BARDcore Reading Series
One director, one cast, one week to rehearse, and one chance to perform a Shakespeare classic - enjoy a bit of the canon while we host and provide refreshments, a little games and trivia, and overall a better alternative to your average Monday night.
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It's BARDcore: Round Four!
Come hang out with us for the fourth round of our infamous reading series (while we drink water between each to stay hydrated):
King Lear (Lorenzo Landini, Director)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Victoria M. Fragnito, Director)
Cymbeline (Rudi Utter, Director)
Dates to be confirmed Spring 2020.
Submissions for Round Four of BARDcore are now closed. But future opportunities await! Read more
BARDcore Production History
So this Shakespeare nerd walked into a bar...
Round Four - Spring 2020
BARDcore: Cymbeline
Rudi Utter, Director
FEATURING: Elizabeth Erb*, Aziza Gharib, Brian Demar Jones*, Omri Kadim, Becca Musser, Austin Nguyen, Naima Randolph, Joey Santia, Owen Grayson Schiller, Kezia Tyson, and Michael Witkes
BARDcore: King Lear
Lorenzo Landini, Director
Cast Announcement Coming Soon!
BARDcore: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Victoria M. Fragnito, Director
Cast Announcement Coming Soon!
PICTURED: Aziza Gharib as Caius Lucius, Naima Randolph as Imogen, and Michael Witkes as the Queen in rehearsal for BARDcore: Cymbeline
Round Three - Fall 2019
BARDcore: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Laurel Andersen, Director
FEATURING: Emily Ann Banks, Caroline Rose Leon, Theo McKenna, Andre Ozim, Maria Pigatti, Kristin Sgarro, Anna Stacy, Jasmine Aurora Thomas, Rudi Utter*, and Rachel Weekley
BARDcore: Julius Caesar
Regina Renée Russell, Director
FEATURING: Alcides Costa, Akeil Davis, Amelia Fei, Victoria M. Fragnito, Annika Gullahorn, Lisa LaGrande, Rita McCann, TroyElan Richardson, George Ronis, and Owen Grayson Schiller
BARDcore: The Winter's Tale
Andrew Oppmann, Director
FEATURING: Terry Chaney, Jason Goldwin Chang, Alcides Costa, Peter Hargarten, Maya Jeyam, Erin Mendez-Stapleton, Marika Proctor*, Joe Raik, Nick Ritacco, and Dylan J. Sampson
PICTURED: Kristin Sgarro as Master Ford (as Master Brook) in BARDcore: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Round Two - Spring 2019
BARDcore: As You Like It
Laurel Andersen, Director
FEATURING: Sydney Berk, Daniel Cabrera, Joel Derby*, Annika Gullahorn, Rita McCann, Nick Ritacco, Regina Renée Russell*, Anna Stacy, Sigmond Varga, and Emma Wisniewski*
BARDcore: Love's Labour's Lost
Bryan Hunt, Director
FEATURING: Mariem S. Diaz*, Elizabeth Erb, Zachary Gamble, Samuel Geoffrey, Keith Hale, Taylor Nicole Harvey*, Isaac Allen Miller, Andrew Oppmann, Will Poost, Andrew Salzano, Kristin Sgarro, Jacob Harris Wright, Jaine Ye, and Stephen Zuccaro
BARDcore: Henry IV, Part One
Andy Ingalls, Director
FEATURING: Ty Baumann, Victoria M. Fragnito, Katie Rose Krueger*, Lorenzo Landini*, Zach Libresco*, Theo McKenna, Miles Purinton*, Dylan J. Sampson, John St. Croix*, and Rudi Utter*
PICTURED: Stephen Zuccaro as Don Armado and Mariem S. Diaz* as Jaquenetta in rehearsal for BARDcore: Love's Labour's Lost
Round One - Fall 2018
BARDcore: Much Ado About Nothing
Anaïs Koivisto, Director
FEATURING: Levi Adkins, Paul Battiato*, Elizabeth Berkman, Braley Degenhardt, Katie Rose Krueger*, Lorenzo Landini*, Stephanie Litchfield, Andy Ingalls*, Isaac Allen Miller, Nick Ritacco, Jonathon Ryan, and Dylan J. Sampson
BARDcore: Antony & Cleopatra
Phoebe Brooks, Director
FEATURING: Portia Boston, Tara Bradway, Mia Canter, Amelia Dudley, Katie Fanning*, Lily Fryburg, Nicky Khor, Zach Libresco*, Sean Lounsbury, Samantha Rago, and Owen Grayson Schiller
BARDcore: Twelfth Night
Rudi Utter, Director
FEATURING: Laurel Andersen, Oliver Archibald, Ty Baumann, Ryan Claus, Victoria M. Fragnito, Theo McKenna, Joshua Koehn*, Rita McCann, R. David Robinson*, Jonathon Ryan, and Kristin Sgarro
PICTURED: Stephanie Litchfield as Margaret and Elizabeth Berkman as Hero in rehearsal for BARDcore: Much Ado About Nothing
