45 years of Portland Actor's Ensemble

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Tue, 06/24/2014 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Portland Actor's Ensemble presents Shakespeare's "Antony & Cleopatra" + "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Portland abounds with summer Shakespeare but Portland Actors Ensemble has been producing Shakespeare in the Parks for the last 45 years. PAE kick things off a culturally innovative outdoor productions Antony and Cleopatra scheduled and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Portland's theatre community has committed to producing every Shakespeare play, sonnet and narrative poem  within a two-year period that started with 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and culiminates in the 400th anniversary of his death. We'll hear from director Elizabeth Huffman and actors Andrea White & Matt DiBiasio in Antony and Cleopatra. 

PAE opened with its  first-ever production of the romantic historical tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra. Director Elizabeth Huffman brings a cultural awareness through her own Arabic roots to present Cleopatra closer to true Egyptian ethnicity in this complex love story. This produciton promises to bring out the clash between modern and ancient cultures and tie the Machiavellian politics to modern sensibilities. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream runs July 12 through Labor Day at parks around the area. Some performances will be ASL interpreted or audio-described. Visit www.portlandactors.com for specific dates and times of both productions.

And in the latter  part of of the Stage & Studio, another  original audio art story from a recent graduate of Mt. Hood Community College's Integrated Media program. We'll hear from Sean Louis-Philipsen gives us an audio diary about having Asperger's syndrome titled "My Date With Asperger’s."

All shows PAE Shakespeare in the Parks shows are free. More info at: http://www.portlandactors.com/

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Performance schedule:

Portland Actors Ensemble 2014 Shakespeare-in-the-Parks Schedule
 
Antony & Cleopatra
 
June 26            Laurelhurst Park                 7 pm
June 27            Laurelhurst Park                 7 pm
June 28            Laurelhurst Park                 7 pm
July 3               Laurelhurst Park                 7 pm
July 5               Laurelhurst Park                 7 pm
July 6               Meinig Park (Sandy)            6 pm
July 11             Laurelhurst Park                  7 pm
July 12             Marylhurst University   6 pm
July 17             Woodstock Park                  7 pm
July 18             Woodstock Park                  7 pm
July 19             Woodstock Park                  7 pm
July 24             Woodstock Park                  7 pm
July 25             Woodstock Park                  7 pm
July 26 *          Woodstock Park                  7 pm
 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 
July 12 †          Concordia University         7 pm
July 19             Maryhill Museum                 3 pm
July 26             Laurelhurst Park                  3 pm
July 27             Laurelhurst Park                  6:30 pm
August 2          Marylhurst University           6 pm
August 3          Columbia Pk. Troutdale      6 pm
August 9          Fernhill Park                          3 pm
August 10        Fernhill Park                         3 pm
August 16        Gabriel Park                         3 pm
August 17        Gabriel Park                         3 pm
August 23        Washington Park                 3 pm
August 24 *     Washington Park                  3 pm
August 30        Reed College                       3 pm
August 31        Reed College                       3 pm
September 1    Reed College                      3 pm
 

† Audio-descriptionfor the blind  *American 

ABOUT PORTLAND ACTORS ENSEMBLE: Founded in 1970, PAE is Portland's oldest continuously operating Shakespeare company, and one of the oldest theatre companies in the area. In the past decade alone, over 50,000 audience members have enjoyed PAE performances. For the past 45 years, this group of professional actors has presented plays in parks throughout the metro region free of charge thanks to the generosity of members, corporate and individual sponsors, and audience members. Visit the newly updated website at www.portlandactors.com for more information. 

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