Thirty-two students from communities across the Monadnock region are getting ready to tour ProjectShakespeare’s 2016 Summer Season double-feature of Shakespeare In Love and Macbeth. These energetic and talented young theatre artists will be touring to eight towns bringing quality youth theatre to your own backyard!
Students/actors in both productions are Madelyn Bergeron (Jaffrey), Brianna Bolles (Jaffrey), Jenny Bolles (Jaffrey), Kaia Colby (Jaffrey), Isabelle Ferguson (Jaffrey), Aril Geissler (Rindge), Georgie Hamblen (Greenville), Abigail Hampson (Jaffrey), Braeden Hatfield (Peterborough), Aubrie Hendrickson (Jaffrey), Kaija Hendrickson (Jaffrey), Daniel Irvine (Hillsborough), River Johanson (Jaffrey), Izabella Ketchersid (Antrim), Dominic LaCroix (Peterborough), Patrick LaCroix (Peterborough), Alyssia Maki (Jaffrey), Helen Martynuska (Rindge), Sophia Massidda (Townsend, MA), Harold Thomas McCarthy (New Ipswich), Quinn Montgomery (Peterborough), Autumn Moran (Greenfield), Tor Petrov (Hancock), Eve Pierce (Peterborough), Mya Poluchov (Antrim), Gabrielle Ramsden (Hancock), Grace Ramsden (Hancock), Patrick Sherlock (Sharon), Aurora Sousa (Greenville), Anna Taylor (Peterborough) and Indigo Wolf (Rindge). Student/Stage Manager Katie Whitaker (Peterborough).
The 2016 Summer Season
Project Shakespeare Too! (ages 7 – 14) Shakespeare In Love – song, dance, speeches and scenes fromShakespeare’s best-loved plays – Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, 12th Night, and As You Like It.Directed by Christopher Commander; Megan Hamblen, Stage Manager and Genevieve Kuhlmann, Choreographer.
Project Shakespeare’s Mainstage Company (ages 12 – 18) and selected PS Too! Students – MACBETH -A haunting story of ambition and its dark consequences. Returning from war, Macbeth and Banquo encounter three weird sisters. Their prophecy triggers the rise and fall of Macbeth from military hero to ruthless tyrant as he and his wife seize the throne of Scotland. Directed by Deborah Shakespeare Thurber. Patrick Sherlock and Tor Petrov will alternate performances playing Macbeth and Macduff. Sophia Massidda, Eve Pierce and Mya Poluchov will alternate playing Lady Macbeth.
Performances*:
Saturday 7/30 Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge
Sunday, 7/31 Oribe Barn, Jaffrey Center
Tuesday, 8/2 Jaffrey Civic Center Lawn, Jaffrey
Wednesday, 8/3 Cornucopia Community Garden, Peterborough
Thursday, 8/4 First Congregational Church, Hancock
Friday, 8/5 Yankee Siege/Trebuchet & Castle – Greenfield
Saturday, 8/6 Monadnock Waldorf School (Elementary), 98 So. Lincoln, Keene
Sunday, 8/7 United Milford Methodist Church, Milford
All performances are at 6pm. Tickets prices are $10 for adults/ $5 for seniors and students; children under 12 are free. Tickets are available at the door ½ hour prior to performance. In the event of rain, outdoor performances will be moved to an indoor venue except the Greenfield performance.
For more information visit our web site projectshakespeare.org.