ASP Presents Reading Series 4/9-4/11

Actors' Shakespeare Project, in collaboration with The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, is producing a reading series in early April prior to staging Antony and Cleopatra in the space later in the month. The reading series includes Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women, directed by ASP company member Sarah Newhouse, and The Last Will by Robert Brustein - a 2011 National Medal of Arts recipient - directed by Daniela Varon.

Women Beware Women
by Thomas Middleton
directed by Sarah Newhouse
The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
April 9, 2011 | 8pm

Women Beware Women, Thomas Middleton's striking Jacobean tragi-comedy, is full of intrigue,
seduction & betrayal set in the court of Florence; a place where the women are as desirous,
manipulative & power-hungry as their male counterparts.

Featuring:
Bill Barclay*
Steven Barkhimer*
Hannah Husband
Jennie Israel*
Marya Lowry*
Michael Forden Walker*
Becky Webber
*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

The Last Will
by Robert Brustein
directed by Daniela Varon
The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
April 11, 2011 | 8pm

The Last Will is the third part of a trilogy Robert Brustein has written about Shakespeare at various points in his career. This play finds Shakespeare having returned to Stratford to be with his long-neglected wife, Anne Hathaway, and his daughters Susannah and Judith. While Richard Burbage, leader of Shakespeare's Acting Company, tries to persuade him to return to London and to playwriting, an ill Will wrestles with his fears, delusions, family resentments, and final testaments.

Featuring:
Thomas Derrah* as William Shakespeare,
Allyn Burrows* as Richard Burbage
Paula Plum* as Anne Hathaway
Ken Cheeseman* as Lawyer Collins
Marianna Bassham* as Susannah
Brooke Hardman* as Judith
*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Admission to both readings is free but tickets are required. Donations accepted at the door.

For tickets or more information: www.actorsshakespeareproject or 617.776.2200 x226