Tina Packer's Women of Will

Name: Tina Packer's Women of Will
Start: 2024-05-16T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-18T19:30:00-04:00
Location: John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Thu May 16 2024 at 07:30 pm to Sat May 18 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts | New Haven, CT

Opening Night of this Limited Run!
Funny, fierce, deep and accessible, Tina Packer’s Women of Will is the bonus content to Shakespeare’s plays that you have been searching for. Master Shakespearean, Tina Packer directs Elm Artistic Director Rebecca Goodheart - deconstructing and conjuring William Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in this exciting first production since Packer’s nationally acclaimed off-Broadway run and international tour.
A combination of riveting scenes and trenchant analysis, Tina Packer’s Women of Will explores themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence, and power through the heroines of Shakespeare’s text. Using performance and discussion, Packer/Goodheart, with ace actor Nigel Gore, trace the chronological evolution of Shakespeare’s female characters, and examine Shakespeare’s own journey and growth as a writer.
Special Performance with Post Show Discussion and Wine Reception after the May 19 performance. Special tickets for this event. Visit elmshakespeare.org for more information.