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.
Come join us for Round Four!
Drinks. Trivia. Shakespeare: Get into it!
Come hang out with us for the Fourth Round of our reading series:
March 16: Cymbeline (Director Rudi Utter)
April 20: King Lear (Director Lorenzo Landini)
May 18: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Director Victoria M. Fragnito)
Tickets on sale March 2020
Submissions are now open for Round Four of BARDcore! Interested actors may send a headshot, resume, and any conflicts for the March 1 audition date to opportunities@matchlit.org.
Please send all submitted materials via attachment (no Google Docs).
Per Match: Lit policy, no video submissions will be accepted.
BARDcore Production History
So this Shakespeare nerd walked into a bar...
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, Peter Hargarten, Maya Jeyam, Gregory Kowlessar, Erin Mendez-Stapleton, Marika Proctor*, Joe Raik, Nick Ritacco, and Dylan J. Sampson
PICTURED: Kristin Sgarro as Master Ford (as Master Brook) in rehearsal for 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
