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Feb
4
Tue
Twelfth Night, Abrons Arts Center
Feb 4 @ 7:00 am – Feb 23 @ 8:00 am

Abrons Arts Center

February 4, 2014 – February 23, 2014

Directed by Charles McMahon

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Hailed as a “wild rumpus of a show” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pig Iron Theatre Company’s raucous, spirited Twelfth Night breathes new life into the Bard’s classic.
With equal measures of absurdity and heart, the company fuses their distinctive physical performance style with Shakespeare’s text, creating an exhilarating version replete with practical jokes, gender confusion, and mistaken identity. This exuberant, unpredictable, award-winning production is definitely not your grandparent’s Shakespeare.

Feb
18
Tue
Anthony and Cleopatra – Public Theater, NYC
Feb 18 @ 5:45 pm – Mar 23 @ 6:45 pm

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA 
By William Shakespeare 
Edited and Directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney 
February 18 – March 23, 2014 

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In an exciting international collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and GableStage, Miami, The Public welcomes back writer/director Tarell Alvin McCraney (The Brother/Sister Plays) as its new artist in residence with ANTONY & CLEOPATRA. At the fringes of a war-torn empire, a man and a woman have fallen desperately, passionately in love. But for a soldier set to enforce the imperial will and the queen of a people intent on throwing off the yoke of empire, there is no place for personal desire. McCraney creates a stripped down, radical new version of Shakespeare’s gripping story of romance set against a world of imperial politics and power play and transports us to 18th century, sun-soaked Saint-Domingue on the eve of revolution. RSC in America is presented in collaboration with The Ohio State University.

Feb
25
Tue
As You Like It, American Shakespeare Center
Feb 25 @ 6:45 am – Apr 3 @ 7:45 am

American Shakespeare Center

Now Until April 3, 2014

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To escape death, the extraordinary Rosalind, her brave cousin Celia, and one of Shakespeare’s funniest fools flee into the woods. There, in the bewitching Forest of Arden, they discover shepherds and aristocrats; country folk and lovers; and, ultimately, life, love, joy, and freedom. Shakespeare’s glorious and wise comedy reminds us of everything it is to be alive.

 

Epicene, or the Silent Woman, American Shakespeare Center
Feb 25 @ 6:45 am – Apr 5 @ 7:45 am

American Shakespeare Center

Now Until April 5, 2014

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In the bawdy, riotous tradition of all his city comedies, Ben Jonson’s Epicene explores love, sex, and trickery in Early Modern London. Urban playboy, Dauphine, wants his peaceand- quiet-loving Uncle Morose’s fortune and hatches an elaborate plan to get it. Take a suspiciously silent bride, all of Dauphine’s London cronies, and a deal that is simply too good to be true; and Morose, along with the audience, gets a wedding day he won’t soon forget.

The Servant of Two Masters, American Shakespeare Center
Feb 25 @ 6:45 am – Apr 6 @ 7:45 am

American Shakespeare Center

Now until April 6, 2014

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Disguised lovers, tricky servants, and well-meaning parents cross and double-cross one another along the canals of Venice in Carlo Goldoni’s slapstick filled, comic gem. The characters’ search for a happy ending depends entirely on the titular servant Truffaldino, who is constantly on the lookout for a decent meal. Truffaldino’s attempt to double his wages unravels with delicious mayhem in this joyous, 18thcentury lark.

 

Timon of Athens, American Shakespeare Center
Feb 25 @ 6:45 am – Apr 4 @ 7:45 am

American Shakespeare Center

Now Until April 4, 2014

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After wealthy Athenian Timon spends all his money entertaining, supporting, and bailing out his friends, he anticipates their help in his time of need. When his “friends” turn him down one-by-one, Timon transforms from Shakespeare’s most liberal spendthrift into his most tight-fisted misanthrope. A perfect play for our turbulent financial times, Timon of Athens makes us question the meaning of friendship, generosity, and gratitude.