| A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM For Lovers, Leaders and Madmen | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:11 pm EDT 05/24/18 | |
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| SMITH STREET STAGE Proudly Presents A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM For Lovers, Leaders and Madmen Written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by JONATHAN HOPKINS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT JUNE 20 – JULY 1, 2018 IN CARROLL PARK JULY 11 - 15 AT ACTORS FUND OPENING NIGHTS: FRIDAY JUNE 22 - CARROLL PARK WEDNESDAY JULY 11 - ACTORS FUND TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT SMITHSTREETSTAGE.ORG SMITH STREET STAGE is pleased to announce their production of William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, directed by Jonathan Hopkins. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM will play June 20-July 1 Carroll Park (Carroll Stop off F & G) and July 11-15 Mark O'Donnell Theater, The Actors Fund Arts Center (160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201). Performances begin Wednesday, June 20 and continue through Sunday, July 15. Opening Night is Friday, June 22nd (7:30 p.m.). Press are cordially invited, Friday, June 22, Saturday June 23 and Sunday June 24 (and any subsequent performance). Tickets for the Carroll Park performances are FREE and TAF are a three tiered price structure. Smith Street Stage is the proud honoree of three Innovative Theater Awards: OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE for Much Ado About Nothing and OUTSTANDING REVIVAL for both Much Ado About Nothing & The Tempest A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for today’s New York City that imagines our fellow New Yorkers - the buskers, the lovers, the neighbors, the leaders - as the wild and magical Spirits of Shakespeare's classic comedy. It is a celebration of the energy, danger, uniqueness and soul of the place that we call home, and its potential to evoke in all of us a wondrous transformation. This play dares to show us the extraordinary magic and everyday miracles that are hidden in plain sight. The production stars Baize Buzan* (Yale Rep,Yale MFA, Steppenwolf) as Helena, Brandon Dial as Snout, Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy* (Theatre Hall of Fame’s 2017 Emerging Theatre Artist) as Hippolyta, Justin Gillman* (Classic Stage) as Egeus & Starvling, Patrick Harvey as Puck, Beth Ann Hopkins* as Titania, Brian Lee Huynh* (Lincoln Center’s War Horse, Off Bway: A Clockwork Orange, The Light Years) as Oberon, Pete McElligott as Theseus, Jonathan Minton as Flute, Alex Purcell*, as Demetrus, Nowani Rattray* as Hermia, Will Sarratt as Lysander, Hannah Sloat*(Lincoln Center’s War Horse) as Quince, and Corey Whelihan* as Bottom. (*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.) The production is produced by Yuriy Pavlish & Beth Ann Hopkins, assistant directed by Katie Willmorth, features scenic and prop design by Andrew Diaz (The Public, Classic Stage, Disney, Roundabout) costume design by Bevin McNally, and lighting design by Conor Mulligan. Joe Jung (The Old Globe, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) is the composer and Allie Grant* and Lindsay Kipnis* are the stage managers. Amanda Browne is the ASM. Assistants are Madison Cerniglia, Danica Clauser, Josephine Hurshell-Hobson and Kayla Prestel. Critic Reservations A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM plays the following regular schedule with all matinee performances beginning at 2:00 pm and all evening performances beginning at 7:30 pm: Carroll Park (all evening performances) June 20 Preview June 21 Preview June 22nd Opening June 23 – July 1st (off June 25th & 26th) Actors Fund July 11th Opening (At the Actors Fund) July 11- 13 July 14 Matinee & Evening Performance July 15 Matinee only Tickets are FREE at Carroll Park and $25 - $55 (seat location dependant) at The Actors Fund Art Center and are now available online at www.SmithStreetStage.org. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the box office ½ hour prior to performance. Running Time: 2:00 Website: http://www.smithstreetstage.org/ Directions: Carroll Park (Carroll Stop off F&G), Brooklyn, NY 11231 The Actors Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Upcoming Event: Friday, JUNE 8th Shakespeare Trivia Night/Meet the Cast of MSND/Sneak Peak of the Show (Live Original Music) at EAST ONE COFFEE, 384 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 DOORS OPEN: 7:30 pm MEET THE CAST/MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: 8:00 pm TRIVIA: 8:30 pm snacks provided, alcohol sold BIOGRAPHIES JONATHAN HOPKINS (Director) is the Executive Director of Smith Street Stage and was one of the founding members of Smith Street Stage, playing Romeo and Lady Capulet in the five actor Romeo and Juliet that he developed with Artistic Director Beth Ann Hopkins. Since then he's directed Smith Street Stage's Macbeth and Julius Caesar, and acted in Henry IV, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing and Christmas Carol: A Radio Play. As an actor he's worked Off-Broadway for The Pearl, Project:Theater, and the FringeNYC Encore Series at the SoHo Playhouse, and regionally in New York, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia, including productions of The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo & Juliet. He graduated from NYU with honors and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He teaches at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where he's directed productions of Coriolanus, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, The Nina Variations, Moby Dick: Rehearsed, Shakespeare's King Phycus, and adaptations of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Playwright) was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date on which he died in 1616. Shakespeare was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes referred to as the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). Shakespeare’s plays are perhaps his most enduring legacy, but they are not the only things he wrote. Shakespeare’s poetry has also remained popular to this day. - Shakespeare.org SMITH STREET STAGE seeks to tell classic stories in new ways through affordable, exciting and consequential theater arts. The Company holds that universally recognizable and deeply human conflicts inhere in great literature, and by exploring such texts with rigor and creativity, one may apprehend these truths and reveal anew their relevance to our lives. Such stories presented skillfully and earnestly have the power to engage philosophical issues, excite spectators of all backgrounds and predispositions, and bring communities closer. Who: SMITH STREET STAGE What: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Where: CARROLL PARK and THE ACTORS FUND When: JUNE 20 - JULY 15, 2018 How: www.SMITHSTREETSTAGE.ORG A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for today’s New York City that imagines our fellow New Yorkers - the buskers, the lovers, the neighbors, the leaders - as the wild and magical Spirits of Shakespeare's classic comedy. |
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