Richard II
A New Version by Naomi Iizuka
Directed by Dr. Karina Gutiérrez
August 22, 2024 - September 15, 2024
95 minutes, no intermission
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. 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-embodying the original story and context- no adaptation- created for now. The Magic Theatre are matching these translations with a new version enlivening it entirely with a POC cast- filled with the folx typically outside of Shakespeare text and productions.
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
PLEASE NOTE! There is no performances on Thursday September 5. Sunday September 8th’s & 15th’s show will be at 2:00 PM.