Coriolanus

July 22 to August 2 | Schubert Theatre

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Shakespeare’s Original Anti-Hero.

By William Shakespeare 

July 22 to August 2 | Schubert Theatre

Coriolanusa relentless warrior and a celebrated hero until his pride becomes his downfall. Once the people’s champion, he becomes their greatest threat when his contempt for the masses collides with the politics of power. Coriolanus asks: What happens when a hero believes he’s above those he serves?  Experience it “Extreme Shakespeare” style—actors arrive with lines learned, rehearse independently, and open within days. No director. No designers. No safety net. Just the raw power of Shakespeare’s explosive tragedy.

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Show Extras:

  • Opening Night, Friday, July 24: Join the PSF actors and staff for a friendly post-show champagne toast.
  • Meet the actors for an informal talk-back after the show: Thursday, July 30.
  • Epilogues—Join us on a Saturday morning for a discussion and a behind-the-scenes look!  Gain deeper insight, share your thoughts, and ask questions. Saturday, August 1, 10:00am.

Show Features

An Action Actor Approaches Coriolanus

I hated my first encounter with Shakespeare: An awkward teenager in a ninth grade English class, plodding through Romeo & Juliet, reading it aloud incomprehensibly. It might as well have been in Latin. It was humorless, dead, and dusty.

What I really wanted was for school to end so I could rush home with my friends to play Dungeons & Dragons. D&D was my escape from the doldrums of public education into castles infested with monsters.

I often led the groups as a Dungeon Master, which meant pre-planning our encounters, designing maps as well as characters for them to ally with or slay as well as collaborating on the story of the campaign with the players. I loved bouncing from a charismatic king to a diabolical dragon to a cowering kobold. And the combat! I may not have known at my age how to throw or catch… well anything. But in D&D I could throw knives with pinpoint accuracy, loose arrow after arrow at a charging Bugbear and then flourish a swept hilt rapier for the coup-de-gras. Little did I realize my early teenage years inside the game would build the skills I needed for my career in professional theatre.

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