[Capdist-announce] Saratoga Shakespeare Announces 2019 Season of Redemption!

[David Girard]

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*DATE                        *

06.14.19


*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


--------------For Immediate Release--------------



*SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY*

*Announces their 2019 SEASON OF REDEMPTION*

*This summer, Saratoga Shakespeare Company will celebrate its 19th season
with two of Shakespeare’s greatest works in two different venues: *

*KING LEAR in Historic Congress Park *

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



The Saratoga Shakespeare Company of Saratoga Springs, NY, is once again
presenting two summer productions with professional actors: Shakespeare’s *The
Tempest* directed by Marcus Dean Fuller, and Shakespeare’s *King Lear,*
directed by Wesley Broulik. Both productions deal with themes of stormy
family relationships, human frailty, revenge, and redemption. 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
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.


*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 *MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM* and last
year his performance as Touchstone in *AS YOU LIKE IT* received
show-stopping applause every evening. 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.


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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