Levine's Bard's Day's Night ('s Dream) Plays 9/7-10/1

Jor-El Productions will present A Bard's Day's Night ('s Dream) by Jory Levine at the American Theatre of Actors (ATA - 314 West 54th St.) beginning September 7th and ending October 1st.  The play is billed as"all of Shakespeare's most beloved characters and plays as never before re-imagined into one wild original farce."
 
"The play lampoons and honors the Shakespearean canon all at once, deftly doing so in the bard's very own milieu of iambic pentameter.  The plot is a mèlange of Hamlet and Midsummer… but quickly digresses and addresses the entire folio.  Characters' names and motives are amalgamated as everyone tries to fulfill their agenda despite not being in 'their' play anymore.  Hilarity and relevancy ensues," according to press notes.
 
"First off, this ain't Shakespeare," says playwright /director Levine.  "The text is wholly original and completely accessible.  It's not a Shakespeare-with-a-gimmick production like Hamlet in business suits or Intergalactic Twelfth Night.  I use Shakespeare's works merely as a jumping off point for comedy and social commentary.  Sure, there's few inside jokes for those who love 'The Bard', but plenty of outside laughs for those that don't."

The large cast includes: John Bertrand, Russell Jordan, John D'Arcangelo, Wendy Charles, Morgan Jae, Aimee McCabe, Frank Lin, Skyih S. Smith, JessAnn Smith, Alan Pagano, Jory Levine, Daniel Kemna, Joshua Levine, Dan Rice, Dale Davidson, Ledwin Lopez, Torre Reigns, Nick Fondulis, Jonathan Lang, Heather Wildenberger, William Sudan Mason, David Caesar Harrison, Henrik Petersen, Joel Altherr, John Scamardella, and Madalyn McKay.
 
Levine recently produced his 3 one-act plays, English McGuffin, Voyeur and To Have and Have Not in New York and then adapted them to film for the festival circuit.  He was the first to play El Gallo in New York after The Fantasticks closed its 40 year run at the Sullivan St. Theatre.  He has also appeared Off-Broadway in his original one-man show Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra and as Stephen in Israel Horowitz's Line at 13th St Rep.
 
Performances run Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sat. and Sun. at 2:00pm until September 17th and then go Wed. – Sat. at 8:00pm; Sat. and Sun. at 2:00pm.  Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door, and can be purchased by calling SmartTix at 212.868.4444 or by going to www.smarttix.com.  For more information, visit www.bardsdaysnight.com.