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Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company presents the works of Shakespeare, and other classical theatre, in ‘site-specific’ locations, to provide an environmental theatrical experience. Dedicated to the cultural enrichment and education of the borough and beyond, SIST strives to illuminate the universal and lasting relevance of the classics for contemporary audiences.

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Tickets are on sale for this devilish treat!

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Translating Sonnets is this Friday at Snug Harbor’s Carpenter’s Shop. Performance time is 7pm. Reserve your free ticket today! This is our fourth installment of Translating Sonnets, where we pair actors and actresses from the Staten Island Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company and NYC Poets to perform Shakespearean sonnets with contemporary translations. This will take place on April 25th at 7 pm at Snug Harbor’s Carpenter’s Shop. This is a FREE event but we still request that you reserve a spot here: https://www.showclix.com/event/translating2025 Flyer created by Cynthia Rodriguez List of performers: Featured Sonnet Performers: Carrie Ellman-Larsen Jenny Kelly Amanda Rose Benjamin Frank Fazio Eric Rosen Helene Dubois Connor Burke Victoria Gullo Nick Easton Christine Vapsva Regan Sou Featured Poets: Matt Figgz Maya DaPoet Rocio Uchofen Kyoko Heshiimu Jenn Cisneros M.A. Dennis Buttered Roll Cynthia Rodriguez Thomas Fucaloro Frank Williams Christine Weimer

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Celebrate National Poetry Month with us! Visit sishakespeare.org to reserve your FREE ticket today!

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We are excited to welcome back WPC Founding Member, Kerry Robinson, who is joining us for her fourth NFPF. You may recognized Kerry from previous SIST productions such as and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016) and Lysistrata (2017), the latter being one of her favorite experiences working on a production. Pictured is Kerry at a performance of Midsummer during the Lumen Festival

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Looking forward to the marriage of Y2K-era nostalgia and this classic farce. Congratulations to all!

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Looking forward to the marriage of Y2K-era nostalgia and this classic farce. Congratulations to all!

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Meet Helene Dubois who is joining the WPC, transitioning from stage to page for the first time! We’re looking forward to seeing Helene’s debut play this August at the NFPF. Featured photo is from SVPT’s 2023 production of Intimate Apparel Photo: @sparkographs

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This is our fourth installment of Translating Sonnets, where we pair actors and actresses from the Staten Island Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company and NYC Poets to perform Shakespearean sonnets with contemporary translations. This will take place on April 25th at 7 pm at Snug Harbor's Carpenter's Shop. This is a FREE event but we still request that you reserve a spot here: https://www.showclix.com/event/translating2025 Flyer created by Cynthia Rodriguez List of performers: Featured Sonnet Performers: Carrie Ellman-Larsen Jenny Kelly Amanda Benjamin Frank Fazio Eric Rosen Helene Dubois Connor Burke Victoria Gullo Nick Easton Christine Vapsva Regan Sou Featured Poets: Matt Figgz Maya DaPoet Rocio Uchofen Kyoko Heshiimu Jenn Cisneros M.A. Dennis Buttered Roll Cynthia Rodriguez Thomas Fucaloro Frank Williams Christine Weimer

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Final performance of A Dream Play is this afternoon at 2pm! Congratulations to the cast and crew on a fantastic run! Get your tickets now and join us this afternoon! Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company Presents: A Dream Play by August Strindberg Adapted and Directed by Frank Williams Assistant Director: Cara S. Liander Movement/Intimacy Director: Brittany Martel 📸: @sishakespeare Performances take place at the Staten Island Playhouse located at The Empire Outlets GENERAL ADMISSION: $30, STUDENTS & SENIORS: $27, MEMBERS $25 Purchase tickets online by visiting: sishakespeare.org Sunday, March 23 – 2:00pm This surreal, expressionistic, and symbolic drama explores the joy, suffering and contradictions of human existence. The play unfolds like a dream, blending reality and fantasy, with fluid, disjointed scenes that shift unpredictably. Although the true point of reference is the unseen dreamer, the central figure is Agnes, the daughter of the god Indra, who descends to Earth to experience human life and understand its hardships. Through her encounters with various archetypal characters—primarily the dreamer’s alter egos of The Officer, The Lawyer, and The Poet—she witnesses the pain, struggles, and fleeting joys of humanity. The play examines themes of love, duty, oppression, and existential despair, all while questioning the meaning of life and the nature of divine justice. Strindberg’s experimental structure, with its dreamlike transitions and symbolic imagery, challenges traditional notions of time, space, and narrative. It is a deeply poetic and philosophical work, often seen as a precursor to modernist and absurdist theater. Ultimately, Agnes returns to the heavens, bringing with her a profound empathy for the human condition, leaving audiences with a sense of both resignation and hope.

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Final two performances of A Dream Play are tonight at 8pm and tomorrow at 2pm! Get your tickets now!!! Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company Presents: A Dream Play by August Strindberg Adapted and Directed by Frank Williams Assistant Director: Cara S. Liander Movement/Intimacy Director: Brittany Martel 📸: @sishakespeare Performances take place at the Staten Island Playhouse located at The Empire Outlets GENERAL ADMISSION: $30, STUDENTS & SENIORS: $27, MEMBERS $25 Purchase tickets online by visiting: sishakespeare.org Saturday, March 22 – 8:00pm Sunday, March 23 – 2:00pm This surreal, expressionistic, and symbolic drama explores the joy, suffering and contradictions of human existence. The play unfolds like a dream, blending reality and fantasy, with fluid, disjointed scenes that shift unpredictably. Although the true point of reference is the unseen dreamer, the central figure is Agnes, the daughter of the god Indra, who descends to Earth to experience human life and understand its hardships. Through her encounters with various archetypal characters—primarily the dreamer’s alter egos of The Officer, The Lawyer, and The Poet—she witnesses the pain, struggles, and fleeting joys of humanity. The play examines themes of love, duty, oppression, and existential despair, all while questioning the meaning of life and the nature of divine justice. Strindberg’s experimental structure, with its dreamlike transitions and symbolic imagery, challenges traditional notions of time, space, and narrative. It is a deeply poetic and philosophical work, often seen as a precursor to modernist and absurdist theater. Ultimately, Agnes returns to the heavens, bringing with her a profound empathy for the human condition, leaving audiences with a sense of both resignation and hope.

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