Cal Shakes and Obie award winner Marcus Gardley present a deconstructed, modern verse updating of King Lear and it’s a visually stunning, marvelously acted update that gives the Bard’s story of betrayal, power and family legacy urgency and import for today’s audience.
Interview with artistic director Eric Ting about the Cal Shakes’ production of Marcus Gardley’s Lear.
Why tamper with this particular masterpiece?
SF Bay View’s review of Cal Shakes’s production of Lear, by Marcus Gardley.
When King Lear, played by James A. Williams, first appears on stage, he wears a long fur coat.
At Cal Shakes, Co-directors Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams have staged a first-rate “Lear” with all its rage and fury.
This world premiere is a poetic production that mirrors Shakespeare’s story, but reimagines it with a 21st-century, modern-verse vocabulary that the audience will more readily understand.
This world premiere is a poetic production that mirrors Shakespeare’s story, but reimagines it with a 21st-century, modern-verse vocabulary that the audience will more readily understand.
Cal Shakes’ new production centers Blackness, and features live accompaniment by jazz favorite Marcus Shelby.
East Bay Times’ review of Lear, by Marcus Gardley, produced by Cal Shakes.
