Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline Star in 'The Lover and the Poet' Benefit, 11/2

The Acting Company has announced that thespian heavyweights Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline will co-star in an evening of Shakespeare performance entitled, "The Lover and the Poet." Proceeds from the event, which will take place on Monday, November 2 at 7pm at Florence Gould Hall, will benefit The Acting Company.

Streep and Kline last co-starred in the Public Theater's Mother Courage and Her Children for Shakespeare in the Park.  The pair will additionally recreate their roles in Mother Courage for the Public's Courage in Concert benefit on October 19. Additionally, Streep and Kline have appeared opposite each other in the Public's production of The Seagull and in the film Sophie's Choice, for which Streep won an Oscar.

For tickets and information, call 212-258-1111 or 212-307-4100.

The Acting Company promotes theater and literacy by bringing a touring repertory of classical productions, talented young actors and teaching artists into communities across America, particularly those where live performance and theater arts education is limited or non-existent. Performing each year in over 50 cities to audiences of 70,000 and reaching more than 25,000 students with its arts education programs, The Acting Company develops the best young American actors by giving them an opportunity to practIce Their craft in a repertory of classic plays and new works; builds a discerning national audience for the theater by playing exceptional productions on tour nationwide for diverse audiences; and educates middle and high school students in under-served and disadvantaged communities, which have little or no access to the arts and have been hardest hit by cuts in arts education