- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- The Two Gentleman of Verona
- No Holds Bard: Sonnet Sonata
- Twelfth Night
- Macbeth
- Robin HooDDD
- Sugar-Coated Shakespeare
- Macbeth, Jr.
- It's All Greek To Me
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Nothing was as it seemed when the human and fairy worlds collided in this, the Bard’s most entertaining and enduring comedy! The King and Queen of the Fairies are having a marital spat and the human world is thrown into chaos as they wage war: Hapless Helena loves Demetrius, who used to love her but now loves her best friend Hermia, who loathes him and is, in turn, in love with his friend Lysander. Hermia’s bossy parent, however, has other ideas and is forcing her to marry Demetrius! Seeking asylum in the enchanted woods, the two lovers run off to elope, followed closely by Demetrius (desperate for Hermia) and Helena (desperate for Demetrius). Add a mysterious sprite named Puck armed with a powerful love potion, a bedraggled troupe of clueless day-laborers-turned-amateur performers and you have a midsummer night’s scream of a love-struck comedy! |
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Yet another packed house in what was our most successful season ever.... |
...which was performed entirely free in honor of Spc. Marc Paul Decoteau, killed in action January 2010 |
Hippolyta, the Amazonian Queen (Marissa Wilhelm) is taken captive by Duke Theseus of Athens, who intends to marry her. |
Hermia (Christa Wroblewski) pleads with Duke Theseus (Mike Irish) to let her marry Lysander (Ben Pike) the man she loves. Hippolyta, her father (Kyle Hester) and fiancee Demetrius (Aram Monisoff) look on. |
Lovers Hermia (Christa Wroblewski) and Lysander (Ben Pike) are told they cannot marry. To do so means her death. |
"I frown upon him, yet he loves me still"
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" The course of true love never did run smooth". The lovers decide to elope into the woods. |
"And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind" |
The "rude mechanicals" (blue collar day laborers) meet in the woods to discuss performing a play at the wedding of the Duke and Hippolyta. |
Snout (Lily Drexler), Starveling (Sydney Davis) and Flute (Mike Valvo) are excited about the prospect of impending stage stardom.
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"Nay, faith, let not me play a woman!" |
"That would hang us—"
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"But I have a beard coming!" |
"Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier"
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"Thou speak'st aright; |
"Well, go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove |
"These are the forgeries of jealousy" |
"I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes"
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"Fairies, away: We shall chide downright if I longer stay" |
"Fetch me this herb: and be thou here again
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"Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove: |
"What thou seest when thou dost wake..." |
"One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; |
The standing room only crowd watches enrapt |
"My love, my life, my soul, fair Helena!" |
Meanwhile, a spell-bound Titania #2 (Sarah Grace) sees Bottom the weaver transformed into an ass by Puck.... |
...and promptly falls madly in love with him! (Edgar Eguia as Bottom)
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Bottom and the fairies cavort and canoodle |
In the much-anticipated mechanicals play, Snout portrays the wall that separates the two lovers--Pyramus and Thisbe |
The "donkey spell" having been broken, a now-restored Bottom appears asthe doomed warrior Pyramus |
Flute (Mike Valvo) as the grief-struck Thisbe discovers the dead body of her love...... |
...and promptly kills her/himself! |
"Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. "
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"If we shadows have offended..." Puck entreats the audience to be kind, closing the evening with an apology for all of the misbehavior and trickery |
The audience listens closely to the final moments of the play |
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And they all lived...(that's what makes it a comedy, folks..".happily ever after is immaterial") The end! |
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"The Two Gentleman of Verona: A First Folio Frolic" No director. No rehearsal. The actors have no knowledge of the plot and are armed only with their lines and the line that cues into them, culled from the First Folio (first edition) of Shakespeare's works. This is the gist of "original practice" Shakespeare--the way scholars believe that the Bard and his colleagues mounted shows. Our twist? The actors have each learned TWO different roles and the audience chooses which they'll play each night --just before the performance-- thus guaranteeing that no two shows will ever be the same! Yes, that's right--the actors know the same (or less) as the audience and the plot unfolds for them all SIMULTANEOUSLY! This year's "Two Gents", poignant and charming, was the Bard's oldest romantic comedy with a very modern theme: Making friendships work in the face of romance. Bosom buddies ("hopeless romantic" Proteus and cynical Valentine) travel from Verona to Milan, leaving behind Proteus' beloved, Julia. In Milan, "the two gents" both fall for Silvia, who is (begrudgingly) engaged to Thurio, but falls in love with Valentine. Jealous Proteus betrays Valentine, causing him to be banished by Silvia's father, the Duke, so that he alone can woo Silvia. Meanwhile, in order to win back Proteus, Julia disguises herself as a boy and travels to Milan, where she is befriended by Silvia. At the play's climax, everyone travels to the woods in search of the banished Valentine (who has become King of a band of outlaws). This summer the audiences thrilled to see how the "two gents" fared in the face of disapproving dukes, cross-dressing dollies, surly servants, marauding murderers and flailing friendships! |
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Julia (Sydney Davis) is in love with (and loved by) Proteus (Christa Wroblewski) |
Kyle Hester as Crab, Launce's not so faithful hound |
Actors Michael Valvo and Kayla Koschel are reminded of their lines by "she who must be obeyed"--on stage prompter Krista Tunnell (the only one with access to the full script!) |
Speed (Kayla Koschel) reading a letter to Launce (Sarah Grace) extoling the virtues of women |
"Sonnet Sonata" Inspired by the structure of a musical sonata (where individual narratives exist with and then against one another) this world premiere play is a gothic mystery of mistaken identity that endeavors to uncover the identity of the tantalizing "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets as well as reveal the name of the man scholars suspect was the “true love” that captured the heart of England’s famous “Virgin Queen”. An expansion of George Bernard Shaw's "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets", it is a bittersweet collage that explores the Bard's marriage, inspiration, life and loves as played against the backdrop of Elizabeth’s England and examines the heart of the woman who ruled with her head. Weaving melodramatic intrigue with sonnets, songs, Shakespearean prose and actual letters between the queen’s “mystery man” and his “Bess”, it is a beautiful love letter to a lost time. |
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"All the perfumes of Arabia will not whiten this Tudor hand" A sleepwalking Queen Elizabeth (Marissa Wilhelm) stumbles on and utters the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's most popular speeches |
Still asleep, Queen Elizabeth laments the killing of Mary, Queen of Scots |
"Methought you were my Mary: my mistress" |
Shakespeare plays fast and loose while flirting with Queen Bess |
The Guard keeps a watchful eye over the proceedings |
"Let those who are in favour with their stars of public honour and proud titles boast" Elizabeth's (alleged) paramour, Sir Robert Dudley (Aram Monisoff) rebels against his banishment
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The Troubador (Mike Irish) does his thing |
"Are you goin' to Camdentown Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" Elizabeth dances with her far off lover, Robert Dudley |
The ladies sing plaintively for lost love
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Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway (Sarah Grace) writes a letter to her absent husband while Rosalind/Ganymede (Chelsea Pace) awaits her cue |
Chelsea Pace plays one of Shakespeare's heroines, Helena, from "All's Well That Ends Well"... |
....as well as Rosalind (disguised as the male Ganymede) from "As You Like It" |
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"That was well said: spoken with good accent
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"But I do think it is their husbands' faults if wives do fall"
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"The ills we do, their ills instruct us so."
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The Beefeater Guard is unsure of the proceedings |
"Will, save me. Oh, save me" Shakespeare and his Dark Lady (Lily Drexler) meet in secret |
"I am of all ladies most deject and wretched" |
Sir Robert, Earl of Liecester and ruler of the queen's heart |
Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth say good bye |
A part of our Plymouth Riverside Ampitheatre crowd takes in a beautiful summer night.
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"Twelfth Night" Lyrical, emotional, bitter-sweet (and hugely funny) Twelfth Night has long been regarded as Shakespeare's most perfectly constructed comedy - a delicious concoction of cross dressing and confusion where everyone is in love with the wrong person: Orphaned Viola loves Duke Orsino who loves Lady Olivia who (first) loves “Cesario” (Viola disguised as a man) then Sebastian (Viola’s twin brother--who she believes to be Cesario) who is beloved by Pirate Queen Antonia (Orsino’s arch-enemy). Meanwhile Olivia’s servant Maria pines for Sir Toby, a drunken conman in love with the money he is bilking from foppish Andrew Aguecheek (who is in love with Olivia)-- and all three are in love with tricking pompous butler Malvolio into believing that Olivia is in love with him! Throw in music, dance and a fun-loving fool named Feste and you have the recipe for a frothy delicacy of unparalleled sweetness and side-splitting satisfaction. |
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Feste the clown (Chiara Klein) opens up the show with a song |
A mourning Countess Olivia (Donna Devlin) and servant Maria (Stephanie Strohm) visit the grave of Olivia's brother and father |
Olivia and Maria visit the dead |
"What country is this?" |
The melancholy ruler of Illyria, Duke Orsino (Michael Goldlist) broods for the love of fair Olivia, who has sworn off men for 7 years. |
Feste (Chiara Klein) and her troupe of merrymakers try to cheer up Orsino |
The wealthy but foolish Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Jonah Priour) is happy to see the drunken Sir Toby Belch (Will Hammond) |
Sir Andrew is at Olivia's to win her hand, which her cousin Toby has (falsely) promised he can do |
The audience enjoys the antics of Sir Toby (Will Hammond) and Maria (Stephanie Strohm) |
Sir Toby doing what he does best...nothing! |
"If music be the food of love, play on". Count Orsino (Michael Goldlist) pledges undying love and devotion to Olivia |
Feste's partner in crime, Valentine (Stephanie Simonoff) |
Olivia (Donna Devlin) awaits the arrival of her wayward clown, Feste
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Valentine (Stephanie Simonoff) and Feste (Chiara Klein) try to distract Olivia from being angry with them for misbehaving....
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..to no avail. The sad and bitter Olivia harshly reprimands them. |
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Valentine and Feste are in the dog house
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"There's one at the gate" A drunken Sir Toby announces the same visitor....
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Uptight steward Malvolio (Michael Goldlist) also announces the suitor from Count Orsino |
Olivia (Donna Devlin) dismisses the disguised Viola's (aka "Cesario's") suit from the count....
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"I would halloo your name to the reverberate hills and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out, Olivia!" An undaunted Viola/Cesario continues to woo on orsino's behalf... |
...until Olivia finds herself in love not with Orsino, but with his "man", Cesario!
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Meanwhile, back at the docks...Viola's brother, Sebastian (Jonah Priour) arrives in Illyria after having been rescued by the dread pirate Antonia...who is smitten with the youth
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Sebastian mourns the loss of his twin sister, Viola, whom he believes drowned at sea
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Sir Toby carries on with some late night merriment |
Which causes Maria (Stephanie Strohm) to attempt to shut him up before Malvolio is awakened |
To no avail...the merrymakers continue, with Feste (Chiara Klein) singing "O, Mistress Mine" |
Sir Toby revels in Feste's wonderful singing voice while Maria laments her unrequited love for Sir Toby |
An angry Malvolio (Michael Goldlist) is awakened in the middle of the night... |
Much to Maria's chagrin... |
..and Sir Toby's amusement.... |
...as Feste keeps singing.... |
...Malvolio threatens banishment from the Countess' manor..... |
....Sir Toby brays with disdain..... |
..and Feste ends the encounter with a rousing finish to the song! |
Back at the castle, Count Orsino confides in his servant "Cesario" (who is now in love with him) about his love for Olivia.... |
...but realizes he is confused about his feelings for "Cesario" |
Feste and Company rock the crowd into intermission |
After the break, Malvolio is tricked into thinking that Olivia is in love with him by the scheming Maria, Toby and Aguecheek... |
...who look on in gleeful anticipation as Malvolio sinks deeper into their trap |
An out-of-mourning Olivia blooms colorfully with love for Cesario |
"For I perhaps mayst move that heart which now abhors to like his love!"Olivia mounts an amorous advance on Cesario |
"Fate show thy force, ourselves we do not owe, what is decreed must be and be this so!" Olivia thinks Cesario is just playing hard to get! |
Having been tricked into believing she loves him (and the only way to win her is to wear yellow stockings) Malvolio approaches Olivia |
"Sweet lady, ho ho!" While Maria (the brains behind the scheme) watches, Malvolio struts his stuff... |
...and tries to steal a kiss from his beloved Olivia |
"Not black in my mind but yellow in my legs!" Malvolio pulls out all the stops in his quest to impress Olivia |
Maria and Sir Toby conspire with each other against Malvolio |
Maria feigns fear over Malvolio's "lunacy" |
Sir Andrew (Jonah Priour) issues a challenge to "Cesario" for wooing his beloved Olivia from him.... |
...Which mischief-makers Sir Toby and Maria egg him into |
Sir Toby recounts Cesario's (false) fearsome fighting skills to Sir Andrew |
"I think not on him!" Olivia surprises Cesario with a smooch |
Pirate Antonia (Chiara Klein), believing Cesario to be Sebastian, prepares to fight in his defense |
"A fiend like you might bear my soul to hell" Olivia is love-lorn and rebuffed |
Malvolio is placed in a dark cell due the 'madness' Maria, Feste and Sir Toby have made up about him |
Having stumbled into Olivia's home, Sebastian realizes that Olivia is in love with him,which he finds not at all disagreeable |
"Now go with me off to the holy man" Olivia, believing Sebastian to be Cesario, asks him to marry her...and he agrees! |
But then Orsino and Viola/"Cesario" appear! |
"I am that Viola!" The awestruck and emotional "twins" are reunited.... |
Olivia and Sebastian rejoice in their marriage and cheer up a chastened Feste. The end! |
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"Macbeth" On a dark, desolate Scottish heath three witches confront the great general Macbeth and his lieutenant Banquo, predicting that, while Macbeth will one day become king, Banquo will beget legions of rulers. Thus begins Shakespeare’s shortest but most complex tragedy, as the witches’ prophecies open a Pandora’s box containing ruthless ambition, violence, regicide, intrigue, cowardice, heroism, betrayal, murder, insanity, overthrow and mayhem. Macbeth’s story is about what happens when dark overtakes light, evil triumphs over goodness and the natural laws of order and humanity are perverted and ignored. The tragedy of Macbeth is not only that it deals with the perversion of human nature in 11th century Scotland, but that this tale “full of sound and fury” still resonates with (and is relevant to) our world today. |
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The witches meet upon the heath |
"Triple-headed Hecate" (Meg Kiley Smith) opens the show with a spell |
Having just been victorious in battle, Ross (Chiara Klein) delivers a fateful message to Macbeth while Banquo (Michael Goldlist) looks on in surprise |
"Cannot be ill, cannot be good," Macbeth (Will Hammond) ponders the witches prophecies |
The three witches cast their spells and tell Macbeth his future is to be King of Scotland |
Queen Duncan (Stephanie Strohm) greets the victorious Banquo while her son Malcolm (Jonah Priour) looks on |
Duncan decides to bestow her crown upon her oldest son, Malcolm |
"Something wicked this way comes" |
Macbeth and Banquo react to Malcolm as the choice for succession |
"The Thane of Cawdor!" Macbeth is angered to have been overlooked by Duncan |
Meanwhile back at the castle...Lady Macbeth (Donna Devlin) reads a letter from Macbeth |
"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor...and shalt be King" Lady M ponders her future as Queen of Scotland |
""The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements" |
"Let my keen knife see not the wound it makes". Lady M casts a spell to give her the strength to kill Duncan |
While the witches look and listen..... |
"Thy letters have transported me beyond the ignorant present and I feel now the future in an instant". Lady M greets Macbeth after his time away at war |
"Only look up clear, to alter favour ever is to fear" |
Lady Macbeth calls upon evil spirits to help her enact the grisly murder of Duncan.... |
"You shall leave tonight's great business to me" |
"The air is sweet here"....Malcolm, Banquo and Duncan arrive at the Macbeth's castle |
"Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire, letting I dare not wait upon I would?" Lady Macbeth reacts to Macbeth's change of heart... |
"Is this a dagger I see before me?" Macbeth changes his mind AGAIN and decides he WILL kill Duncan after all! |
"Peace! Hark! He is about it" Lady M waits in tense silence as Macbeth murders Duncan |
"Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. If she do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt!" Lady M takes charge of the murderous situation |
On the night of the murder, the Porter (Jonah Priour) awakens from a drunken stupor to hear knocking at Macbeth's gate |
"Who's there, in the other devil's name? " |
He admits the upright MacDuff (Michael Goldlist), who has arrived at Duncan's behest, and is disgusted with the Porter's drunken and lewd behavior |
"Drink is a great provoker of three things, nose-painting, sleep and urine" |
"Anon, anon! I pray you, remember the porter" |
Two of Hecate's three heads look on as the murderous tale enfolds.... |
The Macbeths are summoned by MacDuff's screams after he discovers the body of Duncan |
"Wherefore did you kill them so?" A dubious MacDuff interrogates Macbeth about the murders of Duncan's grooms |
A suspicious Macduff tells Lennox (Meg Smith) of the grisly murder |
Upon learning of the murder, Ross is moved to action |
One of the witches casts a spell..... |
Macbeth returns from Scone crowned king of Scotland |
"Blood will have blood" The (now) royal couple begins to unravel |
"This is the very painting of your fear, this is the air-drawn dagger which you said lead you to kill Duncan" At the banquet held in honor of Macbeth's coronation, Banquo's ghost (Michael Goldlist) appears, controlled by the witches and seen only by Macbeth, who has murdered him |
The witches contril Banquo's ghost.....
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...who skitters and shakes all over the banquet hall |
"For we all know security is mortals chiefest enemy" Triple-headed Hecate's crone and mother heads watch and wait..... |
"Out damned spot, out I say...what's done cannot be undone..." A guilt-riddled Lady Macbeth goes mad before killing herself |
Ross and Malcolm prepare for the final battle with Macbeth |
Hecate looks on as the action takes place around her |
"Get me my armour and bring me my sword, I will not be afraid of death and bain" Macbeth readies himself for the attack on his castle |
"I will not kneel to kiss the ground beneath young Malcolm's feet!" Defiant to the end |
The final battle between an avenging MacDuff and an unhinged Macbeth |
After killing Macbeth, MacDuff crowns Malcolm King of Scotland after all |
The witches undo the spell and order is restored for future generations |
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"Interactive Robin HooDDD" Audiences thronged to this fresh, fast-paced, and funny adaptation of one of literature’s most thrilling and romantic adventures as Robin Hood and the Merry Men 9and Women!) “stole from the rich and gave to the poor”--all while thwarting the evil aims of nefarious villains, coming to the aid of distressed damsels and righting wrongs in Sherwouldacouldashoulda Forest. Hot on the heels of 2009’s runaway hit, “The Three Musketeers 3-D”, this was an action-packed update of a beloved classic that was part Monty Python-like spoof, part beloved British pantomime…but with an interactive twist unique to our theatre: The action “froze” at crucial plot points so that the audience could vote on which way the show would go. Love or Hate? Death or Life? Humor or Sadness? Win or Lose? The fate of the characters (and the direction of the play) rested in the audience's hands! |
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Our narrator for the show, who takes on multiple roles, is a "horrible hag with a heart filled with hate"--shape-shifter Hepzebah Heckler (Stephanie Strohm) |
The orphaned Much (Rachael Yoder) gets taken under the wing of Robin (Michael Goldlist) |
The villainous Sheriff Naughtygams (Jonah Priour)--who mistakenly thinks he's in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"--struts his...ummm...stuff |
The evil Sheriff and his ruler Mean Queen Jean (Donna Devlin) along with Crown Canine Rupert Pupkin (appearing as herself) hatch a plot to catch Robin Hood and his not so merry men (and women) |
At the audience's behest, Robin and Maid Marian (Chiara Klein) perform "the bump" |
Dr Robin Schwartzbaum (so named by the audience) brags about the size of his....ummm...crew of merry men... while a skeptical Friar Tuck (Will Hammond) looks on |
The Country Contests: Maid Marian, Much and two audience volunteers form "Robin's Renegades", who face off against....
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..."Johnna's Joymakers"--Tuck, Big Johnna (Meg Kiley Smith) and Hepzebah ("disguised" as Robin's Mom--note the mop cap) and their audience volunteers
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"Yes, this bandanna renders me virtually unrecognizable!" Robin and his crew--"disguised" as a square dance troupe (note the bandannas)-- plot how to get out of a tough situation
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"They don't call me 'Fatty Fat Fat' for nothin!" Using the new name selected for him by the audience, the artist formerly known as Friar Tuck boasts of his fearsome (yet sadly non-existent) fighting skills
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Finally getting his happy ending, Robin gives the audience a big (cheesy) smile... |
...before sharing an audience-selected "Eskimo kiss" with his bride-to-be--Marian. The end! |
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"Sugar Coated Shakespeare" "The sugar-coated learning experience with the Bard at the center!" Always the delight of kids and parents alike, our FREE Interactive Family Matinees are a patchwork quilt of Shakespeare and other classical literature, poems, songs and games interwoven into a tapestry of interactive family friendly fun and learning. Unlike other theatres, these family shows are performed by the professional actors from our Main Stage evening company, insuring top-quality performances even for our youngest patrons! |
An awesome crowd awaits the start of the show |
"Barnyard Bard's" Farmer in the Dell (Christa Wroblewski) and her "dog" |
"Five little fairies jumping on the bed!" Puck (Kayla Koschel) and Tinkerbell (Sydney Davis) lead the crowd in an interactive poem |
"I jest to Oberon to make him smile" Puck (Kayla Koschel) performs a monologue from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
"Macbeth, Jr." Each year our Reach for the Stars "CAN DO" Summer Youth Camp culminates in the performance of a scaled down version of one of our Main Stage shows. At the camps, the actors from our professional company teach skills to the kids that are then incorporated into the performance. This year a record number of kids participated in "Macbeth, Jr."and a record number of patrons came to see the show, which concluded our 2010 NH Summer Season |
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The over-capacity Standing Room Only audience begins to gather hours before the start of the show. |
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Harry Potter (Dylan Flegel) arrives at the Witches Convention |
Hannah Healey (Witch of the East) and Hanna Bancroft (Glinda) listen to the proceedings |
Angus (Nathan Knight) delivers some fateful news |
Evan Macedonia as MacDuff |
Macbeth (Luke Robins) and MacDuff (Evan Macedonia) fight it out |
Ross (Rachel Beasley) is heartbroken over the state of her beloved Scotland |
Tinkerbell (Kiki Gohr) demands a dance |
The Wicked Witch of the West (Hannah Gohr), 2nd Witch (Gabby Robins) and 3rd Witch (Shannon Nelson-Maney) get funky |
Tinkerbell (Kiki Gohr) is not sure she likes what she sees |
Hecate (Stephanie Simonoff) delights in her vicious mischief-making |
Madalena Rathgeber (Hansel & Gretel's witch) tries to keep the peace |
 Harry Potter finds it all very amusing... |
...while Tinkerbell does not (Kiki Gohr) |
Ellie Knight (Rapunzel's Witch) speaks her mind |
Malificent (Rachel Kidney) finds something to be not so malevolent about |
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Courtney Szymczak) busts a magical move |
Glinda (Hanna Bancroft) entreats for peace |
Macbeth (Luke Robins) ponders his fate |
The Witch Tribunal (Shannon Nelson-Maney, Meghan Jerome, Gabby Robins) |
The Tribunal calls out the next witness as Macbeth and Banquo (Tatyana Hoyt) listen in amazement |
A future photographer lines up a good action shot... |
...but the shutter speed just isn't quite right |
Angus (Nate Knight) and Ross (Rachael Beasley) kneel to the new king, Macbeth |
Banquo (Taty Hoyt) feels ill-at-ease |
Lady Macbeth (Devon Lachapelle) gets great news from her husband |
Garrett Macedonia as Prince Malcolm |
"Will all great Neptune's oceans wash this blood clean from my hand?" |
The Macbeths celebrate the murder |
Brooke Flegel as Ursula is unamused. |
Madalena Rathgeber is hungry. (Where are Hansel and Gretel when you need them?) |
Taty Hoyt as Banquo's Ghost haunts Macbeth |
Angus and Ross tell MacDuff and Malcolm of Macbeth's murder of the entire MacDuff household |
"Out damned spot, out I say" |
Hecate contemplates the proceedings
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"Puttin' the shake back in Shakespeare"... one youngster at a time! |
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"It's All Greek To Me" In an exclusive NH premiere performance comes this satirical send-up of Greek Mythology. Zany Zeus and his heckling wife Hera rule over dipsy driads, nutty nymphs, wacky warriors and a clueless Chorus that stumble their way through fractured Greek fables as re-imagined by the wittily-twisted mind of award-winning NYC playwright Bara Swain. |
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Rachael Beasley as the Muse (Narrator) |
The Chorus-- Stephanie Simonoff, Taty Hoyt, Gabby Robins and Hanna Bancroft |
Devon Lachapelle as Echo...Echo...Echo........ |
Taty Hoyt as Arachne, the self-proclaimed "best weaver EVAH"!! |
Zeus (Evan Macedonia) demands that the audience laugh at his jokes...or else! |
"Exit chased by a care bear" |
Hera (Stephanie Simonoff) giving Echo (Devon Lachapelle) an earful |
Hera commanding Echo away |
Narcissus (Evan Macedonia) is in love with himself... |
...but not as much as Echo is! |
Hera and Echo go nose-to-nose |
The adoring Chorus hangs on every word...word...word |
Champagne wishes and caviar midsummer night's dreams--Our patrons really get into the SPIRIT(S) of Theatre Under The Stars! |
Another gorgeous summer night at Plymouth's Riverside Ampitheatre |
Even though it was "'all greek to them" the cast still had a great time...and they all lived happily ever after (except for the little one on the end, who was stoned for bowing out of sync) |
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