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Lean
& Hungry Theater Announces
Production
Season Through 2011
Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Lineup for Radio Drama Acting
Company
Washington, DC (June, 2009) Lean & Hungry Theater, where
readers’ theater meets radio drama, has selected its seasons
through 2011, leading off with A Winter’s Tale in December
2009.
Performing under the auspices of St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Epispcopal Church, 1525 Newton Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010, Lean
& Hungry Theater produces radio drama adaptations of the great
works of Shakespeare. To support the mission of St. Stephen, Lean
&
Hungry has selected productions that are tied to events in the church
calendar:
- A
Winter’s Tale (Advent and Christmas: December 4 and 6, 2009)
- Measure for
Measure (Lent and Easter: Spring 2011)
- The
Merchant of Venice (Pentecost: June 4 and 5, 2010)
- A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Ordinary Time: June, 2011)
Lean
& Hungry’s radio dramas productions are produced as
staged
readings, recorded before a live audience with live sound effects and
musical underscore.
“We’re pleased with this schedule,” said
the
company’s Artistic Director, Jessica Hansen.
“By
tying our performances to the calendar, we will be able to address
issues of importance at the time they hold the greatest significance
for the church and the community.”
The resident theatre company of St. Stephen and the Incarnation, Lean
& Hungry Theater is the only theater company in the Washington,
DC
metropolitan area dedicated to adapting works of Shakespeare and other
classic playwrights as radio dramas.
Lean & Hungry’s company of performers features actors
who
have taught and appeared with some of the best-known classical theaters
in Baltimore and Washington, including The Shakespeare Theatre,
Washington Shakespeare Company, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, The
Maryland Shakespeare Festival, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and
many more.
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