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(re)discover theatre presents AS YOU LIKE IT
(re)discover theatre continues to pick-up steam, kicking off their second season with a bold adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It, adapted by Jessica Shoemaker and directed by Matthew Wills. The company is known for tackling devised work and language plays with a focus on text, relationship and discovery. Audiences are engaged in a visceral experience that feels anything but traditional. Says adaptor Shoemaker: "For us, exploring these "classical" works isn't a delicate excavation of an ancient work… We believe that classical works have survived so long because they continue to be vibrantly alive. They were meant to be taken outside the box and played with. Hard." (re)discover theatre has been hailed as “shocking, sexy, and haunting” by the Chicago Reader, and “inventive and authentic” by Chicago Theater Beat. You won't want to miss their tragicomic take on Shakespeare's most famous love-comedy with touches of theatrical clowning and live music. Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance. To purchase tickets visit www.rediscovertheatre.com The production opens on Valentine's Day and runs through February 24th, playing at 1244 W. Thorndale Ave., Chicago, IL 60660, Magnolia St. entrance.
For further information contact: info@rediscovertheatre.com Phone: (312)884-1733
Thursday, February 14 at 8pm
Friday, February 15 at 8pm
Saturday, February 16 at 8pm
Sunday, February 17 at 2pm
Sunday, February 17 at 8pm
Thursday, February 21 at 8pm
Friday, February 22 at 8pm
Saturday, February 23 at 8pm
Sunday, February 24 at 2pm
Flesh and Bone
Conceived and written by Jessica Shoemaker
Developed by (re)discover ensemble
Flesh and Bone is:
Sexuality. Body Image. American media.
A fresh and humorous exploration of the issue that lives in ads and breathes in us.
A show.
A demonstration.
A call to arms.
Thur June 21 10:00 pm
Fri June 22 7:00 pm
Sat June 23 4:00 pm
Sun June 24 1:00 pm
At The Kranzberg Cabaret
501 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
The Team:
Jessica Shoemaker- director / writer
Janet Howe- director / choreographer
Matthew Wills - actor / projections designer
Miriam Reuter - actor / poetic genius
‘Flesh and Bone’ is a devised piece. The team collaborated on all elements of the piece to create the full expression of the ideas.
“An Evening of Beckett”
Play – Not I – What Where
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Matt Wills
Thur- Sun May 24 – June 2 8pm
Sunday May 27 and June 3 2pm
At The Heartland Studio
7016 N Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
- off the Morse Red Line west of the tracks -
Play
W1 - Miriam Reuter
W2 - Paloma Nozicka
M - Jon Matteson
Not I
Mouth - Jessica Shoemaker
What Where
Bam - Miriam Reuter
Bom - Mark Chaitin
Bim - Bobby Arnold
Bem - Aaron Pagel
V - Paloma Nozicka
"the tragedie of hamlet: prince of denmarke"
by william shakespeare
directed by matt wills
february 16,17,18,19,24,25 at 7 p.m.
february 18,19,25 at 2 p.m
@the Live Bait Theater
3914 n. clark st
located in wrigleyville and is easily accessible
via the red line (sheridan stop) or the brown line (irving park).
because brevity is the soul of wit, running time will be 2 hours & 15 min.
Matt Wills: Director, Co-Producer
Jon Matteson: Producer
Miriam Reuter: Producer
Jessica Shoemaker: Text Coach
Mark Jacob Chaitin: Assistant Text Coach
Molly Slavin: Director of Marketing
Bobby Arnold: Stage Manager
Janet Howe: Costume Designer
Aaron Pagel: Fight Choreographer
CAST:
Jon Matteson: Hamlet
Miriam Reuter: Ophelia
Jessica Shoemaker: Laertes
Charlie Askenaizer: Horatio
Dan Toot: Claudius
Josie Nahas: Gertrude
David Cady, Jr: Polonius
Cat Kusch: Rosencrantz/Priest
AJ Miller: Guildenstern/Osric
Candice Allen: Bernardo/Captain/Player 1/Player King
Jay Reed: Ghost/Gravedigger
Mark Chaitin: Francisco/Player 3 (Lucianus)/Messenger/GD 3
Tracey Kaplan: Marcellus/Sailor/Player 2/Player Queen/Fortinbra