STEPHEN BURDMAN, Artistic Director
STEPHEN BURDMAN, Artistic Director
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
Co-Presented by arts>World Financial Center
(meet in the WFC Courtyard)
April 1-3, 6-11 & 13-18 at 7:00 pm
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Central Park (at West 103rd & Central Park West)
Thursday through Sunday, June 3 - 27 at 7:00 pm
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Battery Park (meet at Castle Clinton)
July 17-21, 23-26, 30-31 & August 1 at 7:00 pm
Extension of Much Ado About Nothing
Central Park (at West 103rd & Central Park West)
Thursday through Sunday, August 5 - 29 at 7:00 pm
For information about our rehearsal schedules please click here.
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All New York Classical Theatre rehearsals, workshops and performances are open and Free to the Public. No tickets or reservations required. Just show up! Questions?
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New York Classical Theatre
40 West 116th Street, #B1004 New York, NY 10026
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All New York Classical Theatre rehearsals and performances are open and Free to the Public. And no tickets or reservations are required. Just show up! With advanced notice, individual assistance can be provided for audience members with disabilities.
World Financial Center: Go to 220 Vesey Street and meet in the Courtyard in front of Starbucks®. Take 
to Fulton Street/Broadway-Nassau; 
to World Trade Center; or 
to City Hall. For a map to our World Financial Center location click here.
Central Park: Enter the park at West 103rd Street and Central Park West. Take 
to 103rd Street or take the M10 bus. For a map to our Central Park location click here.
Battery Park: Meet in front of Castle Clinton in Battery Park. Take to Bowling Green, to South Ferry or to Whitehall.
For a map to Battery Park click here.
Please look for MTA service notices while traveling on weekends.
If the weather is not bright and crystal clear, just call our hotline (212 252-4531) before heading out to get the latest information about the evening's performance. For an up-to-the-minute forecast, visit weather.com in Central Park or Battery Park.
Shows are performed in the early evening, so there are some important things to bring along. Make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and carry only what you will need for the evening. If you are sensitive to insect bites we also recommend bringing bug repellent. As we do not provide seating, you are welcome to bring folding chairs--but remember, as our productions moves quite frequently (every 5 to 10 minutes), a picnic blanket may be a more convenient option.
New York Classical Theatre presents free educational family workshops for children ages 7-12 and their parents before selected performances. All of our workshops are a wonderful introduction to classical theatre. Family workshops are taught by our performers and filled with games. Participants will learn the story of the play, how to get ready for the show and get a chance to act from the script. Parents are encouraged to participate with their kids too! Each free workshop begins at 5:00 pm before selected performances, lasts for 45 minutes and no reservations are required.
The primary component of New York Classical Theatre's mission is accessibility. With New York City parkland as our "stage," we can reach out to a broad demographic of our urban community, spanning all ages, ethnicities and income levels. Public parks remove the formal conventions of a traditional theater venue, allowing people to wander into the show as they please and move around during the performance.
Our free performances attract not only traditional theatre-goers, but underserved and non-traditional spectators, including non-native English speakers. We rehearse all our productions in their public performance spaces, encouraging our audience to actively observe the evolution of a professional production while demystifying the language and poetry of classical theatre. In this way, we open our world to more people who otherwise might never see a classical production.
Mail a photo/resume to New York Classical Theatre 40 West 116th Street, #B1004
New York, NY 10026. We will contact you if you are suitable for a position with our company and arrange an audition. What's it like to work for us? Ask some of our actors!
Our professional internship program is the backbone of New York Classical Theatre. For each production we hire 5-7 interns through a competitive process beginning in March of each year. For all information, please download our 2009-2010 Internship Brochure.
While it's not necessary to read the play before seeing the show, ardent theater fans can access all of Shakespeare's plays by visiting the Complete Works of William Shakespeare at MIT.
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