The ISC Finds Cast for KING LEAR At The Adobe Rose Theatre

The International Shakespeare Center (ISC) presents Shakespeare's King Lear September 14 through 30 (Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. matinee) at the Adobe Rose Theatre, 1213 Parkway Drive, Santa Fe.

The cast of 24 actors includes Paul Walsky as King Lear, Lynn Goodwin, Ariana Karp, and Clara West as Lear's daughters, Geoffrey Pomeroy as Edmund, Alex Reid as Edgar, Ambrose Ferber as Kent, Marty Madden as Gloucester, Glenna Hill as Fool, Noah Segard as Cornwall, Marc Lynch as Albany, and Dylan Marshall as Oswald.

Performances are the culmination of the International Shakespeare Center's Year of Lear. Shakespeare's profound and complex play explores the nature of Power: in family, politics, and nature. King Lear calls his court together to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. He calls on them to declare how much they love him and when Cordelia answers him with private thoughts in an all-too-public setting, Lear becomes filled with rage. He curses and disowns Cordelia, banishes the noble Kent, and sets a tragedy in motion.

The cast has been working together on the play since September 2017. They spent almost six months doing a close read of the text together and took part in workshops on the play with Rodney Cottier, Head of Drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Ar, and Edward Daranyi, Resident Teaching Artist at the Stratford Festival in Canada, and a Laban movement workshop with Ariana Karp, Artistic Director. The cast has also been attending the public ISC Year of Lear events-it's been a year of total immersion!

The International Shakespeare Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 arts and education organization dedicated to making Santa Fe a destination for world-class Shakespeare. We support performances, provide education for people of all ages, and create opportunities for people to meet in community to read and discuss Shakespeare.

Performances:
September 14 through 30 • 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $25 in advance: https://kinglearisc.brownpapertickets.com/