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Wombat Theatre Co's HENRY THE FOURTH PART I
Wombat Theatre's forthcoming production of The History of Henry the Fourth emphasizes moral ambiguity of Shakespeare's History with a dystopian vision, setting the play in the near future.
"Honor is a mere scutcheon" says William Shakespeare's most famous degenerate, Sir John Falstaff, in Wombat Theatre Co's forthcoming production of Henry the Fourth Part I, "and so ends my catechism." In the play, the title character, King Henry IV, is a bureaucratic war-monger; his son, Prince Henry, is a slumming poser; and the reigning champion of England, Hotspur, is a hot-blooded, ill-tempered, hard-charging contrarian. Though originally set in fifteenth-century England, Wombat Theatre Co's production, set in the near future, asks us if this world is also where we are headed: the wars never end, the rulers are unassailable to reason, the ones enjoying themselves are plastered more thoroughly than the walls. The degenerate mentioned above is, after all, Sir John Falstaff, a corrupter of the youth, perhaps, but who says the youth were not already corrupt?
Playing at The Franciscan Community Center 214 W 97th Street, New York, NY (between Broadway and Amsterdam) Take the 1,2,3 to 96th Street
Thursday, July 30, 8:00pm Friday, July 31, 8:00pm Saturday, August 1, 2:00pm Saturday, August 1, 8:00pm Sunday, August 2, 8:00pm
Tickets are: $15 General Admission $10 for Students *Please Note: At the door, ticket prices will be $20 for General Admission, and $15 for Students. Please buy ahead to save.
Cast: Michael LoSchiavo John Lavigne Samantha Nugent Josh Black Gus Jacobson Andrew Tejada Kate Owens Meghan O'Connor Cristian LaBoy Meaghan Cross Jess Levinson Brendan Olson
Production Team: Kristen Tomanocy, Director Chelsea Defino, Stage Manager Robert Stevenson, Set and Light Designer Brendan Olson, Costume Designer Steve Hart, Fight Choreographer and Producer Pip Gengenbach, Dramaturg and Script Editor Thomas Charles Bair III, Concept Editor Meghan O'Connor, Properties Manager and Fight Captain Miles McKinley, Assistant Directing Intern Nina Sapers, Assistant Directing Intern Alejandro Ortiz, Dramaturgy Intern
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LocationFranciscan Community Center (View)
214 West 97th Street
New York, NY 10025
United States
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Non-Smoking: No |
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