Three actors conjure all 37 plays in Will’s canon in just 97 minutes through the hilarious rapid-fire The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, March 30 through April 9 at Threadbare Cider House & Meadery.
The six performances are set in the brew pub’s evocative distillery production space, with longtime PSiP artist Charles Beikert returning to direct the hit comedy. Three actors take on all the parts: Aaron Crutchfield, Charles David Richards, and Jennifer Tober.
“What a great way to kick off our first in-person spring production – by offering all Shakespeare’s plays in 97 minutes at a well-loved Northside establishment,” says Tober, who founded PSiP in 2005.
“We’re so happy to get Chuck Beikert back in the director’s chair. Chuck directed The Comedy of Errors and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for us, and we love the slapstick and physical comedy he brings to our productions. And we’re fortunate to have the hilarious Aaron Crutchfield and Stoney Richards with us again!”
Tober continues: “It’s challenging for us to do a non-Shakespeare play – it’s like, wait a minute – what is this contemporary language?? But The Complete Works is just side-splittingly funny, and it’ll be a marathon for performers and designers alike. And we love a challenge! We can’t wait to romp around the Wigle mead and cider vats and delight the audience with our silliness – and of course, enjoy a mug of mead with the audience as well – socially distanced, of course!”
The script created for the Reduced Shakespeare Company by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield is a relentless romp through virtually all of Shakespeare’s plays. Brandishing words, found objects, puns, and costume pieces, the actors find that where there’s a Will there’s a way to conjure contagious hilarity. The show broke records as London’s longest-running comedy, nine years in London’s West End at the Criterion Theatre.
For more information, performance times at tickets along with details on COVID safety, free parking options, and more visit: pittsburghshakespeare.org
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