User:Live4Arts/Draft-Hamptons Shakespeare Festival

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Hamptons Shakespeare Festival is a nonprofit regional theater company founded in 1996, which presents free outdoor productions and educational programs.[1]

Programs[edit]

Hamptons Shakespeare Festival primarily presents Shakespeare's plays on the South Fork of Long Island in venues which have included Montauk County Park, Agawam Park (Southampton), Amagansett Square, Fort Pond House (Montauk), the Montauk Playhouse, and Guild Hall of East Hampton, as well as in schools and theaters in other locations on Long Island and in New York City.[2][3][4] Some of its productions have included:

  • Much Ado About Nothing set in the post-World War II era with a jazz score,[5] called "one of the best productions of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING that I've ever seen" by Robert Zukerman, Theatre Program Director at the New York State Council on the Arts;[6]
  • Taming of the Shrew: Extreme, which moved Off-Broadway to The Duke on 42nd Street;[7]
  • Twelfth Night featuring a sand box in three-quarter round;[8] and,
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream with Everett Quinton as "Bottom", set in "a tawdry old amusement park, with roller coaster and Ferris wheel skeletons beneath a moon with red and yellow lights."[9]

The company also presents play readings, such as Joe Pintauro's Metropolitan Operas: Four Little Ironic Plays about Life Off Broadway and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, starring Daniel Davis and Lisa Harrow, directed by Jesse Berger.[10]

Its educational programs include Camp Shakespeare workshops, children's matinees, school residencies, and Theater-for-Young-Audiences productions.[11][12]

Notable artists[edit]

Other actors who have performed with Hamptons Shakespeare Festival include Remy Auberjonois,[13] Torquil Campbell,[14] Jordan Bridges,[15] Danielle Schneider,[16] Richard B. Watson,[17] Demosthenes Chrysan,[8] Claudia Besso,[14] David Paluck,[17] J. Richey Nash,[18] Kathryn Merry,[9] Margot White,[9] Amy Prosser,[19] Gerard Doyle,[20] Edward O'Blenis,[8] Kameron Steele,[16] Lucy Boyle,[21] Catherine Eaton,[22] and Patrick Tully.[23]

Reality-television star Ethan Zohn appeared on video recording in the company's Taming of the Shrew: Extreme.[7]

The company has held events at the Montauk homes of photographers Richard Avedon[13] and Peter Beard, featuring performances by Dick Cavett, actors Mercedes Ruehl, Roy Scheider, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson, and playwrights Edward Albee, Marsha Norman, and Joe Pintauro.[24][25]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "About the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival", Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  2. ^ 27east.com, June 27, 2008, "Hampton Shakespeare Festival teams with Spitfire for two shows outdoors", Southampton, NY.
  3. ^ EastHamptonPatch, July 11, 2012, Taylor K. Vecsey, "Hamptons Shakespeare Festival Returns to Montauk for FamilyFest", East Hampton, NY.
  4. ^ Hamptons.com, December 21 2011, Eileen Casey, "Hamptons Shakespeare Festival Brings 'The Great One-Man Commedia Epic' To Guild Hall", Southampton, NY.
  5. ^ Newsday, August 10, 2000, Steve Parks, "Dressing the Bard in Khaki and Song", Long Island, NY, p. B6.
  6. ^ "Praise for the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival", Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  7. ^ a b TheaterMania.com, November 6, 2003, "Taming of the Shrew: Extreme", New York, NY.
  8. ^ a b c Newsday, August 1, 2001, Steve Parks, "A Midsummer 'Night' That's a Dream", Long Island, NY, p. B9.
  9. ^ a b c The New York Times, August 7, 2005, Anita Gates, "Roller Coaster of Love Rides Again", New York, NY.
  10. ^ TheaterMania.com, July 10, 2010, Brian Scott Lipton, "Daniel Davis and Lisa Harrow to Star in Benefit Reading of 'The Lion in Winter'", Long Island, NY.
  11. ^ The New York Times, August 15, 2004, Julia C. Mead, "'Like, Yuck,' Yorick Went and Croaked", New York, NY, p. LI12.
  12. ^ "Programs", Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  13. ^ a b The New York Times, August 16, 1998, Alvin Klein, "Bringing Outdoor Shakespeare to the East End", New York, NY, p. LI15.
  14. ^ a b Newsday, August 28, 1996, Steve Parks, "Wherefore Art Thou, Fair Skies?", Long Island, NY, p. B7.
  15. ^ "ZoomInfo Cached Page", ZoomInfo, Retrieved March 12, 2013. Cached: Backstage.com, August 10, 2006, Andrew Salomon, "Cast Changes for 'Lieutenant'", New York, NY.
  16. ^ a b Newsday, August 7, 1998, Steve Parks, "To Bard, With Love: Shakespeare on the East End, just 'As You Like It'", Long Island, NY, p. B31.
  17. ^ a b Newsday, August 20, 1997, Steve Parks, "Montauk Park's Midsummer 'Dream'", Long Island, NY, p. B7.
  18. ^ The New York Times, August 3, 2003, Alvin Klein, "Shakespeare's Lovers, in a Real-Life Brawl", New York, NY.
  19. ^ The Wall Street Journal, August 12, 1998, Donald Lyons, "Hamptons Shakespeare; Wartime Sartre", New York, NY, p. A13.
  20. ^ New York Post, August 23, 2001, Donald Lyons, "A Little 'Night' Mischief in the Hamptons", New York, NY, p. 47.
  21. ^ "Brown/Trinity MFA Programs", Brown University, Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  22. ^ Newsday, August 3, 2004, Steve Parks, "Doubling up with a bit of stage magic", Long Island, NY, p. B5.
  23. ^ Newsday, August 6, 1999, Steve Parks, "Taking Montauk by Storm: Cast, East End backdrop make 'Tempest' magical", Long Island, NY, p. B31.
  24. ^ New York Post, August 17, 2002, "Page Six", New York, NY, p. 10.
  25. ^ TheaterMania.com, August 17, 2005, Brian Scott Lipton, "Albee, Cavett, Ruehl to Participate in Hamptons Shakespeare Festival Benefit", New York, NY.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Category:Shakespeare festivals Category:Theatre festivals in the United States Category:Festivals in New York (state) Category:Tourist attractions on Long Island Category:Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York Category:The Hamptons, New York

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