From comedias at comedias.org Tue Aug 23 16:12:03 2022 From: comedias at comedias.org (AHCT Listserv) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:12:03 -0400 Subject: [Comedias] Fwd: Lope de Vega | Hispanic Golden Age Classics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Red Bull Theater Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 11:44 AM Subject: Lope de Vega | Hispanic Golden Age Classics To: Susan Paun de Garcia ONLINE series of events | The Capulets and The Montagues (Castelvines y Monteses), inspired by the same material as Shakepeare's Romeo and Juliet *At the same time* that England saw the flourishing of Shakespeare on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, and in the decades that followed, Spanish-speaking playwrights thrived on the continent and in the New World. Many of the works created during this time have still not been translated into English. Our Hispanic Golden Age Classics online initiative, presented in collaboration with *Diversifying the Classics | UCLA, *is designed to change that, while expanding our repertoire of classical plays. This season, we're celebrating LOPE DE VEGA . *The star-crossed lovers as you?ve never seen them before...* THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES *Castelvines y Monteses* by *LOPE DE VEGA *in a new rhyming verse translation by *DAKIN MATTHEWS* Directed by* MELIA BENSUSSEN* ONLINE READING | SEPTEMBER 12th Influenced by the same source material that inspired Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*, Lope takes the audience on a different and altogether delightful journey in his tragicomic telling of the classic tale. *Dakin Matthews?s* rhyming verse translation brings the Spanish classic back to sparkling life on stage?and, in this case, ONLINE. This *ONLINE* event, featuring *Ro Boddie*, *Anita Castillo-Halvorssen*, *Carson Elrod*, *Topher Embrey*, *Ryan Garbayo*, *Paco Lozano*, *Dakin Matthews*, *Maria-Christina Oliveras* ? and *Grantham Coleman* and *Cara Ricketts* as the star-crossed lovers ? will premiere at 7:30 PM ET on SEPTEMBER 12th . A recording of the live event will be available for a strictly limited time. GET DETAILS . *$10 ACCESS TICKETS* This event is supported by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain. Through this support, a limited number of $10 Access tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. ACT NOW . Plus, save 20% when you BECOME A FRIEND of Red Bull Theater. BECOME A FRIEND *OTHER LOPE DE VEGA EVENTS * *ONLINE SEMINAR* THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th 7:30 PM EST | FREE *Who is Lop? de Vega and why did he and Shakespeare both write a play about the Capulets and the Montagues? * Join this interactive discussion with translator *Dakin Matthews*, and scholars *Barbara Fuchs* and *Rhonda Sharrah* of* Diversifying the Classics | UCLA* GET DETAILS *ONLINE BULL SESSION* *THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th <#m_-3671941692602637839_d2232a>* 7:30 PM EST | *FREE* After you see the show, join this interactive online discussion of the play and its themes with director *Melia Bensussun* and members of the acting company, including *Dakin Matthews*. *MORE ABOUT LOPE DE VEGA ...* Lope F?lix de Vega Carpio (1562?1635) is a towering figure of the Spanish Golden Age, a theatrical innovator and prolific author in multiple genres. He is known as a master of the comedia?witty three-act plays popular across the globe-spanning Spanish empire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He composed hundreds of plays, in addition to poetry and prose....KEEP READING GET TICKETS *Explore our season and new donor benefits for discounts on tickets and more.* We're pleased to invite you to our 2022-23 season! This year, we will offer a full slate of *in-person* and *online* opportunities to experience the rarely produced classics at the heart of our mission. Look forward to Off-Broadway productions of *Arden of Faversham *and *The Knight of the Burning Pestle*, plus Revelation Readings including *Ph?dre* and *Titus Andronicus*, featuring F. Murray Abraham, Jennifer Ehle, Ismenia Mendes, Jacob Ming-Trent, Patrick Page, Matthew Rauch, Cara Ricketts, Reg Rogers, Michael Urie, John Douglas Thompson, and many of the finest theater artists working today. *BECOME A FRIEND* Join our Friend Circle to access the best seats at a discount. Our *Friend's Circle *begins with a $50 donation, which gives you access to 20% off our Revelation Readings and 40% off our Off-Broadway Productions. *We?re happy to make donating as easy as possible. *Feel free to email or give us a call Monday-Friday from 10 AM-5 PM at 212.343.7394. GET DETAILS [image: Facebook] [image: YouTube] [image: Instagram] [image: Twitter] *Copyright ? 2022 Red Bull Theater, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email as a follower of Red Bull Theater (New York, NY). *Update Subscription Preferences Unsubscribe from this List * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: