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    Actors' Shakespeare Project

    191 Highland Ave. Suite 2E
    Somerville , MA 02143
    (617) 776-2200

    Website: actorsshakespeareproject.org


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    (ASP) began with an informal gathering of actors in November 2003. Benjamin Evett, a 20-year veteran of the American Repertory Theatre, invited a group of about a dozen actors, all of them seasoned professionals with extensive careers in theater and as educators to a meeting at his house. He proposed starting a company of actors dedicated to Shakespeare and focused on the language, the action, the characters - no high concept productions, no...

    (ASP) began with an informal gathering of actors in November 2003. Benjamin Evett, a 20-year veteran of the American Repertory Theatre, invited a group of about a dozen actors, all of them seasoned professionals with extensive careers in theater and as educators to a meeting at his house. He proposed starting a company of actors dedicated to Shakespeare and focused on the language, the action, the characters - no high concept productions, no elaborate sets and costumes, no special effects. Just the play, brought to audiences by the best actors available, in an intimate setting that would probably not be a conventional theater, but a place that would enhance the meaning of the play and bring the work to new audiences in communities around Boston.


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    • Event Name: The Hotel Nepenthe
      4 out of 5 stars rating "brilliant, avante garde theater"
      Review posted by: theatergoerbill from Cambridge, Feb 28, 2011

      Mysterious, bewildering and witty, The Hotel Nepenthe is a fabulous evening of live theater in an intimate venue. ASP and John Kuntz have come up with yet another hit. But don't expect a tidy... Expand

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    • Event Name: Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2
      3 out of 5 stars rating "Not quite up to par"
      Review posted by: SR from Cambridge, MA, Nov 08, 2010

      I really like Shakespeare shows, but this one wasn't as good as it could have been. It was often hard to understand what the characters were saying. Also, I'm not a fan of modern costume. It's set in... Expand

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