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"thrilling...extraordinary...Shakespeare's text cracks through the air like lightning" - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
"...beautifully conceived and executed...wallopingly powerful...top-notch production...Epstein is mightily good as Shylock" - Albany Times Union
"Epstein is one of the great actors in New England." - Ed Siegel, WBUR
A perilous romance. A tragic history. An infamous wager. Shakespeare’s most controversial yet poignant play offers a visceral display of courtship, prejudice, money and revenge, ending ultimately in a choice between life and death. Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer reunites with longtime Company member Jonathan Epstein as Shylock, the Bard’s most memorable and highly charged outsider.
Cast: Kate Abbruzzese, Peter Andersen, Jason Asprey, Erick Avari, Thomas Brazzle, Jonathan Epstein, Michael Fuchs, Deaon Griffin-Pressley, John Hadden, Tamara Hickey, Cloteal Horne, Shahar Isaac, Bella Merlin, Dylan Wittrock
Generously sponsored by Dr. Gerald and Roberta Friedman
fourth season with S&Co: Portia, Casca Julius Caesar; title role Hamlet; Susie Parasite Drag. Off Broadway: Ann Weis Scotty; Carl Linnaeus My Favorite Character Was the Talking Vase. Regional: Lizzy Bennet Pride and Prejudice (Baltimore Center Stage); Miranda, the Tempest , Allie Dairyland (Chautauqua Theatre Company); Perdita, The
moreSecond season with S&Co. Previous roles: Ensemble, Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World; Laertes, Hamlet; Avery, The Flick (Company One), Peter, Henry VI Pt 2 (Actor’s Shakespeare Project); Aaron, Titus Androncisu (The Humanist Project); Cassius, Julius Caesar (Emerson College); and Brutus, Julius Caesar (S&Co Conservatory). Peter obtained
moretwenty-fourth season (Calaban, The Tempest; Cloten, Cymbeline). Recent S&Co: Graziano, The Merchant of Venice; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Priest, Mother of the Maid; Cassius, Julius Caesar; Ferdinand, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Derek, Accomplice; Richard Hannay, The 39 Steps; Parasite Drag; Frank, The Memory of Water; Autolycus, The Winter’s
moreFirst season with S&Co. Erick owes his training and success in the industry to Shakespeare & Company and is delighted to be returning after 35 years. Broadway: The King & I, Rasputin. Off Broadway: A Map of the World, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and 'Tis Pity She’s a Whore
moreS&Co: Posthumous, Cymbeline; Sebastian, The Tempest, Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice; Richard II; Walter, Kaufman’s Barbershop. Regional: Treasure Island (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Edmund, King Lear (Guthrie Theater); Grand Concourse; The Droll (WAM Theatre Fresh Takes Series); Franco Wicks, Superior Donuts; Alonzo,
morethirty-second season (Robin, The Children) S&Co: Jonny has directed or acted in more than 60 S&Co productions since 1987 including Creditors, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Tempest, Cymbeline, Midsummer, Merry Wives, Private Eyes, Brief Lives, Heroes, An Iliad and the title roles in King Lear, Henry IV, Richard
moreFirst season with S&Co. New York: David, Company; Ensemble, Pantagleize; Regional: Antipholus of Syracuse, Comedy of Errors; Bridegroom Blood Wedding; Rev. John Witherspoon, 1776; Aslan The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Arnold Needham, No Sex Please, We’re British. Michael holds degrees from MIT, the University of Pennsylvania,
morefourth season (Sebastian, Twelfth Night; Booth, Topdog/Underdog) A New York City based actor/playwright/ singer originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Off-Broadway and regional theatre include Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Richmond/Hastings +8; Richard III. S&Co: Malcolm, Macbeth; Orlando, As You Like It; Ferdinand, The Tempest; Pisanio +6, Cymbeline; Osric, Hamlet; Lorenzo,
moreFounding Member. John Hadden is a founding member of Shakespeare & Company, was co-founder/artistic director of Counterpoint Theater (Boston), artistic director of the Hubbard Hall Theater Co., and associate artist with We Players (San Francisco). He is a two-time “Berkie” winner who has worked as an actor/director/teacher for
morefourth season. S&Co: Heisenberg, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona; Regional: Appropriate, SpeakEasy Stage; God’s Ear (Elliot Norton Award Best Actress & Best Production), Henry VIII, Pericles, Living In Exile, all for Actors’ Shakespeare Project; Rancho Mirage, New Repertory Theatre; Cabaret, American Repertory Theatre (IRNE
moreCloteal L. Horne is a dynamic actress, educator, and theatre-maker. Born-and-bred in San Diego California. Her theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: The Steadfast (Slant Theatre Project); Dirty Blood (Billie Holiday Theatre). Regional: Twelfth Night; Merry Wives of Windsors; Two Gents.; Merchant of Venice; Comedy of Errors; Midsummer Night’s Dream; Christmas
moreFirst season with S&Co. Regional: Bar Giora, Yael Farber's Salome (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Our Town (George Street Playhouse). International: Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare’s Globe, London). New York: Dancing Turtle (Winner of the Samuel French OOB Festival); The Djinns of Eidgah, Workshop (The Play Company). AlphaNYC: Oy!, Glee
morethird season (Maria, Twelfth Night; Sir Hugh Evans, Merry Wives) S&Co: Queen/Arviragus (Cymbeline), Trinculo (The Tempest), Nerissa (The Merchant of Venice), Outlaw (The Two Gentlemen of Verona); Regional: Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Margaret (Richard III), LA Phil: Beckett One-Acts. UK: National Theatre: A Laughing Matter; The Permanent Way; She Stoops
moreFirst season with S&Co. Dylan grew up performing Shakespeare with his father and brother, and has acted in more plays than he can remember. He has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, performed improv at the Chicago Theater, and busked streets of the Royal Mile at the Fringe Festival in
moreFounding Member (Founding Artistic Director; Director, Heisenberg) She has directed all of Shakespeare’s plays (some of them several times), acted in eight of them (never when directing) and taught the whole canon at over thirty colleges, including Harvard, M.I.T. and NYU. At Columbia University, she taught in the
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“It is the ingenuity, if not genius, of Tina Packer, to make a rich, compelling case for a sympathetic treatment of Shylock [Epstein] while staying true to the comedic dictates of the author. Shakespeare was artist enough to give her that leeway and Packer is artist enough to spin that leeway into gold.”
– Ed Siegel, WBUR, Boston, MA
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