Empty Chair Savors the Madness at Arlington's Theatre on the Run
Online, May 20, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Empty Chair Theatre Company will bring their Summer Season shows, Twelfth Night and Titus Andronicus, to the Arlington Arts' Theatre on the Run Facility for the months of June and July. Empty Chair Theater Company is an ensemble-based, collaborative theatre group, created by and for young artists in the Washington DC area. "Northern Virginia has been an incredible home for us and we are thrilled to have a home in one of Arlington Arts theater spaces," said Artistic Director and Company Co-founder Elizabeth Nearing. "As our company has expanded so has our audience base and we are delighted to be moving to a larger facility. This Season is an exciting opportunity for Empty Chair to present two incredible and contrasting works to our audiences."
Empty Chair Theatre Company's Savor The Madness Summer Season
TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Miranda Steege
June 15-19th 2011
After a devastating shipwreck Viola, the plucky heroine of Shakespeare's comedy, washes up alone on the shores of Illyria, separated from her twin brother Sebastian. Her resolution to disguise herself as a boy and enter the service of the lovesick Count Orsino sucks her into a maddening web of unrequited love and misplaced affection. Amidst trickery, shrubbery concealment, and cross-dressing the "improbable fiction" of Twelfth Night revels in the joy and machinations of theatre and illusion.
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TITUS ANDRONICUS
BY William Shakespeare
Directed by Julia Sears
July 14th-30th 2011
In the midst of a tempestuous political battle Titus Andronicus returns to Rome victorious from battle. However, in the midst of his glorious return he offers up the son of the Visigoth queen, Tamora, as a sacrifice, causing her to swear a terrible revenge. When the new-crowned Emperor, weak and decadent Saturninus, settles on Tamora to be his queen, she and her family set into motion a bloody cycle of violence. One of Shakespeare's darkest, most brutal plays is a voyage of poetry and emotional intensity and a feast of tragedy that has reminded audiences for centuries of the cold, hard taste of vengeance.
About Empty Chair Theatre Company
Founded in 2007 Empty Chair Theatre Company has presented more than nine fully realized productions in four seasons. Based in Alexandria Va, Empty Chair aims to give young artists a creative outlet to explore their love of theatre through innovative productions of classical work. As an empty chair represents a space for opportunities our company is dedicated to using that space to create bold interpretations of classical texts.
Empty Chair supplements its onstage work through the work of its Outreach and Education departments which aim at giving back to the community and helping audiences and students discover new ways of engaging with classical texts. Empty Chair became incorporated through the state of Virginia in the Spring of 2008, and is a501(c)3 Non-Profit company through the IRS. for more information please visit www.emptychairtheatre.org
The Theatre on the Run Black box is a facility managed by Arlington Cultural Affairs and located at 3700 Four Mile Run, Arlington, VA 22206.
Empty Chair's Summer Season tickets are now on sale. General Admission is $15 discounts are available for students, seniors and children. Please visit our website http://www.emptychairtheatre.org/ or contact boxoffice@emptychairtheatre.org for ticketing information.