Upcoming Shows
Twelfth Night
May 14 - 29, 2011
Summit Rock, Central Park, NYC
Summit Rock, Central Park, NYC
Join us for our third annual season of FREE Shakespeare in Central Park. This year we will be shipwrecked in Central Park with one of Shakespeare's favorite comedies, Twelfth Night!
Dates: All shows at 3pm
Saturday, May 14
Sunday, May 15
Saturday, May 21
Saturday, May 28
Sunday, May 29
(Please note: There will not be a show on Sunday, May 22)
We strongly encourage you to bring blankets, cushions or chairs for picnic style seating.
Free admission; no tickets required.
Location: Central Park’s Summit Rock
Enter Central Park at 85th Street and Central Park West, follow the hill up to the right and look for the Summit Rock sign next to the playground.
http://www.centralpark.com/pages/maps.html
Subway Information: Take the B or C train to the 86st St. stop.
Saturday, May 14
Sunday, May 15
Saturday, May 21
Saturday, May 28
Sunday, May 29
(Please note: There will not be a show on Sunday, May 22)
We strongly encourage you to bring blankets, cushions or chairs for picnic style seating.
Free admission; no tickets required.
Location: Central Park’s Summit Rock
Enter Central Park at 85th Street and Central Park West, follow the hill up to the right and look for the Summit Rock sign next to the playground.
http://www.centralpark.com/pages/maps.html
Subway Information: Take the B or C train to the 86st St. stop.
Past Productions
Hit the Books with the Bard!
January 13, 2011
Woodland Elementary School
Warren, NJ
SSP entertained the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders with an abridged--but always outrageous--production of A Midsummer Night's Dream!
Shakespeare Gone Wild!
May 14 - 23, 2010
Summit Rock, Central Park, NYC
A Comedy, History and Tragedy
performed in Rep: Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and MacBeth
Summit Rock, Central Park, NYC
A Comedy, History and Tragedy
performed in Rep: Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and MacBeth
Shakespeare Gone Wild! marked the first co-production of Spontaneous Shakespeare Players and WildBard. In this production, the same company of players performed in all three shows—a Comedy, a History, and a Tragedy—thus giving the audience a taste of how Shakespeare’s plays would have originally been seen back in Elizabethan times.
It was Shakespeare like you’d never seen it before. We brought BAWDY back!
Location: Central Park’s Summit Rock (83rd St. right off of Central Park West)
http://www.centralpark.com/pages/maps.html
Dates & Times:
Friday, May 14th @ 5:30pm – MacBeth
Saturday, May 15th @ 2:00pm – Richard III
Sunday, May 16th @ 3:00pm – Taming of the Shrew
Friday, May 21st @ 5:30pm – Taming of the Shrew
Saturday, May 22nd @ 2:00pm – MacBeth
Sunday, May 23rd @ 3:00pm – Richard III
Children for Children Family Fun'raiser
November 22, 2009
Blue Smoke Restaurant and Jazz Standard, NYC
On November 22, 2009, Children for Children hosted its fourth annual Grow Involved for the Holidays Family Fun’raiser at Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard in New York City. The event brought together hundreds of volunteers from across the city to participate in a hands-on service fair, and the Spontaneous Shakespeare Players were among the entertainers! Children for Children programs engage more than 100,000 young people annually through service learning and volunteer programs and initiatives. For more information, visit www.childrenforchildren.org/.
Prompter: Michelle Kovacs
Cast: Amanda Bruton, Adam Reich, Alexander Richard, and Melinda Stewart
Blue Smoke Restaurant and Jazz Standard, NYC
On November 22, 2009, Children for Children hosted its fourth annual Grow Involved for the Holidays Family Fun’raiser at Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard in New York City. The event brought together hundreds of volunteers from across the city to participate in a hands-on service fair, and the Spontaneous Shakespeare Players were among the entertainers! Children for Children programs engage more than 100,000 young people annually through service learning and volunteer programs and initiatives. For more information, visit www.childrenforchildren.org/.
Prompter: Michelle Kovacs
Cast: Amanda Bruton, Adam Reich, Alexander Richard, and Melinda Stewart
A Midsommer Night's Dreame
June 14 & 28, 2009
Summit Rock, Central Park
Prompter: Michelle Kovacs
Cast included:
Laura Mae Baker, Amanda Bruton, Jenifer Borntrager, Samuel Encarnacion, Jennifer Gartner, Nicole Greenbaum, Adam Reich, Alexander Richard, Mary Riley, Evan Schweitzer, Melinda Stewart, Justin Tyler, William Welles, and Michael Wolter.
Summit Rock, Central Park
Prompter: Michelle Kovacs
Cast included:
Laura Mae Baker, Amanda Bruton, Jenifer Borntrager, Samuel Encarnacion, Jennifer Gartner, Nicole Greenbaum, Adam Reich, Alexander Richard, Mary Riley, Evan Schweitzer, Melinda Stewart, Justin Tyler, William Welles, and Michael Wolter.
© 2009 - 2011 Spontaneous Shakespeare Players : Email: info@spontaneousshakespeare.com
Photos by Ellen Wright, Nick Gaswirth, Elizabeth Esqueda, Demi Papadinis, and Mary Riley
