KOREY PIMENTAL
Directing
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William Shakespeare's King John
Running June 25th-July 10th at United Church of Rogers Park | 1545 W. Morse Avenue
7:30pm Thursday-Saturday, 6:30pm Sunday
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This bold new staging reexamines one of Shakespeare's most politically charged and rarely produced histories, exploring power, legacy, nationalism, and the human cost of political ambition distills Shakespeare's epic into a fiery 90-minute performance, centering the collision between personal grief and public power.
The production features an ensemble cast: Reji Simon as King John, Kseniya Janyan as The Bastard, Courtney Feiler as The Dauphin/Others, Matthew Benenson Cruz as Cardinal Pandulph/Others, Jesús Barajas as Prince Arthur/Others, Victoria Angelina Cruz as Constance/Others, Alexander Coronado as King Philip/Others, Sabine Wan as Queen Eleanor/Others, and Alejandra Tamez as Lady Blanche/Others, and understudies Ethan Perry, Dontaye Albert, Haven Sifuentes-Denson, Amir Smith, and Aly Easton.
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The production team is made up of Aleena Ahzar (Assistant Director), Ashley O'Neill (Production Stage Manager), Meredith Ernst Maryfield (Text Coach), Madeline Meyer (Fight/Intimacy Director), Genevieve K. Hendersen (Dramaturg), & Nathan Keiller (Lighting Designer).
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King John is produced by Circuit Theatre Company (Em Demaio, Lead Producer, Co-Artistic Director & Sam Luis Massaro, Founding Co-Artistic Director).
