NEW PLAY WORKSHOP
Director: Hal Brooks
Dramaturge: J Holtham
What do you write after you have written the world’s greatest play? Hopefully, not another Timon of Athens. Fortunately for Shakespeare, he is caught in the middle of the pandemic of 1603 and theatres are closed for a year. The plague opens his eyes to the mysteries of life and death when he is quarantined with a young Puritan lawyer and a mature streetwise prostitute. Will Shakespeare thrive creatively? Will his follow up play be as disappointing as his last? Or will he write his masterpiece?
BIO: The author of Equivocation (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, Geffen Playhouse and Manhattan Theatre Club), 9 Circles (Marin Theatre, Bootleg and Sheen Center), How to Write a New Book for the Bible (Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep and South Coast Rep) and Stand-Up Tragedy (Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage and ultimately Broadway). Bill received the 2009 and 2010 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. Bill has spent eight summers at OPC developing his plays.
TICKETS: $30