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Shakespeare Dallas Announces 2015-16 Complete Works Season

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When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain. Or perhaps during the 2015-16 season of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

The joint collaboration between Shakespeare Dallas and the AT&T Performing Arts Center is continuing in its fourth year and returning to Hammon Hall inside the ATTPAC, located at 2403 Flora St #500, Dallas, TX 75201. The 200-seat theater will kick off the 2015-16 season with a staged reading of Macbeth on Sept. 27 and 28.

Often regarded as one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, Macbeth tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth overtakes the throne and becomes full of guilt and paranoia. The ensuing bloodbath and consequent civil war take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth deep into the world of arrogance, madness and, eventually, death.


The schedule for the 2015-16 season is as follows:

September 27 & 28, 2015
Macbeth

October 11 & 12, 2015
Titus Andronicus

December 13 & 14, 2015
Narrative Poems

January 17 & 18, 2016
Twelfth Night

February 29, 2016
King John

March 19 & 20, 2016
Hamlet

April 3 & 4, 2016
Richard II (to be performed at the Wyly's Studio Theatre located on the 6th floor)

May 15 & 16, 2016
Measure for Measure


The Complete Works of William Shakespeare represents a five-year collaboration of staged readings of all of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. All of the works are directed by Shakespeare Dallas, under the leadership of its executive and artistic director Raphael Parry. The performances are being funded by the Mankoff Family Foundation.

The works will incorporate simple props, lighting and costumes to keep the focus on the poetry and the text. All performances will take place on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare has a limited capacity of 200 seats per performance. Advance admission is $10 through the AT&T Performing Arts Center website, www.attpac.org or you can pay $10 at the door. Students get in free with a valid ID one hour before each performance.

Inspired by the egalitarian nature of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Robert "Bob" Glenn started The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas in 1971 as a free summer Shakespeare Festival. The company serves the community as one of North Texas' most treasured cultural institutions and the area's only producer of an education program focused on teaching Shakespeare. In 2005, the company revamped its operations and branded the organization "Shakespeare Dallas" to illustrate the company's new direction of year-round, affordable and accessible programming. Shakespeare Dallas aspires to use the works of William Shakespeare as a catalyst for creating unparalleled artistic and educational programs that are meaningful and enriching for the community it serves throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.shakespearedallas.org.

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