Explore a new look at Shakespeare's masterpiece: Lear with a Queen and her daughters in a professional, imaginative staged reading with scenic projections, music and some of the best actors in Austin. It’s an accessible approach to the story of an aging monarch dividing her kingdom among her children with surprising results. 

 

Renowned actress Franchelle S. Dorn plays Lear, with Marc Pouhé as the Fool and Helen Merino as Cordelia. Dorn's real-life daughters, Amani and Mary Dorn, play her children Goneril and Regan. Ray Schultz, Gwendolyn Kelso, Sam Grimes, Peter Shine, Meredith O'Brien and Patrick Schmidt round out the cast.

 

Modern costumes by Aaron Kubacak have medieval touches . Lights by Patrick W. Anthony; Projections by Lowell Bartholomee. Direction by Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella.  

 

 

(512) 474-5664

 

$5 Off through November 1