Life is a Dream, La Vida es Suenamore info

by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, directed by Lilah Rahn-Lee

Is our fate determined by the stars? Segismundo has spent his whole life imprisoned in a rocky tower until he wakes one morning in a palace and is told he is the crown prince of Poland and master of all he sees. Is this a dream? What dark secret has kept Segismundo locked away all these years with only an old courtier for company? With deft poetry and stinging comedy, this 17th century blockbuster by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, the Shakespeare of Spain, forces us to examine how our actions can create the enemies we fear.

Gallathea

more info by John Lyly, directed by Shannon Friday

How do you keep track of yourself when you’re lost to love? Gallathea is a remarkable play that speaks about the struggle for identity. This Elizabethan blockbuster and DC premiere – posed against a backdrop of gods, nymphs, and goddesses – is the story of two women who disguise themselves as men to escape a virgin sacrifice. Wandering in the woods, the “young men” fall in love, each knowing themselves to be a woman. Things look headed for disaster until a divine intervention solves all problems . . . or does it? Written over 400 years ago and a clear influence on such plays as Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Twelfth Night, Gallathea is a surprisingly contemporary look at the intersection of sex, politics, and how we understand ourselves.

Professor Dilexi Presents Dramatis Personae of the Apocryphal Menageriemore info

Written and directed by Rebecca Fullan

Are you tired of tyrannical playwrights and directors dictating how the play YOU’RE watching is going to end? Finally! A play that allows you to determine your own fate! oops! We mean the fate of the characters on stage,
naturally.... In this visceral new production by Uncut Pages Theater Company, Professor Dilexi guides the audience as they decide the play’s fate. Will the audience be able to resist his glittery machinations? As the ideas of staged reality and real staging collide, the audience and characters both must evaluate the price of complacency and the trust inherent in a simple choice. IS IT BETTER TO CHOOSE? OR TO HAVE NO CHOICE AT ALL?

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Written and directed by Charlotte Rahn-Lee

Uncut Pages presents Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before. An all-female cast examines the collision of creative visions in modern theater when two Shakespeare productions attempt to coexist on the same stage – literally. Through frenetic action, angry words, and unanticipated understandings this exhilarating new play asks the question: to whom does theater belong?