NEW YORK DEBUT OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOW FROM THE 2022 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
2022 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards
★★★★★
“Magnificent Acting…”
Mooney on Theatre
★★★★★
“Pure Brilliance…”
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“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions…”
From a single fateful phone call taken reluctantly from the toilet, a Shakespearean actor finds his world collapsing around him. As the story unfolds, the unforgiving realities of his shattered life intertwine with Shakespeare’s radiant, immortal text, while the man teeters dangerously close to the brink.
Written by and starring acclaimed actor Justin Hay, known for his performance in the 2017 filmed adaptation “Richard III – Unto the Kingdom of Perpetual Night”, the play draws on some of the greatest and most powerful passages from Shakespeare to ask: Is it possible to find peace with the impossible paradoxes of life?
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Mona Zaidi
Director
Award-winning director known for her groundbreaking adaptations of classics including "Julius Caesar: In Shallows and In Miseries" and "Richard III: Unto the Kingdom of Perpetual Night", and described by Sir Kenneth Branagh as "excitingly ambitious... and full of imaginative talent".
Justin Hay
Writer/Performer
"My Own Private Shakespeare" has earned writer/performer Justin Hay critical and audience acclaim after successful runs in Toronto and the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. A veteran of the stage and screen, he trained at the Royal National Theatre in Scotland.
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LOCATION
Little Shakespeare Festival, Under St. Mark’s Theatre
DATE
August 1 – 18, 2024
PERFORMANCES
- August 1, 9:00pm
- August 2, 7:00pm
- August 3, 7:00pm
- August 4, 2:00pm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The running time is approximately 55 minutes, with no interval. Recommended for ages 14+.
CONTENT WARNING
My Own Private Shakespeare contains themes of mental health, suicide and trauma.
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