Love’s Prick by Matthew Everett
Posted June 7th, 2007 at 9:39 am by BrianLove’s Prick transports Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It to a contemporary coffeehouse named The Forrest and riffs on love, gender confusion and other common themes of the Bard.
June 15, 16, 18, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m. At the Center for Independent Artists, 4137 Bloomington Ave S, Minneapolis. Audience feedback sessions after each performance
Tickets $5 general admission, $2.50 CIA members and Fringe buttons. Reservations by phone at (612) 724-8392 or online at http://www.c4ia.org/events/tickets.php?show_id=158
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June 9th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Thanks for the plug, Wilde Roast! For those on the fence but curious, here’s a few more salient details of plot and cast…
Love’s Prick
presented in partnership with Outward Spiral Theatre Company
funded by an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board
“He that sweetest rose will find, must find love’s prick and Rosalind”
Several ages of love and infatuation cross in a coffeehouse known as The Forest
- a high school girl masquerades as a boy, fielding romantic interests both gay and straight
- two college wrestlers and the student editor of the campus literary magazine struggle with a complicated love triangle and a mysterious online poet
- a transgender minister finds the possibility of companionship with a local police officer.
“Love’s Prick” is a modern day riff on the love, gender confusion and other themes of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It.”
Directed by Todd Hughes
Featuring -
Delta Giordano, Grant Henderson, William Leaf, Mark Mattison, Dan O’Neil, Michael Ooms, Nathan Surprenant, Renee Werbowski, Laura Wiebers
Hope to see you there. We’re interested in seeing how an audience responds to the production, as well as the feedback you can give us afterwards, if you want to hang out for the brief audience discussion. All are welcome.