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)
BARDcore: Round Four will resume rehearsals upon the permission from the State and the City of New York to hold live, in-person events at significant capacity.
BARDcore Production History
So this Shakespeare nerd walked into a bar...
Round Four - Dates TBC
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