Where:
The Brattle Theater
40 Brattle St, in Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
$125
Event website:
https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/plays-events/greenblatt/
Actors' Shakespeare Project presents TYRANT, SHOW THY FACE, a one-of-a-kind special benefit, Thursday, June 7 at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.
The event features a live discussion/interview with world-renowned Shakespeare Scholar Stephen Greenblatt and WGBH's Executive Arts Editor & Host of Open Studio Jared Bowen around his new book Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (released May 8, 2018). ASP Resident Acting Company members and ASP Youth will collaborate with Greenblatt to illuminate Shakespeare's tyrants, from the fierce to the funny, with excerpts from Shakespeare's plays and ASP-devised interactive performance pieces. Tickets are$125 (7 PM) including a private pre-show reception with Stephen Greenblatt, ASP performers, and Tyrant book signing, followed by the main event. $95 (8 PM) Dessert, Conversation, and Performances. During the evening, Porter Square Books will have copies of Tyrant for sale. For tickets and information visit, www.actorsshakespeareproject.org