Merry Wives of Windsor By William Shakespeare
(Buriel Clay Memorial Theater, 1st Floo)
Sat, May 4
-- Sun, May 26
Directed by Becky Kemper
Celebrating one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters and infamous skirt-chasers, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR reunites audiences with the ever-merry, ever-scheming character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare’s history plays King Henry IV, Part 1 and King Henry IV, Part 2, this time at the center of a comedy of his own. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR chronicles the exploits of Falstaff who, down on luck and money, tries to swindle two seemingly-simple housewives. But the joke is on him when the Mistresses Ford and Page catch on to Falstaff’s seduction scheme and teach him a lesson with some mischief of their own.
African-American Shakespeare Company’s production, re-set in the 1960’s in the shared back yards of a city neighborhood, adopts the style of the popular urban black theater movement known as the “Chitlin Circuit.”
Performances:
Saturday Performances at 8 p.m.
Sunday Performances at 3 p.m.
For more information please visit www.african-americanshakes.org or call 415/762-2071.
Handful Players Performs the World Premiere of Chinaka Hodge’s play “One Radical Number”
(Buriel Clay Memorial Theater, 1st Floo)
Sat, May 18
Tickets: FREE | Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m.)
Handful Players presents the world premiere of noted Bay Area playwright, Chinaka Hodge’s play, One Radical Number, celebrating concepts of social justice and math and filled with music--jazz, blues, and rock.
Directed by James Mayagoitia and Samantha Jackson.
Starring talented students in 1st - 7th grades at the Western Addition Beacon Center & John Muir and Presidio Schools. Accompanied by Imanuel Junaedy and his Jazz Trio.
Featuring: The San Francisco State University Vocal Jazz Choir conducted by Renée Lubin in an opening act.
About the Playwright:
Chinaka Hodge is a talented and acclaimed playwright and screen writer. She was selected as a 2013 fellow for Sundance Institute's prestigious Screenwriters Lab. Chinaka was recipient of the 2012 Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations' Playwright Collaboration Award to create a new play with the multicultural ensemble Campo Santo. Chinaka was awarded a special fellowship by the NAACP and the CBS Television Network for her graduate studies at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.
Event Information: info@HandfulPlayers.org or call Judith Cohen at 415-921-8246
Website: www.HandfulPlayers.org
