The Colonial Theatre’s 2025 reading series, Shakespeare’s Summer Shorts, will feature two comedic one acts: "Persons of the Play" by the resident dramaturg, Robert Durwood Madison, and Shakespeare’s "Dead Dames" by David Overton. Persons of the Play serves as a prelude, introducing and contextualizing the characters in Shakespeare’s Dead Dames. Shakespeare’s Dames find themselves stuck in a holding room until they are fortunate to re(live) their tragedy in another production of the play they die in. It’s a comic romp that evokes The Twilight Zone meets Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author. Shakespeare’s Summer Shorts runs August 13th through 16th in Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI and will incorporate verse and everyday vernacular. Both shows are family friendly. For more information go to www.colonialtheatreart.org
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