The Pearl
Theatre Company begins its 2015-2016 season with Bedlam Theater Artistic
Director Eric Tucker's fresh take on William Shakespeare's classic A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM, following a highly successful engagement of the production at
the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival this summer.
The cast of
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM features Pearl Resident Acting Company (RAC) members
Sean McNall and Joey Parsons joined by guest artists Mark Bedard, Jason O'Connell,
and Nance Williamson.
The
creative team includes John McDermott (Sets), Eric Southern (Lighting), Jessica
Wegener Shay (Costumes) and Mikail Fiskel (Sound), Birgitta Victorson
(Choreography) and Maggie Davis (Production Stage Manager).
Performances
of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM will take place tonight, September 8, through
November 1 (see schedule above) at The Pearl Theatre. Critics are welcome as of
Tuesday, September 15 for an official opening of Sunday, September 20 at 2pm.
The Pearl Theatre is located at 555 West 42nd Street in New York City. Tickets
are $65 ($50 previews, $20 student rush, $20 Thursday rush) and can be
purchased by visiting pearltheatre.org or calling 212.563.9261.
About Eric
Tucker (Director) - Wall Street Journal Director of the Year, 2014. For HVSF:
The Two gentlemen of Verona. Off- Broadway: Bedlam's Saint Joan (NYTimes Top 10
of 2014). Tina Packer's Woman of Will (The Judson), The Belle of Belfast
(Cherry Lane). The Seagull and Sense and Sensibility (NYTimes Top 10 of 2014).
Other: The Libertine (IRNE nomination, Best Director), Hamlet (with William
Hurt, L.A.), Mate (The Actors' Gang),Macbeth (nominated Best Production and
Best Director by LA Weekly), Uranium and Peaches (with Ed Asner), Pinter's
Mirror, Bad Dates (Shakespeare & Company), Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet
(Trinity Rep). MFA/Trinity Rep. Eric resides in New York City, where he is
Artistic Director of Bedlam.
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