Rome and Egypt are on the precipice of immense change: Rome is about to become the greatest empire of the western world, while Egypt is saying goodbye to the empire it once held. Rome’s hero, Mark Antony, has fallen head over heels for Egypt's jewel, Cleopatra. With duty calling them both back home, can their forbidden love withstand the personal war brewing between their countries? Or will it be their untimely ends that history remembers most? Underscored by an 80s soundtrack, Hamlet Isn’t Dead’s Antony and Cleopatra features a gang of pissed off Romans, a clique of Egyptian “mean girls” with rock and roll tendencies, and a Soothsayer that knows way too much. It’s a war between love, duty, and pride that you don’t want to miss!
Dates and Times:
Friday, October 13, 2023, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 7:30 pm & 2:00 pm
Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 7:30 pm
Friday, October 20, 2023, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 7:30 pm & 2:00 pm
The running time is 2 hours plus a 15-minute intermission.
Please note that bathrooms in the Center at West Park are not wheelchair or handicap accessible.
Hamlet Isn’t Dead is a 2023-24 Company in Residence at the Center at West Park
Hamlet Isn’t Dead (HID) is an indie grassroots Shakespeare company in NYC. HID has spent the past decade infusing Shakespeare's plays (as well as other classical and new works) with joyful, immediate, and intimate energy inherent to their brand. The HID-style breathes new life into these essential texts via live music, direct address, and plenty of playful "HIDiocy"! Our goal is to perform the entire canon in the order it was written (more or less) to examine Shakespeare's growth as an artist alongside our own growth as a company of creatives. With 28 plays done and only 10 to go, HID has something to love for the classical scholar and novice alike. It's theatre you'll love, whether you like it or not!
Production Team:
Directors: Valerie Peter Chong and Sophia Carlin
Assistant Director/Dramaturg: Michael Luca
Assistant Stage Manager/CCO: B Carty
Intimacy Director: Afton Paige Welch
Fight Choreographer: Julieanna Stolley*
Band Director: Bradwin Amos
Producer: David Andrew Laws
Cast:
Travis Klemm as Mark Antony
Neysa Lozano* as Cleopatra
Reid Watson as Octavius Caesar
Jorge Carrión Álvarez as Enobarbus/Clown
Dan Dobro as Lepidus/Fight Captain
Roy Koshy as Pompey
Madeline Parks as Soothsayer/Band
Bradwin Amos as Charmian/Band
Meg Oikawa as Iras/Band
Gabriel Ethridge as Scarus/Band
Samia Omari as Cleopatra Understudy
Gregory Kowlessar* as Antony Understudy
Olivia Basile as Caesar/Enobarbus/Lepidus/Pompey Swing
Nick Stokes as Soothsayer/Charmian/Iras/Scarus Swing
*Proud member of AEA