SHAKESPEARE
THEATER || HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
THEATER
1 Oak Street
Maynard, MA 01754
(978) 897-1125
Fax: same (call first)
E-Mail: davidzucker@comcast.net
Websites: http://www.poetry-in-motion.com and http://www.mythmasters.net
In Massachusetts: Young Audiences of Massachusetts
Email: scheduling@yamass.org
(617) 629-9262, x28
The Shakespeare Guyz
Avon Calling!
This program, featuring Richard McElvain and David Zucker, the duo renowned for MythMasters, is aimed to wake a hunger for the Bard in the classroom.
This is very user friendly Shakespeare built to make Shakespeare accessible to even your most skeptical students.
Audiences play games expanding their vocabulary and connecting to the passions of Shakespeare’s characters.
The Shakespeare Guyz challenge audiences to make personal connections with Shakespeare’s themes and appreciate a good Shakespearean insult.
The performance involves sword fights, costumes, props, puppets, and lots of audience participation. Scenes are performed from
HAMLET, ROMEO AND JULIET, JULIUS CAESER, KING LEAR, HENRY IV, as well as a complete over-the-top version of PYRAMUS AND THISBEE.
Bring the Bard to your school with The Shakespeare Guyz!
Poetry in Motion is an exhilarating tour de force for actor/mime David Zucker. It combines acting,
mime, humor, audience participation and an old steamer trunk brimming with props, costumes, masks,
and puppets; bringing the best children's poetry vividly to life and introducing an irresistible cast of
characters. It is a fanciful journey charted by the wonders of childhood experience and by David Zucker's
24 years of experience performing for children all over the world. David Zucker was chosen the National
Young Audiences Artist of the Year for 1996.
MythMasters - No, a myth is not a female moth! From David Zucker and professional actor
Richard McElvain, comes MythMasters. Myths, both ancient and modern, are rich, dramatic tales that
help us make sense of and face the unknown. MythMasters blows off the dust of centuries from the
myths of ancient Greece, bringing the power, majesty, and magic of Mt. Olympus wonderfully to life.
Through a skillful and entertaining combination of theatrical techniques (masks, mime, comedy, drama,
puppets, costumes, music, reverence, irreverence, and lots of audience participation) the gods and
goddesses, heroes and villains, monsters and maidens of ancient Greece walk the earth again.
This engaging program is certain to bring wonder and delight to young audiences, and to fire their
interest in further exploration of one of the world's most ancient and fascinating civilizations.
Program Titles: The Shakespeare Guyz; Poetry in Motion; MythMasters
Audience Limit: Workshops: 30; Assemblies: Gr.K-2: 200 / Gr. 3-12: 300
Fee: For all Massachuetts school shows please contact Young Audiences. For libraries, festivals, and after-school programs: Poetry single: $500. Single for either MythMasters or Shakespeare is $700.
Special Requirements: stool or bench; room or backstage area for changing; 2 small desks or 1
medium (4 X 6' long) table; electricity;4 solid-style music stands for MythMasters and Shakespeare Guyz; children on floor with performer if possible.
HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
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HISTORY-MAKING PRODUCTIONS |
24 Rhode Island Ave.
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 751-7653
Marilyn Murphy Meardon, storyteller, actress and teacher, creates in solo performance the
character of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England, whose brilliant rule between 1558 and 1603 gave
her name to an entire era. Dressed in a bejeweled black velvet Renaissance-style gown, Meardon
personifies Elizabeth I toward the end of her reign, reflecting upon her years as head of state.
Her writings, which ranged from poems and letters to major speeches, were written in a style that
inspired patriotism, loyalty and national pride. Following the 50 minute performance is a question and
answer opportunity in character. (Grades 7 - 12)
Program Title: Queen Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words
Audience Limits: 100-150/assembly
Fee: $300 + travel/assembly; block booking discounts
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