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Richard II (Quintessence): Let us sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings

Christopher Munden October 25, 2014 No Comments

RICHARD II is a richly rewarding play, full of insightful and startling verse, but you might want to read a synopsis before seeing this production.

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Carlo Campbell, Ryan Walter (as Audrey), Sean Close (as Touchstone), Lee Cortopassi (as Amiens). (Photo by Shawn May)
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AS YOU LIKE IT (Quintessence): Do you not know I am a woman?

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 25, 2014 1 Comment

Burns and his cast humanize Shakespeare’s characters and provide a smart, jolly time that is tinged with genuine sentiment.

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Josh Carpenter (as Marlow), Sonja Field (as Kate Hardcastle) in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Photo by Alexander Burns.
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Quintessence): A contemporary 18th-century comedy

Julius Ferraro October 29, 2013 1 Comment

SHE STOOPS is an 18th-century comedy of manners and mistaken identities by Oliver Goldsmith. It is considered by many to be the most enduring of…

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
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HAMLET (Quintessence): Brevity is the soul of it

Christopher Munden October 16, 2013 2 Comments

Hip, fast-paced, with a frat-boy-cool lead: these aren’t usually phrases to describe HAMLET. But Quintessence Theatre Group’s heavily edited version takes a bare bodkin to Shakespeare’s story of revenge and existential crisis in the state of Denmark.

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