NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - June 3,
2010 - The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s
classical theater ensemble, continues ClassicsFest 2010 with an invigorating "summer splash" of
actor-initiated workshops, readings, and special events. Audiences can choose
from a veritable smorgasbord of the classics between July 6 and August 15 at
the company's interim home, Deaf West Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. All
readings and workshops are $10.
"ClassicsFest is a way for the members of our ensemble to initiate the
projects they're dying to do," explains Antaeus artistic director Jeanie
Hackett. "It gives our actors the
chance to play some really great roles - and for our audiences to see a lot of
different classical plays over a short period of time. It all takes place in a
fun setting where anything can happen, because the productions are still in
development - and all for a really low ticket price. We’ve got something going
on just about every night of the week and twice daily on weekends. It's like a
crash course in the classics."
The series of fully staged works-in-process and "first look" readings
starts two weeks after ClassicsFest 2010 opens with King Lear on June 26 and 27. In Lear, Harry Groener and Dakin Matthews will alternate in
the title role, heading up two fully-cast ensembles. Between July 6 and August
15, during the evenings and afternoons that Lear is not performing, audiences can return to sample Peace
In Our Time by Noël
Coward; Les Femmes Savantes by Molière; Puntila and Matti by Bertolt Brecht; The Helen Fragments by Euripides and others; Les
Blancs by Lorraine
Hansberry; Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; The Malcontent by John Marston; Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey; The Merry Wives of
Windsor by William Shakespeare; Faith
Healer by Brian
Friel; and The Capulets and Montagues by Lope de Vega. In addition, there will be a host of
late night events, a cabaret, and other special surprise events.
Following the opening of King Lear, ClassicsFest 2010 continues with a series of fully staged
works-in-process and "first look" readings between July 6 and August
15. All tickets are $10. Scroll
down for a complete schedule; check the website at www.antaeus.org for updates and added events
including late night performances and cabarets. The Antaeus Company's interim
home is located in Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., North
Hollywood, CA 91601 (in the NoHo Arts District). For reservations and information, call (818)
506-1983 or visit online at www.Antaeus.org.
DETAILS FOR CALENDAR LISTINGS
CLASSICSFEST
2010
WHAT:
ClassicsFest 2010 - The Antaeus
Company, L.A.'s
classical theater ensemble, presents its 5th biennial Festival: an invigorating
"summer splash" of actor-initiated workshops, readings, and special
events. Audiences can choose from a veritable smorgasbord of the classics, all
for only $10.
WHEN:
July 6- August 15. Scroll
down for a complete schedule.
WHERE:
THE ANTAEUS COMPANY
Deaf West Theatre
5112 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood CA 91601
(one block
south of Magnolia - ample street parking)
HOW:
(818) 506-1983 or www.Antaeus.org
TICKETS:
$10
SCHEDULE FOR CLASSICSFEST 2010
JULY 6, 7, 8 & 10:
- Peace
In Our Time by Noël Coward,
directed by Jessica Bard
What if the Nazis had successfully invaded Britain? Coward explores this
scenario in his first post-World War II play, in a new adaptation by Barry
Creyton. A U.S. Premiere, funded in part by a generous grant from The Noël
Coward Foundation. (A fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
July 6 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
July 7@ 8 pm
- Thursday,
July 8 @ 8 pm
- Saturday, July 10 @ 3 pm
JULY
13, 14, 15 & 17:
- Les
Femmes Savantes (The
Learned Ladies) by Molière,
directed by Robert Goldsby.
Social folly and hypocrisy exposed by Molière's comic genius. Henriette's
dreams of love have fallen victim to the pseudo-intellectual pretensions
of her social-climbing mother. What's a girl with a body and mind to do? (A
fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
July 13 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
July 14 @ 8 pm
- Thursday,
July 15 @ 8 pm
- Juno
and the Paycock by Sean
O'Casey, directed by Allan Miller
It's 1922, and Ireland is racked by internal warfare. One of the greatest
prose writers of our time pits loyalties vs. moralities, and thrusts a
family into the vortex to see who can survive. ("First Look"
reading)
o Saturday, July 17 @ 3 pm
JULY
20, 21, 22 & 24:
- Puntila
and Matti by Bertolt Brecht,
directed by John Apicella
Karl Marx meets Groucho Marx in Brecht's comic parable of an ambitious but
pragmatic chauffeur's efforts to negotiate the Jekyll-and-Hyde moods of
his boss. (A fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
July 20 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
July 21 @ 8 pm
- Thursday,
July 22 @ 8 pm
- The
Merry Wives of Windsor by
William Shakespeare, directed by Armin Shimerman
The brazen Falstaff suffers
a series of humiliations when his scam to simultaneously seduce two
wealthy married women goes hideously - and hilariously - awry. ("First
Look" reading)
o Saturday, July 24 @ 3 pm
JULY
27, 28, 29 & 31:
- The
Helen Fragments by
Euripides/Homer/Ovid/Sappho, directed by Michael Hackett
Did Helen have an impetuous affair with Paris and provoke the Trojan War?
Or was she kidnapped by the gods and innocent of all crimes? The face that
launched a thousand ships...in antiquity's variety of interpretations. (A
fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
July 27 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
July 28 @ 8 pm
- Thursday,
July 29 @ 8 pm
- Faith
Healer by Brian Friel,
directed by Bart DeLorenzo
A transient healer, his wife, and his manager in the aftermath of a
catastrophe. Charlatanism vies with truth, artist with con artist.
Rashomon-like, all three share their perspectives of a wildly unbelievable
event. ("First Look" reading)
o Saturday, July 31 @ 3 pm
AUGUST
3, 4, 5 & 7:
- Les
Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry,
directed by Gregg Daniel
A striking tale of an
African from England who becomes entwined in conflict and rebellion on the
continent. Hansberry's fiercest outcry during the civil rights movement in
America, viewed through the struggles in Africa. (A fully-staged
Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
August 3 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
August 4 @ 8 pm
- Thursday,
August 5 @ 8 pm
- The
Capulets and The Montagues by
Lope de Vega, directed by Anne McNaughton
Romeo and Juliet as you've
never seen them before. An outrageous take on the classic love story from
Spain's greatest playwright (and Shakespeare's contemporary) in a new
rhyming verse translation by Dakin Matthews. ("First Look" reading)
o Saturday, August 7 @ 3 pm
AUGUST
10 - 15:
- Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by
Andrew Traister
"It's the wanting to know that makes us matter." Art and
science, chaos and order, intellect and passion, high wit and low comedy
combust across two centuries in this exhilarating and heartwrenching
masterpiece. (A fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Tuesday,
August 10 @ 8 pm
- Wednesday,
August 11 @ 8 pm
- Thursday,
August 12 @ 8 pm
- The
Malcontent by John Marston, directed
by Elizabeth Swain
A Duke returns disguised to his corrupt court to take revenge with the
only weapon he needs - his savage wit. A satiric gem of inventive
language, lurid acting and moral ambiguity, by the great rebel genius of
Jacobean theater. (A fully-staged Work-in-Process)
- Friday,
August 13 @ 8 pm
- Saturday,
August 14 @ 8 pm
- The
Third Act Project from the
plays of Anton Chekhov, directed by Jeanie Hackett
Act III: Chekhov's dark
night of the soul. Fires, storms, gunshots, confessions, magic, triumph
and loss - in ways equally comic and tragic. A gallery of Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard and The Seagull. ("First Look" reading)
o Saturday, August 14 @ 3 pm
o Sunday, August 15 @ 4 pm
PLUS: Late-night performances, a cabaret, special closing
day event, and more! Visit the website for details!
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