Theater 2020 to Stage THE REAL MERRY HOUSEWIVES OF WINDSOR, CT., 5/22-6/14

Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights' professional theater company is pleased to announce a modern reality flavor setting of William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" starring David Fuller, and running 12 performances in Brooklyn Heights, Friday, May 22nd through Sunday, June 14th, 2015. Press is invited beginning Saturday, May 23rd.

In THE Real MERRY HouseWIVES OF WINDSOR, Ct., a middle aged, overweight Casanova woos two society women in a wealthy Connecticut suburb, while parents debate over who should win the hand of their debutante daughter...who loves another girl! Watch one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters "Falstaff," in this hilarious comedy, set in the "reality" of 2015!

On the creative team are: Director/Choreographer Judith Jarosz (OOBR award winner, NYITA nominated), Costume Designer Cynthia McDonald, Dramaturg/Lighting Designer David Fuller, Composer Jason Wynn, and Production Stage Manager Marcina Zaccaira.

In the cast are: Elyse Beyer*, Corrin Juliet Carlson, Bill Corry*, Gemma Dawson*, David Fuller*, Zack Gafin, Alicia Giangrisostomi*, Eileen Glenn*, Mark Rimer*, Kelsey Shapira, Anna Stefanic*, Klahr Thorsen* and Dennis Vargas*.

Performances play The Saint Charles Borromeo Church (air conditioned) located at 19 Sidney Place, between Joralemon St. & Aitken Place in Brooklyn Heights. Subways: 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Borough Hall, A or F to Jay Street, C to High Street. And at Pier One - Brooklyn Bridge Park (www.brooklynbridgepark.org/visit/directions).

DATES AND TIMES: Saint Charles Borromeo: Fri. May 22 at 8pm, Sat. May 23 at 8pm, Sun. May 24 at 3pm (matinee only), Fri. May 29 at 8pm, Sat. May 30 at 8pm, Sun. June 31 at 3pm (matinee only), Fri. June 5 at 8pm, Sat. June 6 at 8pm, Sun. June 7 at 3pm (matinee only), Pier One - Brooklyn Bridge Park: Fri. Sat. & Sun. June 13, 14 & 15 all at 7pm.

Running time: 90 minutes (one intermission indoors, no intermission in BBPark). Tickets and Reservations: St Charles Borromeo, tickets $18 (air conditioned). Credit card purchases at www.brownpapertickets.com or www.theater2020.com. Cash at the door tickets at theater2020@gmail.com or 718-624-3614. Pier One - Brooklyn Bridge Park, all tickets FREE, no reservations required.

Theater 2020, Inc., Visions for a New Millennium, Brooklyn Heights' first professional theater company, was founded in 2010 and represents the natural culmination of many years in the performing arts by its Producing Artistic Directors, Judith Jarosz and David Fuller, and its board members. Jarosz has performed, directed, choreographed or produced on Broadway and Off, at major regional houses, and the New York City Opera. In her years at the helm of Theater Ten Ten Jarosz produced 42 main stage productions, together with countless cabarets, workshops, readings and special events. Fuller has acted nationwide, directed regionally and in NYC, and his 25-plus years in theater includes six years at the helm of Off Broadway's Jean Cocteau Repertory, as well as seasons in partnership with Jarosz at Theater Ten Ten. All told, Fuller has produced 55 Off Broadway and NYC Indie Theatre productions, in addition to staged reading and music series, workshops and educational outreach programs. Also, since 2001, they have together or singularly produced tours of 21 plays and musicals. They have been recognized with multiple awards and nominations from many institutions including, The National GLADD awards, OOBR Awards, Nytheatre.com People of the Year, and New York Innovative Theater Awards. Hundreds of thousands of people have seen their work, children, students, adults and seniors.

Theater 2020, Inc., Visions for a New Millennium is dedicated to producing classic and contemporary plays and musicals for a 21st Century audience and to providing a nurturing atmosphere for both emerging artists and seasoned professionals. We are dedicated to reaching out to the community and to producing quality theater at affordable prices, utilizing established professionals and fostering young artists as they emerge into the theatrical mainstream, with a particular emphasis on providing more opportunities for women in theater.

Based in Brooklyn Heights, Theater 2020 produces professional theater, everything from classic theater to contemporary satire, with forays into musicals and light opera, making them immediate to modern audiences using both innovative and traditional approaches. We believe live performance is a vital part of a healthy culture and that it is through theater that audiences are engaged dynamically in today's issues and in perpetual questions of the human condition.

Through our many audience outreach programs, we offer free and deeply discounted tickets because we believe theater must be for everyone, and no one should be deprived of the experience due to economic status. Through our educational initiatives we are firmly committed to the idea that today's youth is tomorrow's audience, and we work with educators to provide opportunities for students as interns and assistants.

Theater 2020, Inc. produces in Brooklyn, Manhattan and elsewhere, including the under-served Greene County in New York's Catskill Mountains.

(*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association)

Pictured: Klahr Thorsen, David Fuller & Elyse Beyer in Theater 2020's "THE Real MERRY HouseWIVES OF WINDSOR, Ct."