[Capdist-announce] Saratoga Shakespeare OPENS 2019 Season with THE TEMPEST

[David Girard]

For Immediate Release................ PRESS PHOTOS ATTACHED

*Date: *7.09.19

*For further information, contact:
                            *

Barbara Opitz, Executive Director
518.428.2703 or 518.587.2166
bopitz at skidmore.edu

David Girard, Associate Artistic Director
518.528.1677
david at davidmgirard.com

*SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY*

*OPENS THE TEMPEST*

*This summer, Saratoga Shakespeare Company will OPEN its 19th season with *

*THE TEMPEST** (co-sponsored by SPAC and Radial Arts) on the SPAC grounds.*


[image: Tempest-Cast.png]

(Top, R-L) Louis Butelli*, Tracy Liz Miller*, Kent Burnham*, Maya Bhagwat
Bassuk*, Dennis Schebetta*

(Bottom, R-L) Oliver Wadsworth*, LeeAnne Hutchison*, Grant Neale*, Chris
Naughton, Marcus Dean Fuller* (Director)



**The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the
Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.*



Building on last year’s successful collaboration, Saratoga Shakespeare
begins the season joining forces with SPAC and Radial Arts to present *Poetry
in the Pines*, bringing a new, innovative and music-filled production of *THE
TEMPEST* on the SPAC grounds. Performances will take place at the
Reflecting Pool on Friday, July 19th at 2:00pm and 5:00pm and on Saturday,
July 20th at 11:00am. The production will be directed by Marcus Dean
Fuller, a writer, director and producer with twenty years of experience
working in film, television and stage. Marcus is the President of Compass
Entertainment. He currently teaches and directs at Union College. In
addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of Yale School of Drama, the
Nantucket Theater Institute, and Saratoga Shakespeare.



Admission always free of charge for *THE TEMPEST* and the SPAC grounds are
entirely accessible. Both young and old, as well as family groups, are
strongly encouraged to attend – with or without picnics – for what has
become a beloved summer tradition in Saratoga.



As Saratoga’s longest running professional theatre company, *THE TEMPEST*
will feature several experienced members of Actors’ Equity Association, the
stage actors’ professional union. These actors have extensive New York City
and national stage, film and television credits. In addition, a talented
group of non-union professional actors and members of Saratoga
Shakespeare’s Young Theatre Professional Company will round out the cast.


Since 2000, the productions of Saratoga’s longest running professional
theatre company have become a beloved Saratoga tradition, and many regional
children have grown up watching Saratoga Shakespeare every summer. The
Company takes pride in presenting Shakespeare’s work with great clarity and
continues to develop a visually arresting and audience immersive aesthetic.

The Saratoga Shakespeare Company is grateful to Skidmore College for their
generosity, as well as continued support from Skidmore’s Office of Special
Programs and the Department of Theater. The Company was the recipient of a
2019 Community Arts Grant from Saratoga Arts.


The Company certainly hopes that someone can be made available to review
both productions early in their runs. We have been extremely grateful for
your past coverage of our productions, as well as your overall commitment
to solid arts coverage. For further information, visit
www.saratogashakespeare.com or Saratoga Shakespeare’s Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/SaratogaShakespeare. You can contact our Executive
Director, Barbara Opitz, at 518-587-2166 (bopitz at skidmore.edu) or our
Associate Artistic Director of PR and Audience Engagement, David Girard, at
518-528-1677 (david at davidmgirard.com).



ENDS
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