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[[File:Verse 2.jpg|center|thumb|1013x1013px]] The company of Our Verse in Time to Come. Photo by Peggy Ryan.
[[File:Verse 2.jpg|center|thumb|1013x1013px]] The company of Our Verse in Time to Come. Photo by Peggy Ryan.


==The Reading Room (2023)==
==The Reading Room (2023)==
The Reading Room celebrated new theater in the New Year, featuring works inspired by and in conversation with Shakespeare.
 
The Reading Room celebrated new theater in the New Year, taking place January 19-21, 2023 at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation and featuring works inspired by and in conversation with Shakespeare.
 
The Reading Room 2023 plays included:
The Reading Room 2023 plays included:


A Room in the Castle by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Eddie DeHais, Michele Osherow, dramaturg
''A Room in the Castle''
<br>By Lauren Gunderson, directed by Eddie DeHais, Michele Osherow, dramaturg.
 
How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle re the stories of the women of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle re the stories of the women of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.


Julius X by Al Letson, directed by Nicole Brewer, John Proctor III, dramaturg
''Hamlet''
<br>A bilingual adaption by Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon, translation by Christin Eve Cato,  directed by Tatiana Pandiani.
 
Hamlet is a Black, Latinx prince in this radical bilingual reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy, with text infused by the Spanish spoken in present-day New York City.
 
''Julius X''
<br>By Al Letson, directed by Nicole Brewer, John Proctor III, dramaturg.
 
Set in 1965, Julius X intermixes the lives of Julius Caesar and slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, re-envisioning Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar with a new perspective.
Set in 1965, Julius X intermixes the lives of Julius Caesar and slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, re-envisioning Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar with a new perspective.


Our Verse in Time to Come by Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels, in collaboration with and directed by Devin E. Haqq, John Proctor III, dramaturg
''Our Verse in Time to Come''
Inspired by the works and words of Shakespeare, Our Verse in Time to Come bridges the past with the present and asks whose stories should remain and who’s responsible for their survival?
<br>By Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels, in collaboration with and directed by Devin E. Haqq, John Proctor III, dramaturg.
<br>'''World premiere Folger Theatre commission.'''
<br>Inspired by the works and words of Shakespeare, Our Verse in Time to Come bridges the past with the present and asks whose stories should remain and who’s responsible for their survival?


World premiere Folger Theatre commission


Hamlet bilingual adaption by Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon, translation by Christin Eve Cato,  directed by Tatiana Pandiani
Hamlet is a Black, Latinx prince in this radical bilingual reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy, with text infused by the Spanish spoken in present-day New York City.


Each reading was followed by a conversation with the playwrights, directors, members of the press and scholars.
Each reading was followed by a conversation with the playwrights, directors, members of the press and scholars.
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====Cast====
====Cast====
*Regina Aquino*: Joan Chen


''A Room in the Castle''
*Chani Wereley: Ophelia
*Erika Rose: Gertrude
*Tamieka Chavis: Tatiana
*Sabrina Lynn Sawyer: Stage Directions, Ophelia standby
''Hamlet''
*Raghad Makhlouf: Guildenstern
*Reynaldo Peniella: Hamlet
*Christin Eve Cato: Horatio
*Theodore Sapp: Claudius
*Monuaze Mason: Laertes
*Yvonne Paretzky: Polonia/Osric
*Annie Henk: Gertrude
*Yesenia Iglesias: Ophelia
*Dylan Arredondo: Rosencrantz
''Julius X''
*Troy D. Wallace: Julius
*Greg Reid: Brutus
*Jay Frisby: Cassius
*Jonathan Del Palmer: Marc Anthony
*Renee Elizabeth Wilson: Calpurnia
*Fatima Quander: Portia
*Lilli Hokama: Addara
*Crystal Marie Stewart: Cinna/Black Soothsayer
*Gavin Whitt: Casca
''Our Verse in Time to Come''
*Adesola Osakalumi: SOS
*Kalen Robinson: Sprite
*Renea Brown: Vi Waters
*John Floyd: Will Waters
*Christopher Michael Richardson: Jimmy
*Regina Aquino: Joan Chen
*JaBen Early: Black
====Creative Teams====
''A Room in the Castle''
*Eddie DeHais: Director
*Lauren Gunderson: Playwright and Composer
*Michele Osherow: Dramaturg
*Shawanna Hall: Production Stage Manager
*Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
*Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant
''Hamlet''
*Tatiana Pandiani: Director
*Reynaldo Piniella: Playwright
*Emily Lyon: Playwright
*Cynthia Santos-Decure: Vocal and Text Coordinator
*Hope Villanueva: Production Stage Manager
*Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
*Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant
''Julius X''
*Nicole Brewer: Director
*Al Letson: Playwright
*John Proctor III: Dramaturg
*John Keith Hall: Production Stage Manager
*Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
*Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant
''Our Verse in Time to Come''
*Devin E. Haqq: Director and Collaborator
*Karen Ann Daniels: Playwright
*Malik Work: Playwright
*Vernice Miller: Director of Mobile Production
*Danica Rodriquez: Casting Director
*John Proctor III: Dramaturg
*Maddie Friedman: Production Stage Manager
*Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
*Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant


====Creative Team====
*Vernice Miller: Director
*Karen Ann Daniels: Playwright and Composer
*Malik Work: Playwright and Music Director
*Devin E. Haqq: Collaborator
*Rhiannon Sanders, Production Assistant


====Understudies====
*Sylvern Groomes, Jr.: Jimmy, Will Waters, SOS, Black
*Elizabeth Mpanu-Mpanu: Joan Chen, Vi Waters, Griotsprite


====Standbys====
*Edward Daniels
*Kiana Johnson


====Folger Theatre====
====Folger Theatre====
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*Karen Ann Daniels, Artistic Director
*Karen Ann Daniels, Artistic Director
*Beth Emelson, Director of Producing
*Beth Emelson, Director of Producing
*David Polk, General Manager
*Charles Flye, Production Manager
*Charles Flye, Production Manager
*Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
*Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
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*Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Manager
*Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Manager
*Heather Newhouse, Patron Services Manager
*Heather Newhouse, Patron Services Manager
*Rayna Cook, Box Office Manager
*Danica Zielinski-Natter, Lead House Manager
*Danica Zielinski-Natter, Lead House Manager
*Brittany Brown, Lead Box Office Associate
*Brittany Brown, Lead Box Office Associate
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Photos by: Peggy Ryan
Photos by: Peggy Ryan
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File:RoomintheCastle 1.jpg|A Room in the Castle
File:RoomintheCastle 2.jpg|A Room in the Castle
File:RoomintheCastle 3.jpg|A Room in the Castle
File:Hamlet 1.jpg|Hamlet
File:Hamlet 2.jpg|Hamlet
File:Hamlet 3.jpg|Hamlet
File:Julius X 1.jpg|Julius X
File:Julius X 2.jpg|Julius X
File:Julius X 3.jpg|Julius X
File:Verse 1.jpg|Our Verse in Time to Come
File:Verse 2.jpg|Our Verse in Time to Come
File:Verse 3.jpg|Our Verse in Time to Come


</gallery>
</gallery>
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===Reviews===
===Reviews===
*'''[https://dctheaterarts.org/2023/05/02/inspired-by-the-bard-our-verse-in-time-to-come-honors-dc-community-legacy/ Read]''' ''DC Theater Arts'' Inspired by the Bard, ‘Our Verse in Time to Come’ honors DC community legacy
*'''[https://dctheaterarts.org/2023/01/19/folger-theatres-reading-room-makes-space-for-new-voices/ Read]''' ''DC Theater Arts'' Folger Theatre’s ‘Reading Room’ makes space for new voices
*'''[https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/587242/reading-room-series-celebrates-process-for-the-sake-of-progress/ Read]''' ''Washington City Paper'' Reading Room Series Celebrates Process for the Sake of Progress


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Verse 2.jpg

The company of Our Verse in Time to Come. Photo by Peggy Ryan.

The Reading Room (2023)

The Reading Room celebrated new theater in the New Year, taking place January 19-21, 2023 at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation and featuring works inspired by and in conversation with Shakespeare.

The Reading Room 2023 plays included:

A Room in the Castle
By Lauren Gunderson, directed by Eddie DeHais, Michele Osherow, dramaturg.

How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle re the stories of the women of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Hamlet
A bilingual adaption by Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon, translation by Christin Eve Cato, directed by Tatiana Pandiani.

Hamlet is a Black, Latinx prince in this radical bilingual reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy, with text infused by the Spanish spoken in present-day New York City.

Julius X
By Al Letson, directed by Nicole Brewer, John Proctor III, dramaturg.

Set in 1965, Julius X intermixes the lives of Julius Caesar and slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, re-envisioning Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar with a new perspective.

Our Verse in Time to Come
By Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels, in collaboration with and directed by Devin E. Haqq, John Proctor III, dramaturg.
World premiere Folger Theatre commission.
Inspired by the works and words of Shakespeare, Our Verse in Time to Come bridges the past with the present and asks whose stories should remain and who’s responsible for their survival?


Each reading was followed by a conversation with the playwrights, directors, members of the press and scholars.

Production

Entertainment unions represented in Folger Theatre productions include The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**), United Scenic Artists (***), and the Actors' Equity Association (*), which includes members of the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Cast

A Room in the Castle

  • Chani Wereley: Ophelia
  • Erika Rose: Gertrude
  • Tamieka Chavis: Tatiana
  • Sabrina Lynn Sawyer: Stage Directions, Ophelia standby

Hamlet

  • Raghad Makhlouf: Guildenstern
  • Reynaldo Peniella: Hamlet
  • Christin Eve Cato: Horatio
  • Theodore Sapp: Claudius
  • Monuaze Mason: Laertes
  • Yvonne Paretzky: Polonia/Osric
  • Annie Henk: Gertrude
  • Yesenia Iglesias: Ophelia
  • Dylan Arredondo: Rosencrantz

Julius X

  • Troy D. Wallace: Julius
  • Greg Reid: Brutus
  • Jay Frisby: Cassius
  • Jonathan Del Palmer: Marc Anthony
  • Renee Elizabeth Wilson: Calpurnia
  • Fatima Quander: Portia
  • Lilli Hokama: Addara
  • Crystal Marie Stewart: Cinna/Black Soothsayer
  • Gavin Whitt: Casca

Our Verse in Time to Come

  • Adesola Osakalumi: SOS
  • Kalen Robinson: Sprite
  • Renea Brown: Vi Waters
  • John Floyd: Will Waters
  • Christopher Michael Richardson: Jimmy
  • Regina Aquino: Joan Chen
  • JaBen Early: Black


Creative Teams

A Room in the Castle

  • Eddie DeHais: Director
  • Lauren Gunderson: Playwright and Composer
  • Michele Osherow: Dramaturg
  • Shawanna Hall: Production Stage Manager
  • Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
  • Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant

Hamlet

  • Tatiana Pandiani: Director
  • Reynaldo Piniella: Playwright
  • Emily Lyon: Playwright
  • Cynthia Santos-Decure: Vocal and Text Coordinator
  • Hope Villanueva: Production Stage Manager
  • Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
  • Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant

Julius X

  • Nicole Brewer: Director
  • Al Letson: Playwright
  • John Proctor III: Dramaturg
  • John Keith Hall: Production Stage Manager
  • Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
  • Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant

Our Verse in Time to Come

  • Devin E. Haqq: Director and Collaborator
  • Karen Ann Daniels: Playwright
  • Malik Work: Playwright
  • Vernice Miller: Director of Mobile Production
  • Danica Rodriquez: Casting Director
  • John Proctor III: Dramaturg
  • Maddie Friedman: Production Stage Manager
  • Kaja Dunn: Intimacy Director
  • Rhiannon Sanders: Production Assistant


Standbys

  • Edward Daniels
  • Kiana Johnson

Folger Theatre

  • Karen Ann Daniels, Artistic Director
  • Beth Emelson, Director of Producing
  • David Polk, General Manager
  • Charles Flye, Production Manager
  • Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
  • Chanel Johnson, Company Manager
  • Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Manager
  • Heather Newhouse, Patron Services Manager
  • Danica Zielinski-Natter, Lead House Manager
  • Brittany Brown, Lead Box Office Associate

Other Media



Image Gallery

Photos by: Peggy Ryan

  • A Room in the Castle

    A Room in the Castle

  • A Room in the Castle

    A Room in the Castle

  • A Room in the Castle

    A Room in the Castle

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Julius X

    Julius X

  • Julius X

    Julius X

  • Julius X

    Julius X

  • Our Verse in Time to Come

    Our Verse in Time to Come

  • Our Verse in Time to Come

    Our Verse in Time to Come

  • Our Verse in Time to Come

    Our Verse in Time to Come


Reviews

  • Read DC Theater Arts Folger Theatre’s ‘Reading Room’ makes space for new voices
  • Read Washington City Paper Reading Room Series Celebrates Process for the Sake of Progress