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Richard II
Translated by Naomi Iizuka
Directed by Dr. Karina Gutierrez
August 21, 2024 - September 8, 2024
Richard II is Shakespeare’s examination of the destructive powers of privilege. In the second half of the Iizuka Repertory - the company from the world premiere of Garuda's Wing will perform a new, lean production of Iizuka’s Play On version of Richard II shaped to this company. Not modernized, just new. This will be the first Shakespeare produced by the Magic Theatre in decades, but this is new! Play On Shakespeare has created an entire library of new versions of the entire Shakespeare canon with some of the greatest living writers! But these are “pure” they are translated line for line. This new chapter for Play On will be about making new productions! The Magic Theatre are matching these translations with a new version embodying it entirely with a POC cast- filled with the folx typically outside of Shakespeare text and productions. This will feature POC, Women, and Queer folx throughout and rightfully centered, embodying the original story and context- no adaptation- created for now!
Iizuka's Richard II has been produced at Prague Shakespeare Company (2019) and the African-American Shakespeare Company (2022), with staged readings at the Play On Festival (2019) and Shakespeare Dallas (2023).
Co-production with Play On Shakespeare and the Magic Theatre
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