Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company Presents: The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare

The Winter’s Tale is a cautionary play about the damage jealousy can wreak on families and friendships; however, it is also a play about how someone can be redeemed from their mistakes and ultimately has a central theme of hope. It includes murderous passions, man-eating bears, princes and princesses in disguise, death by drowning and by grief, oracles, betrayal, and unexpected joy. Yet the play, which draws much of its power from Greek myth, is grounded in the everyday.

Written with a 16-year time jump, this production will make the most of the contrast by setting the first part of the story in the straight-laced and uptight, early 1950s and then move to the laid-back, counter-cultural world of the late 1960s – where magic is experienced and made real.

WHEN: September 15, 16, 23, 24 | 7:00pm
ASL Interpreted Performance on Friday, September 15th

WHERE: RCSF Tuscan Garden at Snug Harbor
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301

ADMISSION: Free – Registration here. Seating is limited and a ticket is required.

Free tickets can be obtained at the door before each performance (if still available), or get them in advance by visiting sishakespeare.org

Featuring:

Jake Benoit
Connor Burke
Jack Dabdoub
Aubree Chanel Dixon
James Dryden
Nick Easton
Tim Farley
Becca Carter Freeman
Johnny Gottsegen
Robert Heffernan
Lauren Keffler
Abner Leung
Libby Ronon
Caroline Russell
Meredith Sladek
Sadie Veach
Jane Walsh
Israel Adam Wasserstein
Ella Williams

Directed by Frank Williams

Assistant Director: Cara S. Liander
Choreographer: Victoria Gullo
Stage Manager and Lighting Design: Katherine Sciortino
Sound Design: Ally Popick
Graphic Design: Christopher Sorrentino
Producers: Frank Williams and Cara S. Liander