A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM & More Featured in GreenStage 25th Anniversary Season

GreenStage, Seattle's longest-operating Shakespeare company, celebrates its 25th season in 2013 with two of the Bard's favorites for the summer Shakespeare in the Park season, and a new Backyard Bard series of scaled-down productions for smaller parks and other venues. Our silver-anniversary season will be our most exciting and biggest yet, with nearly 60 performances in 22 different parks from July 12-Aug. 18. As always, GreenStage performances will be absolutely free of charge. Go see a play!

There's something for everyone cavorting in the enchanted forest of Athens in Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Faries, elves, sprites, star-crossed lovers, dukes and duchesses, and a motley band of actors get into all sorts of mischief with their magic potions, madcap schemes, and amorous intentions. Plus, there's a guy who gets turned into a donkey!

Directed by Ken Michels

CAST:
Spencer Bradley--Flute/Thisby/Fairy
Taylor Davis--Puck
Jalyn Green--Lysander
Alyssa Kay--Hermia
Danni Krehbiel--1st Fairy/Starveling
James Lynch--Snug/Snout/Fairy
Madeline Nutting--Helena
Michael Ramquist--Quince/Egeus
David Rollison--Oberon/Theseus
Gina Russell--Titania/Hippolyta
Luke Sayler--Bottom
Kyle Johnson--Demetrius

CREW:
Megan Duncan--Stage Manager
Julia Evanovich--Costume Designer
Max Pagel--Technical Director
Laura Garcia--Prop Designer
Ryan Spickard--Fight Choreographer
Chris Garland--Tour Manager

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Friday, July 12 7:00 PM Fall City Park, Fall City
Saturday, July 13 7:00 PM Volunteer Park Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival
Sunday, July 14 7:00 PM Seward Park

Thursday, July 18 7:00 PM Lower Woodland Park
Saturday, July 20 7:00 PM Lower Woodland Park Double Feature Day
Sunday, July 21 3:00 PM Lower Woodland Park Double Feature Day

Friday, July 26 7:00 PM Willis Tucker Park, Snohomish
Saturday, July 27 7:00 PM Camp Long
Sunday, July 28 3:00 PM Discovery Park

Thursday, August 1 7:00 PM Lincoln Park
Friday, August 2 7:00 PM Lincoln Park
Saturday, August 3 7:00 PM Dottie Harper Park, Burien
Sunday, August 4 3:00 PM Battle Point Park, Bainbridge Island

Thursday, August 8 7:00 PM Lynndale Park, Lynnwood
Friday, August 9 7:00 PM Magnuson Park
Saturday, August 10 7:00 PM Magnuson Park Double Feature Day
Sunday, August 11 3:00 PM Magnuson Park Double Feature Day

Thursday, August 15 7:00 PM Volunteer Park
Friday, August 16 7:00 PM Anderson Park, Redmond Redmond Acts Out
Saturday, August 17 7:00 PM Volunteer Park Double Feature Day

Aged KING LEAR is ready to give up the throne and divvy up the kingdom among his three daughters. But Lear's idea to hold a flattery-fest to determine which of the offspring gets the biggest and best chunk of land goes horribly awry. In addition to the scheming heiresses there are others at court intent on power-grabbing and double-crossing. Mix in bit of insanity, and you've got trouble. Find out who picks up the pieces in Shakespeare's tragic tale of palace intrigue.

Directed by Erin Day

CAST:

Meredith Armstrong--Goneril

Vince Brady--Lear

Anthony Duckett--Cornwall

Ashley Flannegan Russell--Cordelia

Sam Hagen--Fool

Steve Scheide--Edmond

Johnny Patchamatla--Kent

Eli Simons--Albany

Brendan Toner--Oswald

Gianni Truzzi--Glouster

Nicole Vernon--Regan

Daniel Wood--Edgar

CREW:

Elizabeth Powers--Costume Designer

Max Pagel--Technical Director
Laura Garcia--Prop Designer
Ryan Spickard--Fight Choreographer

Liam Enns--House Manager

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Friday, July 12 7:00 PM Volunteer Park
Saturday, July 13 7:00 PM Seward Park
Sunday, July 14 2:00 PM Volunteer Park Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival

Friday, July 19 7:00 PM Lower Woodland Park
Saturday, July 20 3:00 PM Lower Woodland Park Double Feature Day
Sunday, July 21 7:00 PM Lower Woodland Park Double Feature Day

Friday, July 26 7:00 PM Camp Long
Saturday, July 27 7:00 PM Dottie Harper Park, Burien
Sunday, July 28 3:00 PM Lincoln Park

Thursday, August 1 7:00 PM Lynndale Park, Lynnwood
Friday, August 2 7:00 PM Fall City Park, Fall City
Saturday, August 3 7:00 PM Lincoln Park
Sunday, August 4 3:00 PM Discovery Park

Thursday, August 8 7:00 PM Magnuson Park
Friday, August 9 7:00 PM Willis Tucker Park, Snohomish
Saturday, August 10 3:00 PM Magnuson Park Double Feature Day
Sunday, August 11 7:00 PM Magnuson Park Double Feature Day

Friday, August 16 7:00 PM Volunteer Park
Saturday, August 17 3:00 PM Volunteer Park Double Feature Day

Our new summer performance series Backyard Bard features two scaled-down Shakespeare plays, each using just four actors and coming in at less than an hour. Director Mok Moser presents Twelfth Night and The Merry Wives of Windsor this summer.

CAST:
Joey Fechtel
Parker Matthews
Mandy Nelson
Anna Richardson
CREW:
Katie Mesaros--Stage Manager
Juliette Lynch--Costume Designer
Max Pagel--Technical Director
Laura Garcia--Prop Designer
Ryan Spickard--Fight Choreographer

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Friday, July 12 7:00 PM Twelfth Night High Point Commons
Saturday, July 13 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Cowen Park
Sunday, July 14 3:00 PM Twelfth Night Greenwood Park

Thursday, July 18 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Hing Hay Park
Friday, July 19 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Greenwood Park
Saturday, July 20 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor High Point Commons
Sunday, July 21 3:00 PM Twelfth Night Occidental Park

Friday, July 26 7:00 PM Twelfth Night David Rogers Park
Saturday, July 27 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Wallingford Playfield
Sunday, July 28 3:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Cowen Park

Friday, August 2 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Salmon Bay Park
Saturday, August 3 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Wallingford Playfield
Sunday, August 4 3:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Occidental Park

Thursday, August 8 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Salmon Bay Park
Friday, August 9 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Lavizzo Park
Sunday, August 11 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor David Rogers Park

Thursday, August 15 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Hing Hay Park
Friday, August 16 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Lavizzo Park
Saturday, August 17 7:00 PM Merry Wives of Windsor Anderson Park, Redmond Redmond Acts Out
Sunday, August 18 7:00 PM Twelfth Night Anderson Park, Redmond Redmond Acts Out

Dates, times, and parks subject to change. Check www.GreenStage.org for the latest.

About GreenStage

GreenStage's mission is to inspire our audiences to engage in Live Theatre as part of their recreation. We wish to instill and foster in our community an appreciation for live theater, with a strong belief that theater can be enjoyed in the same spirit as a picnic or a ballgame. GreenStage is committed to presenting quality productions of classical theater in a manner that is available to all, performing for free in order to reach the largest audience possible.