ELIZABETH AND EDWARD Burlesque Pagent Opens 4/2 At Gorilla
ELIZABETH AND EDWARD By Aubrey Hampton makes its world premiere April 2-19, 2009
Part Pageant, Part Burlesque!
A new play by Gorilla Theatre founder Aubrey Hampton, Elizabeth and Edward romps through Elizabethan England and beyond. Marlowe, Bacon, and the man we call "Shakespeare" meet Queen Elizabeth I, Edward DeVere - and even Chaplin, Freud and Mark Twain!
Based on documented details in the lives of Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Edward de Vere, the play speculates that de Vere was the real author of "Shakespeare"s masterpieces.
Meet the author at talkbacks - dates to be announced.
Nancy Cole (Jane Eyre, Six Degrees of Separation) directs the production, which is sumptuously designed by Mike Buck (costume) and Allen Loyd (scenic).
The cast includes many favorites: Giles Davies, Pat Fenda, Scott Isert, Alvin Jenkins, Steve Mountan, Magali Naas, Kyle Porter, Chris Perez, Soolaf Rasheid and Reggie Robinson.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aubrey Hampton cofounded the Gorilla Theatre with his wife, Susan Hussey, in 1991.
Aubrey has written and produced many plays in the Tampa Bay area, including Mingus Three (1988, 1996), Mixed Blood (1990, 1992), Thick as Thieves (1995), Sweet Poet John Dies a Bank Robber (1996), Shakespeare Boiled Down (1997) and many others. In 1990 he adapted George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (a production sponsored by Saturday's Children), and, in 1996, An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. He also wrote GBS & Company which was produced at the Gorilla in 1999 and The Manhattan Play Doctor. Aubrey is a magician and ventriloquist and has written three plays about ventriloquism and magic: Christmas Gremlins II (2007), Christmas Gremlins (2004) and Swan Song for Melody Johnson (1993).
In the non-theatrical field, Aubrey Organics®, the company Aubrey founded, remains the leader in natural hair, skin and body care, with products sold in more than 4500 retailers throughout the world.
Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N. Hubert Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33614
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TICKET PRICES (unchanged for the past three seasons):
Full price: $20 on Thursdays /$25 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Seniors (age 55+) and Students (with ID):
$15 on Thursdays / $20 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Student rush: $10, thirty minutes before the show when available.
