[ad hoc theatre project]
a site, project, artist, and moment-specific ad hoc theatre anti-company, taking it one play at a time
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theatrendorphin: Review: Othello, Desdemona & Iago Walk Into a Bar
Meredith Sonnen
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Co-writer and director Mark Kennedy has a Cartesian skeptic’s view of Othello. He proposes that Shakespeare’s characters don’t want to be stereotyped, and he sets up a situation: What if the principal characters leave the theater and go to a bar to escape…
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Feels good to be an upstart
‘Othello, Desdemona & Iago Walk Into a Bar’
Upstart director Mark Kennedy has worked extensively with groups like Pig Iron Theatre Company and New Paradise Laboratories. That should be a solid foundation for his latest concept: re-imagining “Othello” in a go-go bar — or at least fragments of the play along with a few surprises.
Sept. 8-23, The Trestle Inn, 339 N. 11th St., $15
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
[ad hoc]’s been given a challenge grant.
If we can raise $600 in the next 48 hours, it is matched with an additional $600.
Donate $15 to our Kickstarter today for a personalized postcard & thank you. $35 if you’d like a mixed cd with music from the show, & a print of Kate Raines’ photography. If you’re in Philly, you also get a pre-ordered ticket, to be scheduled in September.
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