Petronia Paley to direct Harlem Shakespeare Festival's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA (8/28-9/1)

Petronia Paley

Christopher Sutton

Debra Ann Byrd

Award-winning actress and director Petronia Paley** leads the Take Wings and Soar Classical Actors of Color as they share the stage with classical actor Christopher Sutton as Antony and Debra Ann Byrd as Egypt's last Queen, Cleopatra. 

Other company members for this Showcase Production are actors David Heron* as Caesar, Tauriq Jenkins as Enobarbus & Natasha Yannacañedo* as Charmian, with Getenesh Berhe, Egbert Bernard, Marckenson Charles*, Andrew R. Cooksey, Selina Hernandez, Julius Hollingsworth, Nicholas Johnson, Aixa Kendrick*, Tom Martin, Norman Anthony Small, Tarantino Smith*, Peter Tinguely, Dwayne Walker-Dixon, Justin Walker-White & Renauld White*. Scenic Designer: Pavlo Bosyy; Lighting Designer: Joyce Liao; Costume Designer: David Withrow; Sound Designer: David D. Wright; Assistant to the Director: Troi Danielle Hall; Stage Manager: Jacqueline Anscombe. Producers for Antony and Cleopatra: Debra Ann Byrd, Voza Rivers, Raphael 

Benavides and Dathan B. Williams. Assistants to the Producers: Julius 

Hollingsworth, Anna Chicco, Carmen Borla and Lainie Cooke.

Waterfront Amphitheatre in Riverbank State Park

145th Street & Riverside Drive/West Harlem

7PM

August 28th to September 1st

TICKETS FREE!

RSVP: Here!

TAKE WING AND SOAR PRODUCTIONS and VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP in association with EAST HARLEM PRESENTS ... are set to bridge the arts across Harlem with the launching of the HARLEM SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. 16 Events, Over 5 Months, Spanning August 28 - December 15, 2013.

*Member of AEA.

**Petronia will also star in Coriolanus: The African Warrior (10/31-11/10), Indoor Main Stage, Poets Den Theatre. 

Posted by Verticus Erectus at 8:22 AM

Labels: Harlem Shakespeare Festival, Petronia Paley, Take Wing and Soar