Summer Cast Announcement …
… And Early GiveBIG!
The wait is over. Casting is complete for GreenStage’s FREE Shakespeare in the Park summer season and putting this company together was the best part of this spring. You’ll see beloved GreenStage veterans alongside fresh faces making their park debut. We can’t wait for you to meet them this summer.
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Go see a play!
The Winter’s Tale
Directed by Erin Day
Once upon a time, love and friendship ruled the lands of Sicilia and Bohemia. Until King Leontes’ jealousy sets off a series of fantastical events that consumes his wife, Hermione, and dear friend, Bohemia’s King Polixenes. Sixteen years later, a young shepherdess, Perdita, has the power to fulfill the oracle’s prophecy, reunite a family, and restore the land to peace and harmony in Shakespeare’s romantic tale of renewal, redemption, and the transformative power of time.
Cast List
- Rain Anderson: Perdita
- Brandon Brown: Camillo
- Ryan Crome: Ensemble
- Tony Driscoll: Autolycus
- Lauren Erwin: Ensemble
- Olivia Ockey Goodwin: Hermione
- Marc “Mok” Moser: Ensemble
- Eric Newman: Antigonus
- Levi Redmill: Florizel
- Monty Rozema: Clown
- Dan Ruiz Salvatura: Polixenes
- Sean Patrick Taylor: Shepherd
- Nicole Vernon: Paulina
- Daniel Wood: Leontes
Coriolanus
Directed by Linda Lombardi
In a deeply divided country, a fierce warrior seeks political office. But being consul requires Coriolanus use the art of compromise and flattery, not the art of war. When his pride and contempt for the people ignites the volatile relationship between the haves and have-nots, Coriolanus joins forces with Aufidius and the Volscian army. Rome’s greatest warrior becomes her greatest threat in Shakespeare’s most political play about pride, power, and identity.
Cast List
- Denice Arbacauskas: Ensemble
- Mary Murfin Bayley: Volumnia
- Isaac Boekelheide: Ensemble
- Tamara Burgess: Brutus
- Adrian Cerrato: Cominius
- Bob Downing: Menenius
- Samuel Edgren: Aufidius
- Tom Livingston: Sicinius
- Huzaifah Malik: Citizen 1/Young Martius
- Phillip M. Meyer: Coriolanus
- Atlas Peak: Virgilia
- Hannah Wang: Citizen 2/Valeria
- Li Wessel: Lartius
Backyard Bard
Directed by Garth Ball
The Tempest
Exiled on a mysterious island, usurped Duke Prospero conjures a storm to shipwreck his enemies and finally get his revenge. When his daughter Miranda falls in love with a stranded prince, Prospero must choose between his past and her future. And even the sorcery of the island is no match for the power of young love. Magic, romance, and supernatural creatures cast their spell in Shakespeare’s wondrous masterpiece about redemption and the power of forgiveness.
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Nothing turns best friends into bitter rivals like a love triangle. Arcite and Palamon soon learn that the hard way when they both fall for the same woman. But before they can woo Emilia, they have to get out of prison. Condemned by Theseus but aided by the Jailer’s Daughter, the only solution is a winner-takes-all duel. Based on Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale,” and written with John Fletcher, Shakespeare’s final play probes the conflict between our desires and our destiny—even as it pokes fun at the lengths we go to in the name of love.
Cast List
Paige Cooley: Musician
Matthew Fisher: Tempest: Ferdinand/Caliban Kinsmen: Palamon
Aubrey Sara Kaye: Tempest: Miranda Kinsmen: Emilia
Mandy Nelson: Tempest: Prospero Kinsmen: Hyppolyta
Bryce Publow: Tempest: Ensemble Kinsmen: Arcite
GreenStage summer shows run from July 10 through August 15 in parks in and around Seattle.
Go see a play!
All details are subject to change.