Hartt’s Theatre Division Presents LIGHTS, CAMERA, SHAKESPEARE!, 4/12-14

Hartt's Theatre Division will present Ken Ludwig's comedy Shakespeare In Hollywood Thursday, April 12, through Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 15, at 3:00 PM, in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater, Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and up-to-date scheduling information for all performances. Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups.

Lights, camera, Shakespeare! It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Brother's Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play who else… themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses," they are tossed into loopy love triangles with raucous results. The mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp.

Shakespeare in Hollywood is directed by Hartt faculty member Diana Moller-Marino, with incidental music by Hartt composition student Shuying Li.

The cast of Shakespeare in Hollywood includes Hartt students Alana Fallis, of Hauppauge, NY, as Louella Parsons; Morgan Hammel of Hollywood, FL, as Lydia Lansing; Sophia Watt, of Seattle, WA, as Olivia Darnell; Anne Bradford of Kalamazoo, MI, as Puck; Tim Rizzo of North Kingston, RI, as Max Reinhardt; Lars Lee of Minneapolis, MN, as Dick Powell/Tarzan; Alex Saffer of Bronx, NY, as Jack Warner/Groucho; Salvatore Zullo of Bronx, NY, as Daryl/Albert; Thomas Rash of Rockport, MA, as Oberon; Mark Ford of Okotoks, AB, Canada, as Will Hays/Sam; James Bain of New Milford, CT, as Joe E. Brown/Cowboy; and Michael Grey of Union, NJ, as Jimmy Cagney/Harry.

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts school of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Founded in 1920, Hartt has been an integral part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the University in 1957. 2010 markEd Hartt's 90th year of providing world class performing arts education to students in Greater-Hartford and around the world. With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt's curriculum. For more information about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.