Tag: William Shakespeare

  • East Brunswick High School to present ‘The Tempest’ for fall production

    East Brunswick High School to present ‘The Tempest’ for fall production

    The East Brunswick High School Fall Drama Production will be “The Tempest” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 17, and at 3 p.m. Nov. 18, in the Joseph Sweeney Auditorium at the school, 380 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.   Tickets cost $14 for adults, or $8 for seniors and students.   Due to sell…

  • Middletown residents act in Brookdale’s all-female Shakespeare play

    Middletown residents act in Brookdale’s all-female Shakespeare play

    Unifying six notable William Shakespeare heroines, Brookdale Community College’s Performing Arts Center showcased its play,”When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet.” The light-hearted comedy, authored by Charles George, imagines an encounter between Shakespeare heroines Juliet, Ophelia, Cleopatra, Portia, Katharine and Desdemona, who come together to discuss Juliet’s blossoming love for Romeo. Throughout the one-act play, each woman offers…

  • Monmouth Players to present several ‘Evenings with William Shakespeare’

    Monmouth Players to present several ‘Evenings with William Shakespeare’

    Monmouth Players will present “An Evening with William Shakespeare” at 8:15 p.m. Aug. 19 and 26 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 20 and 27 at the Navesink Arts Center, 149 Monmouth Ave., Atlantic Highlands. Tickets are $15 general admission. Coffee and homemade desserts will be available. Reservations are required by calling 732-291-9211, visiting www.monmouthplayers.net or…

  • Library to show ‘The Taming of the Shrew’

    Library to show ‘The Taming of the Shrew’

    The Hudson Shakespeare Company will perform William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at 2:30 p.m. on June 10 at the Old Bridge Library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, at the corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. For more information, call 732-721-5600, ext. 5033 or visit www.oldbridgelibrary.org.

  • Brookdale to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on April 20

    Brookdale to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on April 20

    Brookdale Community College will celebrate the 453rd birthday of William Shakespeare with the seventh annual Shakespeare Read-A-Thon on April 20. The Read-A-Thon, which will start at 6 p.m. and run until 8 p.m., will be held in the college’s Performing Arts Center, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft. Parking for the event will be in Lot…