Stories on Stage's BRUSH UP ON YOUR SHAKESPEARE Begins Today

If memories of having to read Julius Caesar and The Merchant of Venice back in high school still give you the heebie-jeebies, have no fear: this little symposium will feature entertaining modern tales suggested by the works of Shakespeare plus The Tragedy of Hamlet performed in fifteen minutes!

Stories on Stage presents "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" Friday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd. in Boulder. Tickets are available at https://tickets.chautauqua.com or by calling 303-440-7666. On Sunday, October 19 at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. the performance moves to Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204. Tickets are available online at www.storiesonstage.org or by calling 303-494-0523. Single tickets are $28 Adult/ $15 Student; tickets for groups of 10 or more are $23 per person and LoDough (scholarship) tickets are also available.

"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski
Performance of a chapter from this acclaimed book re-telling the Hamlet story, set in rural Wisconsin, from the haunting version of the original play's "Ghost Scene". Read by Sean Scrutchins

"The Weird Sisters" by Eleanor Brown
How can three siblings possibly have an easy time of it in life when their parents have named them all after characters from Shakespeare (Rosaline, Bianca and Cordelia)? Read by Rachel Fowler

"An Actor Prepares" by Donald Antrim
A fictional account of what can (and does) go wrong when a middle-aged college director casts himself as one of the young lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read by Stephen Weitz

Celebrating their 14th Season, Stories on Stage has renowned actors bring stories to life by combining literature with theater.

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