The Cell and The Hive Celebrate Gay Marriage With SUMMER OF LUST! July 5-31

THE CELL and THE HIVE THEATRE COMPANY are pleased to announce the SUMMER OF LUST!, a repertory summer experience which explores the themes of marriage and power. It includes their gender-bender production of William Shakespeare?s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT?S DREAM, directed by Matthew A.J. Gregory and Terry Quinn?s riveting new BAD EVIDENCE, directed by Kira Simring. SUMMER OF LUST! will play a limited engagement at the cell (338 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011), beginning Tuesday, July 5 and continue through Sunday, July 31.

A modern re-imagining of Shakespeare?s classic, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT?S DREAM, casts Hermia and Lysander as lesbian lovers with Demetrius and Helena as a gay couple. This is not your grandmother?s MIDSUMMER, but a MIDSUMMER for 21st century NYC.

In BAD EVIDENCE a faltering marriage compels a husband and wife to make a pact - to confess searing truths in the heat of passion. The exposure leads to a confrontation with four of their friends, and even deeper revelations.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT?S DREAM plays the following schedule through Sunday, July 31:

July 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 28, 29 and 31 at 8pm
July 10, 16, 24 and 30 at 2pm

BAD EVIDENCE plays the following schedule through Sunday, July 31:

July 7,8,10,12,13,16,21,22,24,26,27,30 @8pm
July 9, 17, 23, 31 @2pm

Tickets are $18 (student/senior $15 with code ?summeroflust?) and are now available online at www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/13700 or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the theater ½ hour prior to performance.

Website: thecelltheatre.org and thehivetheatre.com/midsummer

BIOGRAPHIES

About the cell: A Twenty First Century Salon?
Since its inception in 2006, the cell: A Twenty First Century Salon? (Nancy Manocherian, Founding Director; Kira Simring, Artistic Director) has been, and continues to be, an incubator for creative projects. Through its strong commitment to cultivate undiscovered artists, the cell has created residencies for diverse groups including the Tandem Reading Series, Center for Contemporary Opera and The Blackboard Reading Series. the cell is located in the heart of Chelsea, New York City. For more information, please visit www.thecelltheatre.org.

THE HIVE THEATRE COMPANY is an experiment in collaboration dedicated to building and serving community through play.
The Hive is committed to:
· Producing original works created from the ground up by the full company, reinventing the classics, and fostering the work of new and under-exposed playwrights.
· Providing affordable productions that engage audiences as participants in an immersive theatrical event rather than simply spectators.
· Nurturing artists in and around the NYC metro area.
· Continuing to demonstrate how theatre raises social awareness.
· Reaching out to artists, audiences and sponsors in order to enrich and expand our community.

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