[Capdist-announce] Saratoga Shakespeare Continues 19th Season with KING LEAR in Congress Park

[David Girard]

For Immediate Release....

*SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY*
*Continues their Season of Redemption with KING LEAR *
*in Historic Congress Park*

[image: LEAR Cover Image 1.jpg]
(L-R) Clara Hevia (Cordelia), Leah Walton (Goneril), Emily Raine Blythe
(Regan), Lary Opitz (Lear)


*PRESS KIT:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13Puvn8U0owALsxiCsv309XHZOVH7mQEd
<https://drive.google.com/open?id=13Puvn8U0owALsxiCsv309XHZOVH7mQEd>*

DATE
7.10.19

*FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: *
Barbara Opitz, Executive Director                      David Girard,
Associate Artistic Director
518.428.2703 or 518.587.2166              518.528.1677
bopitz at skidmore.edu                      david at davidmgirard.com

The Saratoga Shakespeare Company of Saratoga Springs, NY, is continuing
19th season with presenting its second production, Shakespeare’s *KING LEAR*,
directed by Wesley Broulik. Broulik’s production highlights themes of
stormy family relationships, human frailty, revenge, and redemption
grounded in a timely and all-too familiar world. The company is thrilled to
celebrate its nineteenth summer season of free outdoor theater on SPAC
grounds and in beautiful Congress Park in downtown Saratoga Springs, New
York.

Building on last year’s successful collaboration, Saratoga Shakespeare
began their 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 Reflecting Pool on Friday, July 19th at 2:00pm
and 5:00pm and on Saturday, July 20th at 11:00am and *KING LEAR opens the
following week with performances on Tuesday, July 23rd through Saturday,
July 27th and Tuesday, July 30th through Saturday, August 3rd (there are no
Sunday or Monday performances)*. All performances will be at 6:00pm in
Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, on the Alfred Z. Solomon Stage.

We are excited to welcome back Wesley Broulik as director of *KING LEAR*.
Wesley directed our mesmerizing 2017 production of *A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S
DREAM *and has been a frequent actor with the company, most recently as the
hilarious Touchstone in last season's *AS YOU LIKE IT*. Wesley is a
director, writer, actor, and educator. His work has been seen off-Broadway,
regionally, and on television and film. He currently serves as the head of
acting at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of
Nebraska.

Admission is always free of charge for both productions and Congress Park
and 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, both
productions will feature several experienced members of Actors’ Equity
Association, the stage actors’ professional union. These thirteen 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 casts.

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.
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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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