RICHARD 3 opens on the nuclear wasteland that was once the city of London and chronicles the ferocious internal power struggles that take place as the smoke is clearing and a new age is beginning. This is a future in which the young, vain, and beautiful have outlived the masses, and though all social norms have been eviscerated, they strive to develop their own makeshift hierarchy. The royal family is composed of haggard survivors whose world-views are drastically distorted by having lived only during wartime. Among them is nineteen-year-old Richard Gloucester, the black sheep of the family, who goes to brutal lengths to seize the throne – lying, betraying, seducing, and murdering both friends and foes along the way. Even at the end of the world, the fire of human ambition is smoldering. This new, anachronistic, musical adaptation plugs an amp into Richard’s searing conquest, cakes it with eyeliner, and lets it rock out.

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Nytheatre.com: LOOKING BACK AT 2010… (Martin Denton, December 28, 2010)
Curtain Up: REVIEW: RICHARD 3 (Kathryn Osenlund, August 30, 2010)
NYC Fringe Guide: 20 BEST OF FEST and TOP 10 MUSICALS (August 24, 2010)
Theatre Is Easy: REVIEW: RICHARD 3 (Terra Vetter, August 19, 2010)
Broadway Abridged: REVIEW: RICHARD 3 (Gil, August 19, 2010)
The Wall Street Journal: FACING LIFE WITH SONG AND A SOLILOQUY (Pia Catton, August 18, 2010)
Orient Lodge REVIEW: RICHARD 3 (Aldon Hynes, August 16, 2010)
Nytheatre.com REVIEW: RICHARD 3 (Heather Lee Rogers, August 14, 2010)
Nytheatre.com WHAT’S HOT AT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL (Martin Denton, August 13, 2010)
Orient Lodge RICHARD 3, WITH ROOTS IN WILTON (Aldon Hynes, August 12, 2010)
WFUV Radio FORDHAM CONVERSATIONS RADIO INTERVIEW (Robin Shannon, July 17, 2010)

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RICHARD 3

BASED ON THE PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY JAMES PRESSON

2010 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
THE ELLEN STEWART THEATRE @ LA MAMA

WINNER OF 2 FRINGE EXCELLENCE AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACTOR: JAKE AHLQUIST
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR: JAMES PRESSON

CAST

RICHARD JAKE AHLQUIST
BUCKINGHAM TOM PECINKA
ELIZABETH RACHEL B. JOYCE
RICHMOND DAVID JACKSON
ANNE BECCA BALLENGER
STANLEY BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
CATESBY RJ VAILLANCOURT
RATCLIFFE JASON ZEREN
MAYOR ADAM WEPPLER
TYRRELL NICOLE VENTURA
HASTINGS PATRICK FLEURY
EDWARD CHARLIE POLINGER
CLARENCE ERIC SCOTT MOSSMAN
YORK EMILY ROSE PRATS
RIVERS DAN APPLEGATE
YOUNG ELIZABETH BRIDGET SIROTNAK
YOUNG EDWARD CHRIS STAHL
YOUNG YORK GARRICK NEW

GUITAR SAM HUBLER
BASS ADAM WEPPLER
DRUMS JACKSON GALAN

CREATIVE TEAM

ADAPTER/DIRECTOR JAMES PRESSON
PROD. STAGE MANAGER EILEEN LALLEY
MUSIC DIRECTOR RACHEL B. JOYCE
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS MIKE FABANO, SAM HUBLER
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN MARISSA PARKES
LIGHT DESIGN RYAN SEELIG
SOUND DESIGN CHRIS BARLOW
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY CORY ASINOFSKY
ASST. DIRECTOR JENNA GROSSANO
ASST. SET DESIGN ALEX RANDRUP
ASST. COSTUME DESIGN REBECCA ZOLTOWSKI
SST. SOUND DESIGN EMILY AUCIELLO
MAKEUP ASST. EMMA DOWNING
FIGHT CAPTAIN JASON ZEREN
PRODUCTION ASSTS. JAKE PRESSON, PARKE STEVENSON
SSOCIATE PRODUCER JACOB MICHAEL SEXTON