“MUSE” ANNOUNCES TOUR AND NEW CAST MEMBER
Theater For The New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director)
presents the Shakespeare's Sister Company's co-production of Kris Lundberg's play
MUSE (part of the 2014 Dream Up Festival)
Even before MUSE completes its run in Theatre for the New City’s Dream-Up Festival, Shakespeare's Sister Company has solidified dates for the production out-of-town.
The announcement of the tour necessitated a cast change: Greg Pragel joins the cast as Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Greg’s touring experience includes in the national tours of The Diary of Anne Frank (Peter Van Dann) and Fiddler on the Roof (Motel)
Ms. Lundberg portrays model Elizabeth Siddal, the woman who changed his life forever.
Based on a true story, this Victorian love story finds painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, destitute, reliving his torrid affair and brief marriage to Elizabeth Siddal, his model, his muse ... his greatest passion.
What follows is a symphony of emotions as complex as the paintings of Rossetti, Hunt, Millais … and Siddal.
The production is directed by Jay Michaels, best known for his unique twists on classical works.
Limited New York Run:
August 30 @ 8:00 p.m.
September 3 @ 6:30 p.m.
September 4 @ 9:00 p.m.
September 6 @ 8:00 p.m.
September 7 @ 5:00 p.m.
Community Space Theater
155 First Avenue (between ninth and tenth streets) New York City
Part of the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City
Tickets are $15 all seats and can be purchased at www.smarttix.com
Period Costumes by Jessa-Raye Court (assisted by Robert Hampton); Kristi Maulding, properties artist;
Katy Swann, production stage manager (Blair Yitong Li, production intern, Larah Varghese, assistant stage manager);
Michael Andrews serves as dialect coach.
Ms. Lundberg appears courtesy of Actors Equity Association.
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Shakespeare's Sister Company: Celebrating five years in operation with this production, SSC is a NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to empowering students through creative drama and providing powerhouse theater to our communities. For more information, please visit www.shakespearessister.org. @shakessis on Twitter; "Like" our Official Facebook Page
Theater for the New City: As the cultural hub of its downtown New York City location, TNC develops new artists and inspires future audiences. The Dream Up Festival will present a lineup of wide-ranging and original theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music, and dance from performing artists representing theater and performance companies in our theater complex in downtown New York. Theater for the New City has won over 42 VILLAGE VOICE OBIE AWARDS for excellence in for excellence in every theatrical discipline; 5 ASCAP AWARDS, and a PULITZER PRIZE for Drama for Sam Shepard's BURIED CHILD, premiered & commissioned by TNC.
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