SIST remembers and mourns the loss of Bob Elia, one of the finest and most respected actors to have gifted our local stage with his talents and generosity. For decades, Bob was in many SIST shows, including the title roles in King Lear and Amadeus, Pack of Lies, Arms and the Man, Night of the Iguana, Lend Me a Tenor, All My Sons, and The Dresser. Bob is pictured below in our productions of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Educating Rita, Prelude to a Kiss, and The Taming of the Shrew, which was his most recent with us in 2018.
Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a unique and wildly theatrical musical play combining haunting music and poetic storytelling to tell the fascinating and moving life story of iconic American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Poe struggled with tragedy and addiction, poverty and loss, yet produced some of the world’s most original, visionary and enduring literature before dying in unexplained circumstances at the age of 40. At once gorgeous and grotesque, Nevermore blurs the line between fact and fiction, exploring the events that shaped Poe’s character and career and giving powerful expression to Poe’s words “all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Performances will take place outdoors in the Staten Island Playhouse at Empire Outlets on Staten Island, right next to the ferry terminal, on the following dates: Friday, October 16 at 8:00pm Saturday, October 17 at 8:00pm Sunday, October 18 at 2:00pm Friday, October 23 at 8:00pm Saturday, October 24 at 8:00pm Sunday, October 25 at 2:00pm Auditions will take place in person at Snug Harbor, Building G, on Sunday, August 2nd, 11:00am to 4:00pm with callbacks on Monday, August 3rd at 6:00pm. Please e-mail [email protected] to make an audition appointment.
Still time to get on the list, but slots are filling up quickly! Send all audition inquiries to [email protected]
We open tomorrow night at 8:00pm in the Connie Gretz Secret Garden, Snug Harbor! Get your tickets at sishakespeare.org photo credit: @sarajdsign
