The Lady Hamlet
Join us on Wednesday, June 25th for a staged reading of THE LADY HAMLET. The playwright, Sarah Schulman, will be joining us for a Talkback following the reading.
THE LADY HAMLET
Two artists, both born to play Hamlet, also happened to be born women. With 1920s New York City as their sparring field, they engage in a war of wits that leaves their colleagues and lovers caught in the crossfire. Buddies teams up with WorldPride 2014 Toronto to present a reading of this new work by renowned writer and thinker Sarah Schulman, who will also be in attendance.
written by Sarah Schulman
directed by Andrea Donaldson
performers Laura Codlln, Michelle Pollack, Richard Greenblatt, Elley Ray Hennessy, and Dalal Badr
Tickets available at the door, all proceeds go to Wychwood Open Door.
A BIT ABOUT SARAH SCHULMAN
Sarah Schulman, Distinguished Professor of English at CUNY, Staten Island, is the author of nine novels, five books of nonfiction, plays, and films. She is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer, AIDS historian, journalist, and active participant citizen. She is the Co-Founder MIX: NY LGBT Experimental Film and Video Festival, Co-Director ACT UP Oral History Project www.actuporalhistory.org, US Coordinator of the first LGBT Delegation to Palestine.
Sarah is the author of numerous novels, including The Gentrification of the Mind and MY AMERICAN HISTORY: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years.
Part of Queer Pride 2014 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre presents
QUEER PRIDE 2014
June 1 29, 2014
Festival Sponsor: TD Bank Group
Queer Media Partner: XTRA
Buddies celebrates World Pride with a month-long festival of theatre, comedy, art, music, and parties. As the eyes of the world turn to Toronto, we will showcase the very best queer entertainers our community has to offer.
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