Coker Theater to present The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Coker Theater to Present Shakespeare Comedy

The Theater Program at Coker College will present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” a comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, at 7:30 p.m. March 28, 29, 30 and 31 in the Black Box Theater in the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center.

One of the world’s most frequently produced plays, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” has been translated into dozens of languages and has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “wildly funny,” by the Montreal Gazette as “the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime” and by the New York Times as “irresistible.”

Produced through a special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, the play “makes a dilly of poor Willy,” wrote theater critic Michael Musto of the New York Daily News. Musto described it as “a fantasia of zany energy that throws together Monty Python-ish drag and Mel Brook-ish anything-for-a-laugh gags.”

Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Kindra Steenerson, the cast, whom Steenerson says “provides the sass” for her first production at Coker, includes students Cecil Ray Morrell III, Hartsville; Daniel Stevenson, Columbia, S.C.; Keon Wilson, Sumter, S.C.; Datra Cook, Sumter, S.C.; Dana Griffin, Kershaw, S.C.; and Ellen Skipper, Conway, S.C. 

Set and lighting design are provided by Assistant Professor of Theater David Dawson, and the sound design is provided by Facilities Manager and Assistant Technical Director Trevor Robinson.

Admission is free, and seating is limited, so early arrival is recommended. For more information, call 383-8382 or contact Steenerson at ksteenerson@coker.edu.

“Hope to see you there,” invites Steenerson. “Until then, may The Bard be with you!”