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Season 10 - Foolish Mortals

Mainstage

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare

Play Master: Seth Reich

March 12-28, 2010

Fridays at 7:30pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm

Opening Reception: Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3:00pm

All performances will take place at:

NJCU’s West Side Theatre
285 West Side Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305

For more information: 201-200-2390

 

Free Events

The Play’s the Thing Reading
Valley Forge
By Maxwell Anderson

Play Master: Peter Galman

Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:00 pm

In the winter of 1777-1778, the Continental Army is in a death rattle. Swamped by desertions, malcontents, and betrayals, General Washington is tempted by a compromise to end the war. Written in ringing verse and raucous prose, Anderson’s play is stunning in its stark portrayal of our country at its critical juncture in the American Revolution.

The Play’s the Thing Reading
Madness in Valencia

By Lope de Vega
Play Master: Denise Hurd

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:30pm
Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, 2009 at 3:00pm

Love can make one crazy, or maybe seeming crazy is a condition of being in love.  In this Spanish Golden Age Classic by the prolific playwright, Lope De Vega (a contemporary of Shakespeare's), nothing and no one are what they seem to be. Forced to hide in a madhouse for different reasons, various characters use the cover of madness and it's unexpected freedom to explore love, hypocrisy, and societal expectations.  

ASC Lab
Comedy Kapustnik: Sketches by Anton Chekhov
Play Master: Craig Colfelt

Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm

A low-tech, high-spirited take on the famous Russian writer’s earliest, most impulsive entertainments.

Bare Bard Staged Reading
Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare

Play Master: Michael Hajek

Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 3:00pm

Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 3:00pm - SPECIAL VENUE

Congregation B'nai Jacob
176 West Side Avenue, one block from the West Side Theatre

Infidelity, injustice, ignominy—today’s headlines? No. It is 400 years ago, but the rules remain “Measure (still) for Measure.” Justice, mercy, and pride compete throughout the many laughs and surprising twists and turns of this Shakespearean dark comedy.

ASC Lab
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Play Master: Bethany Reeves

Tuesday, June 15 through Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Macbeth stands alone among Shakespeare’s plays in its savage articulation of human evil. Goaded on by a ruthless wife and the diabolic forces she conjures, Macbeth forsakes honor to pursue a destructive path. This Lab features five actors digging into this darkest of plays in a project loosely modeled on the Lab’s prior small-cast Romeo & Juliet.

All free events will take place at:

West Side Theater
285 West Side Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305

For more information: 201-200-2390

 

 

 

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