Commedia Rep
scenarios from Shakespeare
directed by Tony Pisculli

July 10 - July 19, 2015

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Temper, Temper, Tempest

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Dromio and Juliet

Two free-wheeling adaptations of some of Shakespeare's greatest plays, improvised in the style of commedia dell'arte with archetypal characters, leather masks and plenty of physical humor. Running in rep on alternate nights. No script! No blocking! No net!

Temper, Temper, Tempest

A riff on Shakespeare's final play, featuring a hack stage magician, his beautiful daughter--who may have a touch of real magic in her--and a storm of epic proportions.

Dromio and Juliet

A mash-up of Comedy of Errors with Romeo and Juliet, featuring forbidden love and two households both alike in every way--welcome to the clone wars!

Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
directed by Eleanor Svaton

July 24 - August 2, 2015

It is required
you do awake your faith

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Synopsis
Shakespeare's genre-bending spectacle tracing Time's inevitable cycle of loss and rebirth.

Though less commonly known than many of Shakespeare's earlier works, The Winter's Tale marks what might be called the Bard's most ambitious play in terms of the scope of its story, the variety of theatrical spectacle, and the attempt to find reconciliation and redemption in the wake of tyranny and tragedy. The play's presentation and treatment of women and children in a world organized and ruled by men is at the heart of The Winter's Tale, raising difficult questions and providing a fantastic culmination with more than a little room for interpretation. Considering that four hundred years later we still live in a world where women and children suffer abuse and injustice at the hands of the men holding power over them--in every country on Earth, every single day--this play offers a mirror by which to view how far, or not, humanity has progressed.

Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by R. Kevin Garcia Doyle

August 14 - August 23, 2015

... and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again ...

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Synopsis
Considered to be one of Shakespeare's "four Great Tragedies," The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice tells a story of love, lies, jealousy and revenge. Othello has risen to the rank of general in the Venetian army and has controversially married Desdemona, daughter of a prominent citizen. Othello's seemingly loyal ensign Iago, for reasons of his own (jealousy? revenge? spite? just because?) manipulates the general into believing that his new bride has been unfaithful to him. Spurred on by grief and jealousy, Othello plots grim revenge against the people he believes has wronged him.