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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
directed by
Jason Kanda
July 8 - July 17, 2016
Make no compare
between that love
a woman can bear me
and that I owe Olivia.
Reservations for
Twelfth Night
Standby tickets are FREE
at the door, or you can buy advance
reservations.
Free companion
lecture Sunday, July 10, 2:30pm. |
Synopsis
A comedy of heartfelt tumult sings of siblings sundered by the
sea.
Finding
herself bereft of family and wracked upon a foreign shore, Viola
poses as a
👨 to secure a post in the court of the Duke Orsino. She
😍 for him immediately, but says nothing as he thrusts
her into service as messenger to the object of his own
❤, Lady Olivia. The lady, in turn, falls for the
messenger, giving rise to a gender-bending love
△, or perhaps, with the added affections of Olivia's
steward, Malvolio, and a
visiting
😝, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, more like a love
⬠? Our production takes a contemporary look at a land
where the merest flutter of romance sends freak
🚩🚩🚩straight to the top of the pole.
Cast
Orsino - Brooke Jones
Viola - Gabriel Adam Brading
Olivia - Carson Morneau
Malvolio - Stephanie Conching
Sir
Toby - Nygell Katsuhisa Halvorson
Sir Andrew - Nick Jeffs
Feste -
Sean-Joseph Choo
Maria - Andy Valencia
Sebastian - Austin
Nakamura
Antonio - Kirk Lapilio
Fabian / Sea Captain -
Raymond Rivera III
Valentine / 1st Officer - Jack McManus
Curio / 2nd Officer / Priest - Eriq James
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The Witch of Edmonton
by
Rowley, Dekker & Ford
directed by Taurie Kinoshita
July 22 -
July 31, 2016
Let not the world
witches or devils condemn.
They follow us,
and then we follow them.
Reservations for
The Witch
of Edmonton
Standby tickets are FREE
at the door, or you can buy advance
reservations.
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Synopsis
A world lit
only by fire, full of superstition, of moral certitude, and
unequivocal evil: early 17th
century England seethed in folklore and spirits. Monarchs drank
potions of bone dust to increase their longevity, alchemists
sought arcane elemental knowledge, giants and monsters roamed
the wilderness, and witches soared through the darkened skies on
magical brooms.
Based on real events which occurred in
England in 1621, The Witch
of Edmonton follows three
storylines: the isolated, ridiculed, lonely Mother Sawyer who
turns to the devil (in the form of a dog), seeking revenge on
those who hurt her; Frank Thorney-a bigamist and wife-killer;
and the incorruptible Young Cuddy Banks, in love with a woman
beyond his reach.
One of the most sophisticated
treatments of domestic tragedy in Jacobean drama,
The Witch of Edmonton
takes a startlingly modern view of the
nature of evil: only when we choose immoral actions and have
malice in our hearts are we susceptible to diabolical,
supernatural influences.
Read the
Director's note.
Cast
Mother Sawyer, the Witch of Edmonton
- Stacy Ray
Devil Dog - Nicolas Logue
Sir Arthur - Andrew Lum
Cuddy Banks - Brandon DiPaola
Frank Thorney - Tristan Williams
Old Thorney - Jake McPherson
Katherine Carter - Claire Fallon
Susan Carter- Christine Lamborn
Old Carter - Jonathan "Fenix" Saavedra
Winifred - Ashley Shankles
Ratcliff
- Juno Mayer
Ann Ratcliff - Aiko Chinen
Old Banks - John Wat
Warbeck - Scott Peiterson
Somerton - Kenny Kusaka
Justice
- Nicholas Myers
Jack (clown) - Gabriel Ramirez
Jake
(clown) - Austin Sunderman
Community of Edmonton
- Sorsha Scott-Holmes
- Domina Hoffman
-
Bailey Campbell
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A Midsummer
Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
directed by
Tony Pisculli
August 12 - August 21, 2016
... reason and love keep little company together
now-a-days ...
Reservations for
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
Standby tickets are FREE
at the door, or you can buy advance
reservations.
Free companion
lecture Sunday, August 14, 2:30pm.
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Synopsis
Shakespeare's delirious comedy of
fairies meddling in the romantic lives of mortals.
This production is presented in
invented language.
Two invented languages, actually, one for the Greeks and one for
the Fairies. Shakespeare's original text is translated
word-for-word, preserving the meter, but obscuring the literal
meaning, and forcing the company to present the story through
physicality, intonation and intention.
Cast
Oberon - Stephanie Keiko Kong
Titania - Victoria Brown-Wilson
Puck - Amrita Mallik
Fairy - Becky McGarvey
Fairy -
Britni "Lolli" Keltz
Fairy - Taylor Turansky
Fairy - Rebekah Tandberg
Hermia - Alisa Boland
Lysander - Jordan Sasaki
Helena - Jennifer Fachan
Demetrius - Shayna Chung
Nick Bottom, the weaver - Christina
Uyeno
Peter Quince - Christina Torres
Francis Flute, the bellows mender -
Chelsea Cox
Robin Starveling, the tailor - Rebekah Tandberg
Tom Snout, the tinker - Judithanne
Young
Snug, the joiner - Isabella Miki
Theseus - Leigh Sholler
Hippolyta - Emily Hoadley
Egeus - Eden-Lee Murray
Philostrate - Kamalani Gapol
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