directed by Eric Mercado
players: Kiron Blackwood, Nicole Goeden, Ian Muentener, Ken Miller, Kristin Morris, Jen Pommerenke and Julia Stemper
players: Kiron Blackwood, Nicole Goeden, Ian Muentener, Ken Miller, Kristin Morris, Jen Pommerenke and Julia Stemper
Time is a very bankrupt, and owes more than he's worth
Saturday, May 7, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Cape Girardeau Public Library 711 N Clark Street Cape Girardeau, MO Monday, May 9, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Marion Carnegie Library 206 S Market Street Marion, IL Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 6:00 PM
McCracken County Library 555 Washington St Paducah, KY in case of inclement weather we will perform inside the library Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Nashville Memorial Park 604 E Memorial Dr Nashville, IL in case of inclement weather we will perform at the Nashville Public Library Friday, May 13, 2016 - 7:00 PM
SCRATCH Brewery 264 Thompson Rd Ava, IL Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Attucks Park Carbondale, IL Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Cole Memorial Park in partnership with Chester Public Library SPECIAL guest performances and artwork by students from Chester High School as part of our Green Show (beginning at 5:30 PM) Chester, IL Monday, May 16, 2016 - 6:00 PM
LOCATION CHANGE: due to inclement weather this evening's performance is moving inside to the warm and dry First Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg Annex - look for the red doors across from the library lawn and join us for circus fun inside First Presbyterian Church 21 W Locust St. Harrisburg, IL Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Anne West Lindsey District Library 600 N Division St. Carterville, IL Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 6:30 PM
Tower Grove Park (Pool Pavilion) St. Louis, MO Friday, May 20, 2016 - 6:30 PM
Tapawingo Park, West Lafayette, IN Saturday, May 21, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Twin Lakes Park Paris, IL presented in partnership with Paris Public Library, Paris Park Board and Friends of the Paris Library non-perishable food donations will be collected on behalf of the local Compassionate Food Ministry in case of rain performance will go on as scheduled under the Pavilion Friday, June 3, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Bauler Playlot Park Chicago, IL Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Shorewood Public Library in case of inclement weather performance will take place in the Shorewood Village Center 3920 North Murray Ave Shorewood, WI Sunday, June 5, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Deland Park in case of inclement weather performance will take place under the small shelter Sheboygan, WI Friday, June 10, 2016 - 6:30 PM
Nelson Park in case of inclement weather performance will take place under Pavilion 1 Decatur, IL Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Mineral Springs Park Pekin, IL Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Senior Citizens Memorial Park Chicago, IL Dates being added, check back often for new dates. For information on bringing The Comedy of Errors to your town, e-mail info@stonesoupshakespeare.com
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The Story
What do you get when one pair of estranged twin brothers (both named Antipholus), and one pair of estranged twin servants (both named Dromio) all wind up in the same city for the first time ever, completely ignorant of the other's existence? Add to the fun that the city has a bit of a reputation for magic? Oh did we tell you one of the Antipholus brothers is married? The theatrical chaos that ensues when all elements are thrown together are the makings of Shakespeare's take on a Roman original (seriously Shakespeare borrowed this plot from a farce by Plautus that is even older than Shakespeare) to give us The Comedy of Errors.
Our foreign Antipholus/Dromio duo are alternately astonished by how warm a welcome they receive by "strangers" to them and perplexed by the odd familiarity of it all. While the other, that once was on top of his fair city of Ephesus (the setting of this slapstick comedy) is continually met with frustration and anger. The poor Dromios both bear the brunt of the confusion as they are oft beaten for consistently obeying the wrong twin at the right time. Amidst the pandemonium we also meet Antipholus of Ephesus' wife, her sister, a seductress, a duke, a father with his own set of troubles and a few other characters that meet and greet four men with only two faces in situations that are tantamount to what must be nightmares for the twins, but serve audiences with a delightfully different outlook that can only be described as a comedy of errors! Big THANKS to our specific tour supporters
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