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Do It Live presents
William Shakespeare’s
William Shakespeare’s
KING HENRY THE SIXTH
Life too civilized? How about a Civil War?
WHEN:
September 2nd - 17th, 2011
Thurs/Fri/Sat @ 8pm
WHERE:
BOXCAR STUDIOS
at Golden Gate and Hyde
TICKETS:
INFO:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Do It Live Productions makes its debut with KING HENRY the SIXTH, a brutal contemporized adaptation of Shakespeare’s saga about a King whose Monarchy isn't as absolute as he'd like. Director Andrew Nolan’s production splices two of Shakespeare’s plays together to create a fast-paced exploration of what happens to one man’s search for happiness when the rest of the world’s on a quest for glory, coming September 2, 2011.
Let's face it, King Henry, you're a nice guy. The only bad news is, Parliament wants to see you hanged. Nobody knows who started those riots in London. Your happy marriage cost you your father's part of France. And once your Uncle Gloucester's gone, so's your head.
"Henry VI is about the terror of seeing kids with Uzis marching up Valencia. It's the stuff of nightmares and it's happening right now in the world. I want to bring that to the stage.” - Director Andrew Nolan
Andrew Nolan has staged a play about a country gone mad with love for it's own image. After England loses France, a populist uprising burns half of London to the ground. Eventually the riot escalates to a coup and Henry starts to take things a little more seriously. Using actual footage of the London Riots, King Henry the Sixth tears down the walls of alienation that keep us comfortably safe from London, Libya, and Greece.
KING HENRY THE SIXTH is produced by Kenny Toll, Shay Wisniewski and Will Hand, the creative team behind Do It Live Productions; with Andrew Nolan, director; Megan Trout, movement coach; Kenny Toll, fight choreographer; featuring: Casey Worthington, Sam Richie, Allison Combs, Will Hand, Andrew Akraboff, Varvara Ilchenko, Ian Hopps, Jeremy Forbing, Caleb Cabrera, April Fritz and Ben Landmesser.
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ABOUT DO IT LIVE: Having assembled a dirty dozen of the hungriest actors the formidable SF State has to offer, Do It Live wants to see an SF that likes its theater like it likes its food: irreverent, cross-disciplinary, ranging from the refined classics to the downright insane and unheard of--like cultivating the theatrical equivalent of Rum and Cornflake Ice Cream. And this crack team of starving SF State Alums can do just that. They're in love with the classics, but tired of same-old, same-old, and what they lack in mileage they make up for in enthusiasm.
KING HENRY THE SIXTH is managed by: Meghann Dubie - Stage Manager, Toni Babbitt - Sound Board Operator, Michael Ryan - Technical Director, John Michals - House Manager
KING HENRY THE SIXTH is managed by: Meghann Dubie - Stage Manager, Toni Babbitt - Sound Board Operator, Michael Ryan - Technical Director, John Michals - House Manager
KING HENRY THE SIXTH is designed by: AJ Diggins - Set Designer, Collin Mischke - Props Designer, Joe D’Emilio - Lighting Designer, Ashley Rogers - Costume Designer, Nestor Romero - Sound Designer, Amanda Ramirez - Poster Design/Press Photography, Multimedia - Tea Toplak, Theatrical Trailer- Tea Toplak, Will Price, Addison Kavish, and Amanda Ramirez
