RICHARD III
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Melissa Hillman
Impact Theatre
If you binge-watch Scandal or House of Cards, this is the Shakespeare for you. Read on...
Amid the ongoing real-life revelations that may forever change the way we know King Richard III, Impact Theatre takes on Shakespeare’s version of this chilling chapter of history. Impact’s production of Richard III previews February 26 and 27 and opens February 28 at its home, La Val’s Subterranean in Berkeley. Artistic Director Melissa Hillman pilots this preeminent portrait of purloined power, and fight director extraordinaire Dave Maier commands the chaotic clashes of this classic.
Talk about youngest child syndrome. Richard, the Yorkist Duke of Gloucester, sure isn’t keen on his brother King Edward IV’s being on the throne. The idea of his other brother George in power doesn’t sound so great either. No, Richard wants the crown for himself, and he’ll stop at nothing to claim it. Highly calculating and manipulative, Richard plays his brothers against each other, seduces and tosses noblewomen, and executes anyone he thinks may be in his way. In his relentless pursuit to gain — and retain — the monarchy, his lust for power blinds him from morality, leaving no one — man, woman, or child — unscathed. Written centuries before Scandal or House of Cards, Richard III is the quintessential tale of a political antihero who will do anything to get his way.
“At its heart, Richard 3 is a play about power—how it’s defined, how we agree as a culture who has power, how power is seized, won, lost, betrayed, evacuated, deployed, abused,” Hillman says. “It’s about being blinded by your own power to the reality around you—both kings we see in the play are blinded by their own power and assumption of obedience to miss key betrayals as they’re happening; both kings ask too much of their subjects without realizing it. It’s about every kind of corruption of power.”
In Impact’s intimate 59-seat house, the audience is more complicit than ever in Richard’s schemes. The spare but pointedly evocative set will accommodate an impressive cast of 13 that includes Impact veterans Miyaka Cochrane, Michael Delaney, Mary Ann Mackey, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Sean Mirkovich, Jon Nagel, Stacz Sadowski, and ShawnJ West, and newcomers Ashley McKenna, Kelvyn Mitchell, Michelle Navarette, Antoine Pope, and Nancy Sale.
Starts Feb. 26
Runs until Apr. 5
Thurs-Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm
Previews (2/26 & 2/27) are Pay-What-You-Wish at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1564407353799040/
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By William Shakespeare
Directed by Melissa Hillman
Impact Theatre
If you binge-watch Scandal or House of Cards, this is the Shakespeare for you. Read on...
Amid the ongoing real-life revelations that may forever change the way we know King Richard III, Impact Theatre takes on Shakespeare’s version of this chilling chapter of history. Impact’s production of Richard III previews February 26 and 27 and opens February 28 at its home, La Val’s Subterranean in Berkeley. Artistic Director Melissa Hillman pilots this preeminent portrait of purloined power, and fight director extraordinaire Dave Maier commands the chaotic clashes of this classic.
Talk about youngest child syndrome. Richard, the Yorkist Duke of Gloucester, sure isn’t keen on his brother King Edward IV’s being on the throne. The idea of his other brother George in power doesn’t sound so great either. No, Richard wants the crown for himself, and he’ll stop at nothing to claim it. Highly calculating and manipulative, Richard plays his brothers against each other, seduces and tosses noblewomen, and executes anyone he thinks may be in his way. In his relentless pursuit to gain — and retain — the monarchy, his lust for power blinds him from morality, leaving no one — man, woman, or child — unscathed. Written centuries before Scandal or House of Cards, Richard III is the quintessential tale of a political antihero who will do anything to get his way.
“At its heart, Richard 3 is a play about power—how it’s defined, how we agree as a culture who has power, how power is seized, won, lost, betrayed, evacuated, deployed, abused,” Hillman says. “It’s about being blinded by your own power to the reality around you—both kings we see in the play are blinded by their own power and assumption of obedience to miss key betrayals as they’re happening; both kings ask too much of their subjects without realizing it. It’s about every kind of corruption of power.”
In Impact’s intimate 59-seat house, the audience is more complicit than ever in Richard’s schemes. The spare but pointedly evocative set will accommodate an impressive cast of 13 that includes Impact veterans Miyaka Cochrane, Michael Delaney, Mary Ann Mackey, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Sean Mirkovich, Jon Nagel, Stacz Sadowski, and ShawnJ West, and newcomers Ashley McKenna, Kelvyn Mitchell, Michelle Navarette, Antoine Pope, and Nancy Sale.
Starts Feb. 26
Runs until Apr. 5
Thurs-Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm
Previews (2/26 & 2/27) are Pay-What-You-Wish at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1564407353799040/
RICHARD III
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Melissa Hillman
Impact Theatre
If you binge-watch Scandal or House of Cards, this is the Shakespeare for you. Read on...
Amid the ongoing real-life revelations that may forever change the way we know King Richard III, Impact Theatre takes on Shakespeare’s version of this chilling chapter of history. Impact’s production of Richard III previews February 26 and 27 and opens February 28 at its home, La Val’s Subterranean in Berkeley. Artistic Director Melissa Hillman pilots this preeminent portrait of purloined power, and fight director extraordinaire Dave Maier commands the chaotic clashes of this classic.
Talk about youngest child syndrome. Richard, the Yorkist Duke of Gloucester, sure isn’t keen on his brother King Edward IV’s being on the throne. The idea of his other brother George in power doesn’t sound so great either. No, Richard wants the crown for himself, and he’ll stop at nothing to claim it. Highly calculating and manipulative, Richard plays his brothers against each other, seduces and tosses noblewomen, and executes anyone he thinks may be in his way. In his relentless pursuit to gain — and retain — the monarchy, his lust for power blinds him from morality, leaving no one — man, woman, or child — unscathed. Written centuries before Scandal or House of Cards, Richard III is the quintessential tale of a political antihero who will do anything to get his way.
“At its heart, Richard 3 is a play about power—how it’s defined, how we agree as a culture who has power, how power is seized, won, lost, betrayed, evacuated, deployed, abused,” Hillman says. “It’s about being blinded by your own power to the reality around you—both kings we see in the play are blinded by their own power and assumption of obedience to miss key betrayals as they’re happening; both kings ask too much of their subjects without realizing it. It’s about every kind of corruption of power.”
In Impact’s intimate 59-seat house, the audience is more complicit than ever in Richard’s schemes. The spare but pointedly evocative set will accommodate an impressive cast of 13 that includes Impact veterans Miyaka Cochrane, Michael Delaney, Mary Ann Mackey, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Sean Mirkovich, Jon Nagel, Stacz Sadowski, and ShawnJ West, and newcomers Ashley McKenna, Kelvyn Mitchell, Michelle Navarette, Antoine Pope, and Nancy Sale.
Starts Feb. 26
Runs until Apr. 5
Thurs-Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm
Previews (2/26 & 2/27) are Pay-What-You-Wish at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1564407353799040/
read more
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Melissa Hillman
Impact Theatre
If you binge-watch Scandal or House of Cards, this is the Shakespeare for you. Read on...
Amid the ongoing real-life revelations that may forever change the way we know King Richard III, Impact Theatre takes on Shakespeare’s version of this chilling chapter of history. Impact’s production of Richard III previews February 26 and 27 and opens February 28 at its home, La Val’s Subterranean in Berkeley. Artistic Director Melissa Hillman pilots this preeminent portrait of purloined power, and fight director extraordinaire Dave Maier commands the chaotic clashes of this classic.
Talk about youngest child syndrome. Richard, the Yorkist Duke of Gloucester, sure isn’t keen on his brother King Edward IV’s being on the throne. The idea of his other brother George in power doesn’t sound so great either. No, Richard wants the crown for himself, and he’ll stop at nothing to claim it. Highly calculating and manipulative, Richard plays his brothers against each other, seduces and tosses noblewomen, and executes anyone he thinks may be in his way. In his relentless pursuit to gain — and retain — the monarchy, his lust for power blinds him from morality, leaving no one — man, woman, or child — unscathed. Written centuries before Scandal or House of Cards, Richard III is the quintessential tale of a political antihero who will do anything to get his way.
“At its heart, Richard 3 is a play about power—how it’s defined, how we agree as a culture who has power, how power is seized, won, lost, betrayed, evacuated, deployed, abused,” Hillman says. “It’s about being blinded by your own power to the reality around you—both kings we see in the play are blinded by their own power and assumption of obedience to miss key betrayals as they’re happening; both kings ask too much of their subjects without realizing it. It’s about every kind of corruption of power.”
In Impact’s intimate 59-seat house, the audience is more complicit than ever in Richard’s schemes. The spare but pointedly evocative set will accommodate an impressive cast of 13 that includes Impact veterans Miyaka Cochrane, Michael Delaney, Mary Ann Mackey, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Sean Mirkovich, Jon Nagel, Stacz Sadowski, and ShawnJ West, and newcomers Ashley McKenna, Kelvyn Mitchell, Michelle Navarette, Antoine Pope, and Nancy Sale.
Starts Feb. 26
Runs until Apr. 5
Thurs-Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm
Previews (2/26 & 2/27) are Pay-What-You-Wish at the door.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1564407353799040/
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1834 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
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