Press Release: PacRep Announces 2009 Carmel Shake-speare Festival

[Kathi Kammerdiener]

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PacRep Announces the 2009 Carmel Shake-spear Festival

August 2009, Carmel, California… Pacific Repertory Theatre, the regions only year-round professional theatre, is proud to announce the 20^th Annual Carmel Shake–speare Festival, September 4^th through October 18 at the Circle Theatre and the Outdoor Forest Theater in Carmel. Under the direction of Artistic Director Kenneth Kelleher, this year’s festival opens with Shake-speare’s renowned tragedy, Hamlet, in repertory with the romantic comedy, As You Like It.

Hamlet, the treacherous tale of murder, revenge and corruption, begins September 4 in the intimate Circle Theatre. An undisputed masterpiece of world theatre, Hamlet, Shakespeare’s great tragedy of passion and intrigue, has captivated audiences for over 400 years and remains as relevant as ever.

Hamlet features Equity actors Nicholas Pelczar as ‘Hamlet’, Chris Ayles as ‘Polonius’ and Emily Jordan as ‘Guildenstern’, PacRep resident actress Julie Hughett as ‘Gertrude’, returning guest actors Jeffrey Heyer as the ‘Player King’ and Stephen Massott as ‘Claudius’, and Maggie Mason as ‘Ophelia’, William Brown as ‘Rosencrantz’ and Theo Black as ‘Laertes’.

Hamlet begins with a discount preview on Friday, September 4 at 7:30pm, and opens Saturday, September 5, at 7:30pm, followed by a 2:00pm matinee on Sunday, Sept. 6. Performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm, through September 26, with additional evening shows at 7:30pm on Thursdays, October 8 and 15.  Additional matinees run Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18, all at 2:00pm.  Performances are in the Circle Theatre of the Golden Bough, Casanova St. between 8^th and 9^th, Carmel.

Playing in repertory with Hamlet, and continuing a 99-year tradition of Shake-speare at the outdoor Forest Theater, PacRep presents the bard’s romantic comedy, As You Like It, beginning October 2.  Artistic Director Kenneth Keller directs this audience favorite that features a courtship with a twist, a duke and his merry men in exile, a melancholic wit, a clown, and a lovesick shepherd and the shepherdess who spurns him. They all swirl together in a wildly romantic romp through the magical Forest of Arden where… "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players..." —  players who bring to life some of the most romantic and charming scenes ever written. As You Like It features repertory actors Theo Black as ‘Orlando’, Emily Jordan as ‘Rosalind’, Chris Ayles as ‘Touchstone’ and Stephen Massott as ‘Jacques’.

As You Like It starts with one discount preview, Friday, October 2 at 7:30pm, and opens Saturday, October 3 at 7:30pm, followed by a 7:30pm performance on Sunday, October 4.  Performances continue Fridays through Sundays through October 18 at 7:30pm. All performances are at the Outdoor Forest Theater, located at the corner of Mountain View and Santa Rita Street, in Carmel.

Tickets are available online at www.pacrep.org, in person at the Golden Bough Box-office, Monte Verde between 8^th & 9^th, Carmel, or by phone at 831-622-0100.

Calendar Listing

Pacific Repertory Theatre, the regions only year-round professional theatre, presents the 20^th Annual Carmel Shake–speare Festival, September 4^th through October 18. The 2009 festival features Shake-speare’s renowned tragedy, Hamlet (Sept 4 – Oct 18, Circle Theatre), in repertory with the romantic comedy, As You Like It (Oct 2 – Oct 18, Outdoor Forest Theater). For tickets, call 831-622-0100, or online at www.pacrep.org .

 

 

PacRep Theatre (831-622-0100 for info)

2009 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR, continued

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2009

Fri       Sep 4        7:30pm           Hamlet (preview) 

Sat      Sep 5        7:30pm           Hamlet (open) 

Sun     Sep 6        2:00pm           Hamlet (matinee) 

Fri       Sep 11     7:30pm           Hamlet

Sat      Sep 12     7:30pm           Hamlet

Sun     Sep 13     2:00pm           Hamlet (matinee) 

Fri       Sep 18     7:30pm           Hamlet 

Sat      Sep 19     7:30pm           Hamlet 

Sun     Sep 20     2:00pm           Hamlet (matinee)

Fri       Sep 25     7:30pm           Hamlet

Sat      Sep 26     7:30pm           Hamlet

 

OCTOBER 2009

Fri        Oct 2         7:30pm            As You Like It (preview)

Sat       Oct 3         7:30pm            As You Like It (open) 

Sun      Oct 4         2:00pm            Hamlet (matinee) 

Sun      Oct 4         7:30pm            As You Like It 

Thur     Oct 8         7:30pm            Hamlet 

Fri        Oct 9         7:30pm            As You Like It 

Sat       Oct 10       2:00pm            Hamlet (matinee)

Sat       Oct 10       7:30pm            As You Like It 

Sun      Oct 11       2:00pm            Hamlet (matinee) 

Sun      Oct 11       7:30pm            As You Like It 

Thur     Oct 15       7:30pm            Hamlet 

Fri        Oct 16       7:30pm            As You Like It 

Sat       Oct 17       2:00pm            Hamlet (matinee)

Sat       Oct 17       7:30pm            As You Like It

Sun      Oct 18       2:00pm            Hamlet (matinee/close) 

Sun      Oct 18       7:30pm            As You Like It (close) 

 

                                                                       

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See you at the theatre!
Kathi
Kathi Kammerdiener
PacRep Theatre
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PO Box 222035
Carmel, CA 93922
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