Assassins at NCSU's TheatreFEST
Jun
2
to Jun 19

Assassins at NCSU's TheatreFEST

Abbe will featured as Sam Byck in NCSU TheatreFEST’s production of Sondheim’s musical, Assassins

BOOK BY JOHN WEIDMAN | MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM

BASED ON AN IDEA BY CHARLES GILBERT JR.
DIRECTED BY DANICA JACKSON

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY DIANE C. PETTEWAY
PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s controversial musical, Assassins, scrutinizes the lives and motivations of nine individuals who killed (or tried to kill) various presidents of the United States. This multiple Tony Award-winning, dark comedy explores the human need for acknowledgment versus the American need for celebrity, amplified by the frustrated desires of those who crossed a terrifying threshold.

Show Times:
7:30pm Nightly | June 2-4, 9-11, 16-18
2:00pm Matinees | June 5, 12, 19

Closed Captioning:
Each performance will be closed captioned.

Audio Description:
Available upon request. Call 919.515.3927 or send an email to universitytheatre@ncsu.edu.

Themes:
Connection, Disaffection, Validation

Content Warnings:
Gun Violence, Murder, Suicide, Adult Language, Use of non-firing Prop Guns

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The Road to Mecca at Burning Coal Theatre Co.
Dec
2
to Dec 19

The Road to Mecca at Burning Coal Theatre Co.

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Abbe will appear as Elsa Barlow in Athol Fugard’s The Road to Mecca at Burning Coal Theatre Co. in Raleigh, NC

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THE ROAD TO MECCA by Athol Fugard / December 2 – 19, 2021
Directed by Jerome Davis

Based on the true story of a South African woman, Miss Helen, who began to create sculptures late in her life, determined that her voice would finally be heard.  Athol Fugard’s masterpiece was hailed on its original production at Burning Coal as one of the Triangle’s best productions of the decade.  Artistic Director Jerome Davis again returns to the Karoo Desert and to the play he calls “one of my five all-time favorites.”

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The Winter's Tale at Sweet Tea Shakespeare
Aug
21
to Sep 5

The Winter's Tale at Sweet Tea Shakespeare

Dates: August 21, 26-28, and September 2-4 (7:30 pm); August 22, 29, & September 5 (2:00pm)

Venue: William Peace University

General Admission: $20 ADVANCE | $25 AT THE DOOR
Seniors/Military: $18 ADVANCE | $25 AT THE DOOR
Students: $10 ADVANCE | $25 AT THE DOOR

Director: Jeremy Fiebig
Music Director: Aaron Alderman

Family, fairytale, and forgiveness entwine in this lyrical, late-Shakespearean Romance. When King Leontes wrongfully accuses his wife of adultery, he unleashes a storm of tragedy upon the kingdom of Sicilia. His libeled queen, Hermione, succumbs to sorrow and their newborn child is left to perish in a foreign land. Sixteen years later, a young prince and a mysterious peasant girl elope to Sicilia, leading to an extraordinary reunion that just might give everyone a happily ever after. 

The Winter’s Tale will be staged and performed in Raleigh, and made available in Fayetteville via streaming later in the season.

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The Tempest for our Time, by Globetrotting Shakespeare
Jul
11
2:00 PM14:00

The Tempest for our Time, by Globetrotting Shakespeare

Abbe will be featured as “Ariel—Ether” in a digital production benefiting Prague Shakespeare Company

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The newly launched Globetrotting Shakespeare presents an international online performance experience of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

In this moment of isolation, reflection, and transformation, Shakespeare artists across 4 countries will come together digitally to present a live stream performance of The Tempest for our Time.

Journeying to Prospero’s digital island are theatre makers and artists representing Shakespeare Napa Valley, Shakespeare by the Sea, Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Shakespeare at Notre Dame, The University of Houston, and Prague Shakespeare Company. The actors will be participating remotely, and the event will be live-streamed through thestreamingtheatre.com.

Contributions to the event will benefit Prague Shakespeare Company’s Summer Shakespeare Intensive, a transformational classical theater training, performance and mentorship program that takes place each summer in the Czech Republic.

In April 2020, Prague Shakespeare Company announced that its world-renowned Summer Shakespeare Intensive had to be cancelled this year due to the devastating Coronavirus pandemic. Artists, scholars and students from all over the world were to gather in Prague for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train and perform Shakespeare’s great plays in Europe’s most historic venues including Prague Castle and the Czech National Theater’s Estates Theatre - where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni in 1787.

This is a devastating artistic, educational, and financial loss. While other countries, such as Germany, have committed billions of Euros to supporting the arts, the Czech Republic has yet to provide any financial relief to arts organizations and theatre companies whose livelihood depends on public engagement and performances.

All of the artists featured in the Globetrotting Shakespeare's The Tempest for our Time represent theater leaders, directors and actors, who have all worked for Prague Shakespeare Company. Ariel in The Tempest for our Time, represented as five elements, will be played by alumni of the Prague Shakespeare Company Summer Intensive.

This coming together from around the world demonstrates the microcosm of the kind of artistic company PSC creates – uniting a world through the words of William Shakespeare - a vision that Globetrotting Shakespeare and Prague Shakespeare Company both share.

This one-time performance will launch on The Streaming Theatre website and Twitch page on 6 June 2020 at (11:00 PDT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 Prague CET).

Watch on The Streaming Theatre:
https://thestreamingtheatre.wixsite.com/home/livestream

Tickets: This is a DONATE WHAT YOU CAN event. Donate by Credit Card through Paypal. Options for donating can be found at:

https://www.pragueshakespeare.com/support-psc.html

All contributions will help ensure PSC’s commitment to training the next generation of theatre artists that will continue a tradition of excellence and artistry.

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