Cast of PULP SHAKESPEARE to Make In-Store Appearances at St. Mark's Comics and Posteritati, 9/21 & 25

Cast members from PULP SHAKESPEARE, an official selection of the 2012 FringeNYC Encores Series and the "Best of Fest" winner at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Fest, will make in-store appearances to coincide with their September run at the Soho Playhouse.

Tonight, September 21 from 7pm – 9pm cast members will appear at St. Mark's Comics located at 11 Saint Mark's Place.

On Tuesday, September 25 from 5pm – 7pm cast members will appear at Posteritati, located at 239 Centre Street between Broome and Grand Streets.

At each appearance, attendees will have the chance to meet cast members from PULP SHAKESPEARE, enter a raffle to win two tickets to the show and purchase themed William Shakespeare and Pulp Fiction merchandise.

Out of the 187 productions in this year's FringeNYC Festival, PULP SHAKESPEARE is one of just fifteen chosen for an encore performance in the 2012 FringeNYC Encores Series. Imagining what it may have been like had William Shakespeare written the 1994 Quentin Tarantino cult classic film Pulp Fiction, PULP SHAKESPEARE weaves the story of a pair of Elizabethan murderers, their boss's alluring wife and a desperate knight through a breezy, lyrical 80-minute homage to two of history's most popular storytellers.

Adapted by Ben Tallen (Minnesota Fringe Festival's Tempest), Aaron Greer (Kafkaeqsue), BrIan Watson-Jones (A Klingon Christmas Carol) and Jordan Monsell (Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Hamlet), PULP SHAKESPEARE is being presented by Her Majesty's Secret Players, whose focus is to introduce a new slant on Shakespeare and ignite a newfound appreciation of the Bard in popular culture. Monsell also directs the production.

The cast of PULP SHAKESPEARE, nominated for the LA WEEKLY's Best Ensemble award, features Hannah Beck (Seventeenth Of June, FringeNYC's Skin Around The Earth), Curtis D. Davis (who as a singer has worked with Usher and Peabo Bryson), Liza de Weerd (The Merchant of Venice, The Trip to Bountiful), Nathaniel Freeman (Colours In The Dark), John Klopping (Noises Off, Measure for Measure), David Lautman (Live-In Fear), Christian Levatino (Balm In Gilead, Talk Radio), Aaron Lyons (Cousin Bette, Hamlet), Juan Perez (A View from the Bridge, Wait Until Dark), BrIan Weiss (The Merchant of Venice, Two Rooms), Dan White (Barbershop, MTV's Pimp My Ride), Justine Woodford (To Carry the Child, Into the Woods) and Monsell.

Lighting and sound design are by Aaron Lyons (Rise) and BrIan Weiss (Richard II). The FringeNYC award-winning costume design is by Kelly Bailey (I Love Lucy Live On Stage). The music, featuring Elizabethan versions of the original film soundtrack, was composed by Todd Monsell (Director of the Charleston Children's Chorus) and Bill Weiss (Now Hiring, The Gale Whitman Show).

PULP SHAKESPEARE will be performed at the Soho Playhouse, located at 15 Vandam Street between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue. The performance schedule is as follows: Wednesday, September 19 at 8pm; Thursday, September 20 at 9pm; Saturday, September 22 at 3pm; Monday, September 24 at 8pm; and Wednesday, September 26 at 8pm.

Tickets ($18) can be purchased by calling (212) 691-1555 or visiting www.SohoPlayhouse.com.

St. Mark's Comics is NYC's finest shop for comics and cool collectibles. In the East Village for 28 years, St. Mark's is the place for action figures, statues, t-shirts, and all kinds of swag. A huge selection of new comics and graphic novels, along with an enormous back issue department, makes St. Mark's Comics a must-stop for the casual fan or serious collector. For more information visit www.stmarkscomics.com.

Named "The best place to be reminded that all film art isn't on-screen" by The Village Voice and one of SoHo's best independent shops by Time Out New York, Posteritati is one of the world's premier dealers of vintage and contemporary movie art. If you "need the movie poster that says 'You, You, You.' Posteritati is the place to start" (New York Times Style Magazine, 2004). "Any film poster fanatic will feel more than at home at Posteritati, home to more than 9,000 fine examples of American and international film-promotion" (Vanity Fair, 2008). From the silent era to modern classics, Posteritati's downtown Manhattan gallery boasts a uniquely diverse movie poster collection from over 30 different countries, searchable via iMac customer kiosks or online at www.posteritati.com.

For more about Pulp Shakespeare, visit PulpShakespeare.com or HerMajestysSecretPlayers.com or follow the show on Twitter @PulpShakespeare and YouTube.