Elements Theatre Company to Continue 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare in April

Elements Theatre Company honors the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's death with Labyrinth: A Legacy of Language, Friday & Saturday, April 22 & 23. This original work highlights themes of revenge and forgiveness in an homage to Shakespeare's genius. Through expressions of the human heart that echo the Bard's own masterful renderings of humanity - Labyrinth includes scenes, sonnets, and reflections or thoughts by playwrights influenced by Shakespeare. Tom Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, C. S. Lewis, and Oscar Wilde all lend their voices in this tribute - highlighted with works by Shakespeare himself, including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, and The Tempest.

Elements gives literary lovers, Shakespeare fans, and theatregoers a rich taste of Shakespeare's legacy of language. The play will be held Friday & Saturday, April 22 & 23 at Paraclete House at the Community of Jesus, Rock Harbor, Orleans. Dr. Kathryn M. Moncrief, Professor and Chair of English at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, will give a pre-show lecture beginning half an hour before each performance. An anniversary lunch will be held at 1pm on Saturday, April 23 before the show.

DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATION:

Friday, April 22
7:00pm - Guest Lecture, Kathryn Moncrief, Ph.D.
7:30pm - Performance

Saturday, April 23
1:00pm - Lunch
2:30pm & 7:00pm - Guest Lecture, Kathryn Moncrief, Ph.D.
3:00pm & 7:30pm - Performance

Tickets Prices:

Performances: $35; $30 Seniors, Free for students and age 18 and under
Lunch & Performance: $50, $45 Seniors

All events take place in Paraclete House located at the Community in Orleans. For details and tickets, please call 508-240-2400 or visit www.elementstheatre.org.

400th Anniversary Season:

Labyrinth: A Legacy of Language: April 22 & 23

Quem Quaeritis - Latin mystery play: May 19-21 Barga, Pisa & Pistoia, Italy; May 27-28 Siena & Florence, Italy

Speak What We Feel, Acting Shakespeare Retreat: August 7-12. Instructors include Elizabeth Ingram: Associate Professor, Actor, and Designated Kristin Linklater voice teacher at Syracuse University, and Susan Dibble: Choreographer, dancer, painter and Louis, Frances, and Jeffrey Sachar Professor of Creative Arts, Brandeis University.

King Lear: August 12-14 & 19-21

All My Sons, Arthur Miller: November 11-13 & 18-20

About Elements Theatre Company

Elements Theatre Company is a non-profit, professional theatre ensemble of 16 artists-in-residence who perform both classical and classically rooted modern works year-round in Orleans, Massachusetts. Founded in 1992, Elements has performed and studied at home and abroad, touring in North America, Europe, and South Africa. Performance highlights of the past decade include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Cherry Orchard, Pillars of the Community, A Christmas Carol, God of Carnage, The Dining Room, Rumors, Lion in Winter, Lady Windermere's Fan, and Julius Caesar. Last February Elements toured New York and Chicago where they held panel discussions, workshops, and performances centered around Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. This past summer Elements performed three of Alan Bennett's award-winning Talking Heads monologues, and concluded the year with a critically hailed performance of The Merchant of Venice, on Cape Cod with in-depth Live-streamed panel discussion

The company maintains an active, ongoing training program, with intensive professional studies in London, New York, Chicago, and at home. Past teachers include Patsy Rodenberg, Joanna Weir-Ouston, Glynn MacDonald, Sue Lefton, Louis Colaianni, Jane Nichols, Lenard Petit, Daniela Varon, Christine Adaire, Patrice Eggleston, Kestutis Nakas, Nick Sandys-Pullin, and Rachel Slavick.

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