The reviews are in for J.T. Rogers’ White People, directed by Anna Brownsted, a “provocative and funny” (The Arts Fuse) account of three ordinary Americans as they deal their own prejudices and guilt, and the consequences of their actions. These three “absorbing, ultimately wrenching stories” (The Valley Advocate) are being told in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre through next Friday, September 4th only.
White People features Jason Asprey (also playing Hamlet), Michael Hammond (playing Iago in Othello) and Dana Harrison. Buy tickets now.
Check out our interview with the playwright J.T. Rogers right here:
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J. T. Rogers’ White People, directed by Anna Brownsted and featuring Jason Asprey, Michael Hammond and Dana Harrison begins previews tonight! It’s an intimate portrait of the lives of three ordinary Americans: a young professor teaching in a New York City college, a fading homecoming queen living an increasingly suffocating life in North Carolina, and a high-powered attorney from Brooklyn running a firm in St. Louis. Through intimate and heart-wrenching confessions, these three very human beings wrestle with their own guilt, prejudice, and the consequences they and their children must bear for their actions.
Check out the photos below, and purchase tickets now! (Act fast—only eleven performances!)
If you’re looking for something to tide you over before the new season begins, have a listen to this Roundtable interview with Artistic Director Tina Packer and Company actor Elizabeth Aspenlieder which aired a few weeks ago.
Tina and Elizabeth discuss the upcoming season titles, returning to Shakespeare & Company’s creative roots and Joe Donahue’s wish to be Tina Packer when he grows up. Listen below or visit WAMC’s website.
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Dear Friends,
You will love what we have in store for 2009/2010. After planning 32 seasons, I can positively say this is the most daring, powerful, impassioned line up that we have ever brought to stage. I turn the Artistic Director reins (or is it a whip?) over to Tony Simotes at the close of 2009, so I am especially keen in making this a thunderous season.
In the face of today’s economic climate, I am especially proud to say that Shakespeare & Company is standing firm and fast on our mission to bring the raw power of Shakespeare’s language and important modern voices to more audiences and keep tickets affordable to everyone.
EDIT: Tickets are now available for purchase online! The Box Office will begin taking phone orders Thursdays and Fridays from 11am-5pm, beginning March 12th. Stay tuned to our website for further Box Office Hours.
(Shakespeare & Company Members may purchase tickets over the phone this week—Thursday & Friday only—by calling 413-637-1199 ext 305).
This will be a season of ‘life laid bare’ and costs kept spare. Our shows will be simple, stripped down and sparingly beautiful, but we are doing more, performing more, playing more than ever before. Shakespeare & Company is not shrinking back. We will play on! I hope you’ll be play on with us. Join us for Shakespeare, and new voices. Music, clowning and spontaneity across our meadow and stages. More dialogue, discovery and delight for all!
Tina Packer
Founding Artistic Director
Our 2009-2010 brochure will be hitting your mailbox within the next several weeks. Make sure your mailing address is up to date by logging into OvationTix and clicking on “My Account”.
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