Greenwood Lake Theater, in partnership with Warwick Historical Society, presents “FestFolio!”, a weekend festival of Shakespeare’s plays performed in the First-Folio Style, in Lewis Park, 80 Main Street, Warwick, NY and Old School Baptist Meeting House, 29 High Street, Warwick, NY, from June 3-5, 2022.
Dedicated to bringing the Shakespeare of olden times to modern audiences, GWLT uses original Elizabethan performance techniques. Watch our bold and magnificent actors perform the First Folio Style, with cue scripts in hand. They will be interacting and entertaining the audience in ways you could never have imagined, with LOTS of spontaneity bringing Shakespeare's words to life in a thrilling and hilarious way. Shakespeare should always be this fun! This is seriously entertaining Shakespeare, the like of which you have never seen before. It will be performed by actors trained in Original Practice rehearsal techniques. It’s fun for the whole family! This ain't your grandma's Shakespeare!
Dedicated to bringing the Shakespeare of olden times to modern audiences, GWLT uses original Elizabethan performance techniques. Watch our bold and magnificent actors perform the First Folio Style, with cue scripts in hand. They will be interacting and entertaining the audience in ways you could never have imagined, with LOTS of spontaneity bringing Shakespeare's words to life in a thrilling and hilarious way. Shakespeare should always be this fun! This is seriously entertaining Shakespeare, the like of which you have never seen before. It will be performed by actors trained in Original Practice rehearsal techniques. It’s fun for the whole family! This ain't your grandma's Shakespeare!
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare Dramaturgy by Mary McKinley & Nicole Greenbaum June 3rd 2022 7:00 p.m. Lewis Park, Warwick, NY The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare Dramaturgy by Nicole Greenbaum June 4th 2022 2:00 p.m. Lewis Park, Warwick, NY A Midsummer Night's Dream features young lovers who fall comically in and out of love in a ridiculously brief period of time (over the course of a single, enchanted midsummer night and with the help of a little fairy magic!)
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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare Dramaturgy by Nicole Greenbaum June 4th 2022 7:00 p.m. Lewis Park, Warwick, NY Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked; each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young man and, under the name of Cesario, gets a job as a servant for the Duke, Orsino.
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Groundlings' Choice
by William Shakespeare Audience vote on Sunday! June 5th 2022 2:00 p.m. Old School Baptist Meeting House, Warwick, NY Who says your voice doesn't count. Our Sunday show is audience choice. Come vote for the show you think we should perform and the show with the most votes is what you will see. We have no idea what that will be, nevertheless, we will be ready for all of them!
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COVID Policy:
COVID-19 policy requires masks to be worn in the Old School Baptist House; outdoors optional but social distancing will be enforced.
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