New Translations of Coriolanus, Midsummer Night’s Dream, More in Fall 2024 Play On Shakespeare Season
The company is partnering with theatres in Oregon, Ohio, and the U.K. for upcoming productions.
Play On Shakespeare has unveiled details of its upcoming fall 2024 season, which will include new translations of Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Winter’s Tale at theatres in Oregon, Ohio, and the U.K.
Writer-director-performer Sean San José has penned the Coriolanus translation, which is already performing at the Thomas Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, a co-production between Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Portland Center Stage, in association with upstart crow collective and Play On Shakespeare. Rosa Joshi adapts and directs, with performances continuing through October 13.
Next up will be a new take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Avenue Q book writer Jeff Whitty. The production is set to run October 4-27 at Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio, in partnership with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Sara Bruner is directing.
Crossing the pond, a translation of The Winter’s Tale from Tracy Young will be presented by 1623 Theatre Company at Attenborough Arts Center in Leicester and Derby Theatre Studio in Derby. Performances will run December 6-January 11, 2025, with December performances in Leicester and January performances in Derby. Ben Spiller is adapting and directing.
The company’s Play On Podcasts series will also release a modern verse translation (by Shishir Kurup) of Julius Caesar this fall, with the first episode scheduled to drop October 14.
Tickets for Coriolanus are available at OSFAshland.org. Midsummer tickets are at GreatLakesTheater.org. Tickets for both runs of The Winter’s Tale are available at 1623Theatre.co.uk.
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