Shakespeare is Coming to Town!

An exquisite night of Shakespearean sonnets and four essential scenes from Romeo and Juliet with music and dances of the Elizabethan era performed on stage will be presented as a benefit for the Iowa Conservatory Theatre by the Candlelight Reading Series, Freddy Niagara Fonseca, founder, and Jennie Lee on Friday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 8 PM at the Iowa Conservatory Theater, 1900 W. Stone in Fairfield.

The fascination with Shakespeare never ends. The incisive language and universal themes have moved people for centuries, and are still relevant today. Actors Morgan Lee and Constance Brenneman will be portraying Romeo and Juliet. Shana Cordon will play Mercutio, and Kendall Wells will play Tybalt, as well as choreograph the staged fight scenes.

This event promises to be a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in the evocative gifts of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era, while helping to keep a beautiful Fairfield theatre alive. Minimum donation of $8 at the door, and all proceeds go to support the Iowa Conservatory Theatre. Mark your calendar, come and enjoy!

Freddy Niagara Fonseca and Jennie Lee present a benefit for the Iowa Conservatory Theatre:

Shakespearean Sonnets and Scenes from Romeo and Juliet with Elizabethan Music and Dance

Friday, March 18 and Sunday 20, 8 PM at Iowa Conservatory Theatre, 1900 W Stone in Fairfield

Actors: Morgan Lee (Romeo), Lucia Rich (Juliet), Kendall Wells (Tybalt),

Shana Cordon (Mercutio)

Please note that Constance Brenneman who was originally scheduled to play Juliet had to withdraw because of a family emergency.

Staged fight scenes choreographed by Kendall Wells. Scenes directed by Jennie Lee

Sonnets read by Freddy Niagara Fonseca and Jennie Lee

Dancers: John & Caree Connet, Tim & Debbie Freeberg-Renwick, Doug & Jennifer Hamilton, Susie Niedermeyer, Terry Smith

Madrigalists: David Butler, John Connet, Debbie Freeberg-Renwick, Jennifer Hamilton,

Jennie Lee, Susie Niedermeyer, Jolynn Tolson

Ulrike Selleck, mezzo-soprano, with Susie Niedermeyer, piano

Also, a raffle! Great prizes! Tickets only $5 at box office. Drawing on Sunday.

PROGRAM

Madrigal: Farewell, dear love by Robert Jones

Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summers day?, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 15 When I consider every thing that grows, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 110 Alas, tis true I have gone here and there, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Dance: Cuckolds All in a Row, Two couple dance

Song: Se Florindo è fedele by Alessandro Scarlatti, Ulrike Selleck & Susie Niedermeyer

BALCONY SCENE, Morgan Lee, Lucia Rich

Dance: Newcastle, Dance in a square for four couples

Sonnet 88 When thou shalt be disposd to set me light, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 17 Who will believe my verse in time to come, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 96 Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness, Jennie Lee

FIGHT SCENE TYBALT VS. MERCUTIO, Kendall Wells, Shana Cordon, Morgan Lee

Sonnet 94 They that have power to hurt, and will do none, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 90 Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 30 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Madrigal: It was a lover and his lass by Thomas Morley

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Sonnet 138 When my love swears that she is made of truth, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 148 O me, what eyes hath Love put in my head, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 27 Weary with toil I haste me to my bed, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

FIGHT SCENE TYBALT VS. ROMEO, Kendall Wells, Morgan Lee

Sonnet 65 Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 71 No longer mourn for me when I am dead, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 109 O, never say that I was false of heart, Jennie Lee

Dance: Pucks Deceit, Longways dance

Sonnet 74 But be contented when that fell arrest, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 73 That time of year thou mayst in me behold, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes, Jennie Lee

DEATH SCENE, Morgan Lee, Lucia Rich

Song: Son tutta duolo by Alessandro Scarlatti, Ulrike Selleck & Susie Niedermeyer

Sonnet 87 Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Sonnet 81 Or shall I live your epitaph to make, Jennie Lee

Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds, Freddy Niagara Fonseca

Dance: The Beggar Boy, Three couple dance

Epilogue, Jennie Lee

The 2005 Readings

Design and copyright 2009 Freddy Niagara Fonseca

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