Taffety Punk Theatre Company
presents
  Bootleg Shakespeare:
26 July 10
26 July 10
FREE!
The Two Noble Kinsmen
FREE!

a more or less spontaneous production of the play by William Shakespeare
directed by Lise Bruneau

201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
July 26th. 7:00pm. General Admission.

Watch the Trailer!

A DC-NewYork-Illinois-Williamsburg hybrid company gathers for an extreme theatrical experiment. The challenge: Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen without rehearsal. Thirty actors will memorize their lines, and thrust themeselves into the action of the play for a one-night only free public experiment. Under the guidance of director Lise Bruneau, the actors will only meet the day-of to resolve the most crucial details. Otherwise, the play will unfold as it is happening.

the players:

Theseus
–James Beaman
Hyppolyta
–Esther Williamson
Emilia
–Tonya Beckman Ross
Palamon
–Joel David Santner
Arcite
–Ashley Strand
Jailer's Daughter
–Kimberly Gilbert
Jailer
–John Flaherty
Wooer
–Todd Scofield
1st Queen & Fritz
–Sara Waisenen
2nd Queen
–Erin Sloan
3rd Queen
–Kait Manning
Pirithous
–Mark R. Ross
Doctor
–Matthew R. Wilson
Schoolmaster
–Ian Gould
Nell & 2nd Nymph
–Kathleen Akerley
1st Countryman & 2nd Knight to Palamon
–Joe Brack
Jailer's Second Friend & 2nd Dead King
–Michael John Casey
Luce, 1st Nymph, & Jailer's Daughter's Maid
–Robin Covington
2nd Knight to Arcite, Servant to Emilia, & the Bavian
–Dan Crane
4th Countryman, Messenger, A Herald
–James Flanagan
3rd Knight to Palamon, the Taborer, & Executioner
–Daniel Flint
Athenian Gentleman, Morris Attendant
–Michael Glenn
Barbary & 3rd Nymph
–Paulina Guerrero
Jailer's Friend & Maudlin
–Sheila Hennessey
Messenger
–Britt Herring
3rd Knight to Arcite, 2nd Countryman, & Guard
–Andreu Honeycutt
Jailer's Brother, 1st Knight to Palamon
–Paul Hope
Prologue, Epilogue, 1st Dead King, Artesius
–Marcus Kyd
1st Knight to Arcite & 3rd Countryman
–William LeDent
Valerius
–Christopher Marino
Emilia's Woman
–Abby Wood
Hymen and other attendants
–Amanda Goodyear
Lords and other attendants
–Gabriel Swee
Lords and other attendants
–Mickey O'Sullivan

 

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and the generous donations of: Stephen Alsop, Rosalia Alsop, Mr. Anonymous, Miss Anonymous, Ms. Anonymous, Anonymous One, Anonymous Two, Anonymous Three, Donna Marie Artuso, Nina Ayoub, Merribel S. Ayres, Stephen Bacon, Ann Barasch, Jody Barasch, Ben Barker & Margaret Steel, Steve Beall, Mary Pat Bierle & Robert K. Beard, David Belman, Stacey Bennett, Dana Benningfield, Christina Biebesheimer, William Odell & James Bingham, Dan Bruno, George Bruno, Miron Straf & Carolee Bush, John Byrne, Richard Byrne, Tom Byrne, Dominique Carlier, Michael Berris & Jean Carlson, Michael John & Colleen Casey, Daniel Chen, Carrie Chilcoat, Martin Chin, Timothy Christensen, Johanna Claasen, Brigid Cleary Davis, Rose Ann Clevelend, William Cooke, Hero Cordileone, Emanuele & Emma Jean Crupi, Liz and Tim Cullen, Helen Cymrot, Rose Dakin, Elizabeth Daniel, Robert & Mary Defeo, Peter DiMuro, Charles Doe, May Lee Eckley, Andrea Evers, Shawn Fagan, Paul Fain, Christine Farley, Sam Fleming, Daniel Flint , Roy & Joyce Gamse, Chris Garman, Carl Read Gerber, Mitchell Gerber, David Glenn, Linda Glover, Maggie Slade & Tim Gooding, Ronald Gootzeit, Anne Grant, Joseph Groves, Marie Guerrero, Mary Guiden, Lila Guterman. Theo Hadjimichael, Melvin Hardy, Allyson Harkey, John Harpold, Mitchell Hébert, Aaron Heinsman, Sheila Hennessey, Alan Hermesch, Kristen Hileman, Tymberlee Hill, Jill Strachan & Jane Hoffman, Michael Holland, Alison Drucker & Thomas Holzman, Eric Hoover, William Horne, Tim House, Charlene Howard McDonald, Melanie Hudson, Philippa Hughes, David & Nance Ipastato, Don Irwin, Tati Kaupp, Paul Keefer, Charles Keller, Rosanne Kennedy, David Kessler, Dana & Raymond Koch, Maria Kokkinaki, James Kronzer, Joseph Leopold, Jamie Hansen and Amy Lepage-Hansen, Jesse Levin & Elizabeth Rhymes Levin, Robert Lohrmann, Wendy Lunde, James Monahan & Margaret MacDonnell, Joan MacDonnell, James and Adele MacMillan, Gary Lee Maker, Stephen Patrick & Valerie Martin, Anne & Marc Mayerson, Nancy Mitchell MacCabe, Beth & Marek McCallum, Garth McCardle, Mary McGloin, Jim McNeill, Lynn McNutt, Joseph Morra, Connan Morrissey, Barbary Mowat, Joan Naake, Dianne Nagel, Sophia Nagel, Carl & Undine Nash, Rahaleh Nassri, Anthony & Cathleen Nelson, Marianna Nelson, Mark M. Nelson, Ryan Nelson, Louisa & William Newlin, Nick Newlin, Louisa Nickerson, Rita O'Hara, Carol Page, Barbara Papendorp, John & Jane Payne, Tina Plottel, Cara Pomponio, Harry Martin & John Pull, Elizabeth Ramborger, Melissa Randell, Carolyn Rodis, Laura Rose, Meriam Rosen, Robert Rosenberg, Margot Rueda, Joe Sampson, Carole Sargent, Timothy Savage, Scott Smallwood, Parker Stanzione, Kathryn Stevens, Robert & Penelope Strand, Helen Stuart, Steven Sumberg, Kris Swanson, Alisa Talisman, David Tannous, Patrick Taylor, Henry Thaggert, Michelle Thissell, David Tittsworth, Don Troop, Christopher & Novie Trump, Michelle & Douglas van Goidtsnoven Rathbun, Bruno Venini, Catherine Weidner, Harriet Weil, J. L. Weil, Susan Wilder, Susan Moore Williams, Laura Winter, Abby Wood, Kathryn Wood, Mindy Woodhead, Karen Yankosky, Gail Yano, Holly Yeager, and David Zepf.

Bootleg Two Noble Kinsmen