeyer (Jonathan Brewster), Greg Mocker (Mortimer Brewster), Sean MacBride Murray (Teddy Brewster), Bill Rapp (Rev. Harper / Mr. Gibbs / Mr. Witherspoon) and Pauline Walsh (Martha Brewster)
Performance Schedule: February 26th - March 8th (Thursday - Sunday evening performances.)
Thursday, February 26th at 7:30PM
Friday, February 27th at 1:00PM and 7:30PM
Saturday, February 28th at 7:30PM
Sunday, March 1st at 6:00PM
Thursday, March 5th at 7:30PM
Friday, March 6th at 7:30PM
Saturday, March 7th at 7:30PM
Sunday, March 8th at 6:00PM
Ticket Price: $15 general admission; $10 for students and seniors
How to buy tickets: Call or order from Smarttix.com at 212.868.4444. Group sales call Nanette Asher at 718.357.3842
2008
Twelfth Night
Directed by Nan Asher
The production featured: Thomas Cox, Jonathan Emerson, Adam Gallinant, Brendan Hunt, Zack Locuson, Rachel Marcus, Miriam Mintz, Danny Mikalil Mittermeyer, , Viktoriya Papayani, Anne Roser, Nathaniel Vaky, David Westcott and Rachel Wright
Performance Schedule:
2007
Hamlet 2050
Directed by Nan Asher
The production featured: Dan Burkarth, Ru-Chen, Oliver Conant, Steven Cornine, Tom Cox, V. Orion Delwaterman, Jonathan Emerson, Liam Maclarty, Nick Masson, Tyler Neale, Jordan Oswell, Viktoriya Papayani, James Percival, Anne Roser, David Westcott and Elizabeth Yocam
Performance Schedule: October 25th, 26th, 27th at 7:30PM; October 28th at 5:30PM, November 1st at 1:00PM; November 2nd at 1:00PM and 7:30PM; November 3rd at 7:30PM and November 4th at 5:30PM
Romeo and Juliet
Directed by Nan Asher and Oliver Conant
The production featured: Michael Asher, Nan Asher, Michael Climek, Oliver Conant, Steven Cornine, Rachel Croathamel, Andrew Danish, V. Orion Delwaterman, Jonathan Emerson, Elizabeth Hammett, Tara Herway, Gloria Huwiler, Nickalaus Locke Kozjura, Frank Lin, Ned Lynch, Andrew Maclarty, Liam Maclarty, Viktoriya Papayani, James Percival and Sajeev Pillai
Performance Schedule: March 8th, 10th and 17th at 7:30PM; March 9th, 16th at 1:00PM; March 11th, 18th at 5:00PM
2006
As You Like It
Directed by Nan Asher, Oliver Conant, Steven Cormine and Elizabeth Hammett
The production featured: Jorge Luis-Casanova Alvarez, Michael Asher, Dan Burkarth, Allison Colby, Oliver Conant, Zoe Cooper, Steven Cornine, Kelsey Flynn, Koichiro Goto, Elizabeth Hammett, Sara Horgrefe, Dan Kennedy, Dan Lawrence, Ned Lynch, Andrew Maclarty, Nick Masson, James Percival, Nicole Reilly and Hollie Rosenberg
Performance Schedule: November 8th-11th 2006
Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30PM
Friday and Saturday afternoons at 1:00PM.
Macbeth
Directed by Nan Asher
The production featured: Jorge Luis-Casanova Alvarez, David Beck, Nicole Collins, Johnny Dee, Cynthia Dysla, Kelsey Flynn, Kate Erin Gibson, John Haag*, Jeannine Haas*, Rusheal Harrison, Julia E. Jones, Mairead Koehler, Joile Libert, Andrew Maclarty, George Maclarty, Liam Maclarty, Marbel Melendez and Nina Michaels
*These actors appeared, courtesy of Actors Equity Association
Performance Schedule: February 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th at 7:30PM and February 17th at 1:00PM
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