All readings will take place at:
THE CHERRY PIT
155 Bank Street
NY, NY 1004
Monday, December 13, 2010
Ensemble Member, Francisco Solorzano
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Happy Holidays from the Ensemble...
Will Allen, Tala Ashe, Lucy Boyle, Jeremy Brena, Susanne Bruno, Gabriel Buentello, Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen, Mark G. Cisneros, Alona Dadiani, Stonie Darling, Danelle Eliav, Charles Everett, Gabe Fazio, Cristina Fernandez, Lydia Gladstone, John Gazzale, Stephen Gracia, Daniel Graff, Nicole Haran, John Harlacher, Patrizia Hernandez, Joanna Leigh Jacobsen, Lanna Joffrey, Kenneth King, Adian Koehler, Jessica Langer, Kendra Leigh Landon, Luke Landric Leonard, Thomas James Lombardo, Michael LoPorto, Ruben Luque, Victoria Malvagno, Dedra McCord-Ware, Roderick Nash, Luca Pierucci, Amanda Plant, Lorraine Rodriguez, Gil Ron, Pamela Seiderman, Francisco Solorzano, Anika Solveig, Joseph Sousa, Mark von Sternberg, Jennie West, Christopher Whalen, Jason Zimbler.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Ensemble Member Lanna Joffrey
THE MOBILE UNIT
The Public’s Shakespeare Initiative presents THE MOBILE UNIT, offering Free Shakespeare To Audiences With Limited or No Access To the Arts.
Inagural Production
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Produced in Association With Acclaimed Minneapolis Company TEN THOUSAND THINGS THEATER|
Two week tour will play correctional facilities, homeless shelters, centers for youth-at-risk, senior centers before performing at Judson Memorial Church, December 6-11
CLICK HERE to buy tickets to MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Judson Memorial Church.
At the same time The Public Theater is in previews for Daniel Sullivan’s acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice on Broadway, The Public Theater announced it would expand its Shakespeare Initiative to include a new platform for the production of Shakespeare’s works: THE MOBILE UNIT.
Designed to bring the highest caliber professional productions of Shakespeare, free of charge, to audiences with little or no access to major New York City arts institutions, THE MOBILE UNIT will tour MEASURE FOR MEASURE, directed by Michelle Hensley, to correctional facilities, homeless shelters, facilities for battered and abused women, drug rehab facilities, senior centers, centers for youth-at-risk, and other social service organizations that support the disadvantaged, underserved, and marginalized.
Following the two week tour in November, MEASURE FOR MEASURE will play the historic Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square in Greenwich Village from December 6 through December 11. All tickets are $15.
The Public Theater will produce MEASURE FOR MEASURE in association with the nationally acclaimed Minneapolis theater company Ten Thousand Things Theater, of which Michelle Hensley is the founder and artistic director. For 20 years, Ten Thousand Things has brought productions of Shakespeare and other works to underserved audiences and institutions throughout the Twin Cities, and has become a nationwide model for such work.
THE MOBILE UNIT’S inaugural tour will take place November 22 through December 4 at the following venues:
- Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, Staten Island, a medium-security New York State men’s prison (November 23)
- Susan’s Place, Bronx, a shelter for battered and homeless women (November 26)
- Bayview Correctional Facility, Manhattan, a medium-security New York State women’s prison (November 30)
- Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults (JSPOA), Queens, a center for the elderly (December 1)
- Fortune Society, Queens, a provider of services for recently released convicts (December 2)
- Central High School / Boys & Girls Club of Newark, Newark, NJ, a major inner-city high school and a service organization for youth-at-risk (December 3)
MEASURE FOR MEASURE tells the story of a Duke who goes undercover to investigate the behavior of a deputy and to observe the lives of the assorted citizenry, from prostitutes and bawds to high level judges and administrators. The play is a look at the vexing difficulties that attend the fair administration of justice. Ten Thousand Things first performed MEASURE FOR MEASURE in the Twin Cities 12 years ago and found that its low-income audiences, most of whom must daily endure the judgments and injustice of others, deeply connected with Shakespeare’s tale.