I’ve had a bevy of lovely opportunities since I rooted in Philly a few years back, but I’m especially geeked about this one: tomorrow I begin my first summer of work up at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Located about an hour north of Philadelphia (at the campus of DeSales University), and established in 1992, it now employs more than 200 theatre artists each summer.
Productions of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and HENRY IV, PART 2 have already opened, with IN THE HEIGHTS, and THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), opening soon.
I will be appearing in the two-show repertory at the heart of the summer season. this will be the 6th time I have worked on a production of THE TEMPEST, but the first time playing Antonio, Prospero’s duplicitous younger brother. And I’m really thrilled to finally be working on my first piece adapted from Jane Austen’s work, appearing as Colonel Brandon in SENSE & SENSIBILITY. The two-show repertory will be comprised of (mostly) the same cast of actors working on both shows at the same time, each opening just a week apart.
The two shows will begin public performances with THE TEMPEST on July 12th, with SENSE & SENSIBILITY opening the following week, and both running alternately until August 6th.
Our rehearsal process begins tomorrow, and I’m full of giddy, happy anxieties!
If you’re in Philadelphia (less than an hour!), or New York City (less than two hours!), or anywhere else in the region, come give us a look!