Cymbeline has ascended to its palace crystalline, but the Complete Readings of William Shakespeare will roll on with the rapier-sharp wit of Much Ado About Nothing on November 10th! MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING NOVEMBER 10th, 2010 7:30 PM Tickets: Pay What You Can! People’s Center Theater 425 20th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN Directions to the [...]

You may have heard that the word “geek” was originally used to describe circus freaks who would entertain the crowd by biting the heads off of live fish (or some other bizarre feat). While it’s true that circus freaks were referred to as “geeks” in the early 20th century, it’s not true that this is [...]

The Sweet 16 of the Complete Readings of William Shakespeare is tonight! Our largest, most outrageous production to date pushes the boundaries of what a staged reading can be as we strive to master Shakespeare’s most daring exploitation of theatrical art! CYMBELINE!

The First Folio of 1623 is our only original source for Cymbeline, and so naturally the ASR script for the play is based upon it. CYMBELINE – FULL SCRIPT CYMBELINE – CONFLATED SCRIPT In working with the script, it quickly became apparent that a heavier hand than usual would need to be employed with emending [...]

Our November schedule for the Complete Readings of William Shakespeare is being shuffled to better accommodate a variety of schedules. Much Ado About Nothing will be performing on NOVEMBER 10th at the People’s Center Theater. Hamlet, which was originally schedule for that date, will be moved to a date later in the month. (Currently pending [...]

Cymbeline. One of Shakespeare’s final masterpieces. Published as a tragedy; performed as a history; embraced as a classic tale of romance… Was it really meant to a comedy the whole time? It’s a play of endless enigmas, starring perhaps the finest of Shakespeare’s tragic heroines. Join us on October 26th at the Lowry Lab… CAST [...]