Shakespeare and Love-The lost Colony Outer Banks

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Shakespeare and Love a ‘Top of the Charts’ Love-Fest!The Lost Colony company performs famous bard’s ‘love themes’ under the stars at Waterside Theatre

(Manteo, N.C., June 25, 2007) – The Lost Colony’s Waterside Theatre stage will be ripe for romance on Sunday, July 1 when it presents an evening program of Shakespearean scenes. The production, titled “Shakespeare and Love” features a scrapbook of love performed under a canopy of stars, on a stage bedecked with garlands, romantic lighting and flowing fabrics.
Director Jane McCulloch invites theatre patrons to beg, borrow or steal a ticket to the production. She remarks, “I get the feeling that people are rather nervous about Shakespeare, and I want people to really come out and enjoy themselves for a romantic evening. We are, of course, taking the acting seriously and doing the work properly, but we are also making it enjoyable, fun and contemporary.”
For Shakespeare and Love, McCulloch has taken the most popular and well-known love scenes of Shakespeare and has linked them with original music. “We have made the whole thing into a sort of 60’s romp with music and dance,” she comments.
Although the program’s theme is love, there is great diversity among the scenes chosen. For the program, there will be reluctant lovers: The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing; there will be muddled lovers: Twelfth Night, As You Like It; there will be doomed lovers: Romeo and Juliet; historical lovers: Henry V; and hilarious lovers: Loves Labours Lost, Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Additionally, music and dance are an integral part to the production’s contemporary midsummer madness feeling. For the music, McCulloch teamed with The Lost Colony’s musical director Ken Clifton. Clifton skillfully succeeded in creating 10 rich and romantic settings of Shakespeare’s songs and sonnets for the production.
As part of the evening’s amusement, the era of peace, love and happiness will re-emerge as The Lost Colony flashbacks to the 1960’s for the event. Theatre box-office personnel will be attired in 1960’s fashions. Along the theatre path, daisies will be available to satisfy your inner flower-child.
Patrons are invited to join in the fun and come dressed in their favorite 60’s fashions as well. At intermission, there will be a special prize given to the audience member who best dresses in the 1960’s style.
Lay aside any formal preconceptions of Shakespeare and free your mind to enjoy this fun-spirited and romantic Shakespeare-for-the-people production. Shakespeare and Love will be performed one-time-only on Sunday, July 1 at 8:15 pm. Be sure to buy your tickets early. Advance tickets are $5 and tickets purchased at the door are $10. For more information about this event or for tickets call the box office at (252) 473-3414 or visit http://www.thelostcolony.org/.

About The Lost ColonyThe Lost Colony’s 70th anniversary season opened June 1. The drama plays nightly, except Sundays, through August 20, 2007, at Manteo’s Waterside Theatre, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. For tickets and information, go to http://www.thelostcolony.org/ or call (252) 473-3414 (May through August).
If seeing The Lost Colony isn’t reason enough to reserve seats at Waterside Theatre, the company is presenting an impressive line-up of special performances: Cinderella, a classic fairy tale brought to life by The Lost Colony Children’s Theatre (Tuesdays/Thursdays, June 21-Aug. 16 at 9:30 a.m); and South Pacific, Roger and Hammerstein’s great Broadway musical (July 22, 29 at 8:15 p.m.). Tickets for all performances are on sale now at the box office. Some productions even feature discounts on tickets purchased in advance of the performance date. Call the box office at (252) 473-3414 for details or visit http://www.thelostcolony.org/.

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