Theatre--Performance

AUI/AURA presents THE COMPOUND's workshop production of

WILLIAM AND JUDITH
A New Play by Cody Daigle
Directed by Alicia Chaisson


DATES
September 17, 23, 24, 30 and October 1 at 7:30 p.m.
September 18, 25 and October 2 at 2 p.m.


THE PLAY

Judith Shakespeare flees to London after being disowned by her father for refusing to marry. She finds safe harbor in the studio of her brother, William. Judith hopes to write plays of her own and see them produced in London. William is facing a creative crisis of his own. Struggling through his late career and inching into his collaboration with John Fletcher, William must come up with a play worthy of the stage in three month's time. He's also got to cool fires at home -- his daughter, Jude, is set to marry a man of whom his wife, Anne, does not approve.

An act of creative thievery turns William's world upside down and threatens to end not only his career, but his relationship with Judith as well.

Inspired by a section of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own," WILLIAM AND JUDITH" is a whimsical riff on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, a meditation on creative identity and an exploration of gender roles in the world of Shakespeare's theatre.


THE CAST

William Shakespeare...Aren Chaisson
Judith Shakespeare...Sarah Gauthier
John Fletcher...Steven Cooper
Richard Burbage....Duncan Thistlethwaite
Jude Shakespeare...Martha Diaz
Anne Hathaway-Shakespeare...Kate Schnieder
Thomas Quiney....Nick Dooley, Gerard Ducharme

TICKETS

There are three ways you can purchase tickets for WILLIAM AND JUDITH:

1. Click Here to purchase tickets online with your Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express card.

2. Purchase tickets in person, at the door. Box office will open an hour prior to curtain. Due to limited seating, AUI/AURA cannot guarantee that seats will be available for purchase at the door for each performance.

3. Call and make a reservation at 337-873-1548. Reservations will be held until 15 minutes prior to curtain. They will then be released for sale.

Tickets are nonrefundable.

For any questions about the production or to make reservations, please call 337-873-1548.

THANK YOU! And we'll see you at the show.