Coming Soon! Red Bull Theater’s Reading of Ben Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox!

You might say that during the pandemic I became smitten with the Red Bull Theater. Here is their goal in life: “RED BULL THEATER brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences. Our work unites a respect for tradition with a modern sensibility.”

And during the pandemic they have presented a number of classic plays via pay what you can Zoom readings and as I have posted previously, seemed to have managed to harness some of the best attributes of Zoom for live theater readings.

courtesy of the Red Bull Theater

And now they are about to bring one of the great classic playwrights, Ben Jonson, to their Zoom theater! Again, a pay what you can performance done live on Monday night June 14th at 7:30 PM EDT. After the live stream on Monday night, the recorded version will be available until Friday evening, June 18th at 7:00 PM EDT. So you will have multiple opportunities to enjoy the play reading during the week. So that’s my spiel…here’s some more info from their Volpone page!

Meet Volpone, the rich old magnifico, whose ingenious schemes and farcical scams dupe his wealthy friends into showering him with gold. This feast of extraordinary language and outrageous characters is a merciless satire that delightfully skewers the selfish manipulations of hypocrites—without excusing the greed and gullibility of their victims. Against scoundrels cloaked in propriety and legal dodgings, the virtuous are practically defenseless—and even the judge is on the make.  Is Volpone the sly fox…or the outfoxed?

And visit the link above for more information about the play, Ben Jonson, and the reading itself!

other AIP posts @ Red Bull: Red Bull Theater Reads MJ Kaufman’s GALATEA!, Red Bull Theater Reads John Lyly’s Gallathea, RBT: The Woman Hater.

The 2021 American Players Theatre Season Has Started AND Extra Tickets Have Been Released.

I read the press release and it kinda went over my head that May was winding down and the APT’s theater season was underway. I apologize to my friends in Spring Green! And to our readers as well…I hope you are able to get tickets!!!

scene from The Mountaintop. Gavin Lawrence, Photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Players Theatre

Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop opened the season in the 201-seat indoor Touchstone Theatre on May 14th and runs through June 19th. The first performance of James DeVita’s world premiere of An Improbable Fiction took place on the Hill Stage on May 27 and will run through June 26th.

scene from An Improbable Fiction. Sarah Day, Brian Mani, Melisa Pereyra, Chiké Johnson & Tracy Michelle Arnold, photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Player Theatre

From American Players Theatre:

These will be the first in-person performances since APT was forced to cancel the 2020 season, and the company is beyond thrilled to be welcoming audiences back to the theater.

Seats have been added to performances within the 25% capacity cap, and tickets are available now for most performances of these first two plays at americanplayers.org, or by calling the APT Box Office at 608-588-2361. Filmed performances of the plays will be available for people who can’t make the trip to APT this year. More information at americanplayers.org/apt-at-home.

For the latest in safety updates, visit americanplayers.org/covid-rules.

For An Intuitive Perspective’s original APT announcement, visit here!

scene from An Improbable Fiction. Chiké Johnson, Brian Mani & Sarah Day, An Improbable Fiction, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren. courtesy of the American Players Theatre