Title, Premiere and Location
THE TOO NOBLE BROTHERS
The Auditorium at Seward Park High School in New York City Lower East Side, New York
April 17-18, 1997
Written By
Adapted from Shakespeare and Fletcher's THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
Produced in Collaboration with The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Written by Alison Carey
Translations by Cai Wei Chen, Carolina Marte, and Kadery Moinuddin
Synopsis
A contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Two Noble Kinsmen produced in association with the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater at Seward Park High School with the participation of 200 students.
As hosted by the Public and in collaboration with over 200 students at Seward Park High School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Cornerstone created an hour-long version Shakespeare and Fletcher’s The Two Noble Kinsmen with dialogue and song lyrics in Bengali, English, Mandarin, and Spanish.
Staff
Adapted by Alison Carey and the Cast and Community
Director - Bill Rauch
Assistant Director and Choreographer - Sabrina Peck
Composers - Shishir Kurup and Michael Keck
Set and Costume Designer - Lynn Jeffries
Lighting Designer - Alison Brummer
Sound Designer - Susan Ash
Properties Designer - Page Leong and Armando Molina
Assistant Costume Designer - Rosa Mora, Iris Petrovich
Projection Designers/Set Crew - Kirah C. Goodridge, Jin Hai Lin, Zhi Ying Luo, Sophia Ma, Nicole Williams, Angel Guzman
Producers - Steven Tabakin, Leslie Tamaribuchi
Production Manager - Kai Brothers
Production Advisors - Geoff Korf, Benajah Cobb
Stage Managers - Maria Knapp
PR Coordinator - Christopher Liam Moore
Running Crew - Jonathan Contreras, Ingry De Jesus, Arlene Garcia, Marcos Pantaleon, Marta Perez, Paola Ramirez
Spotlight Operators - Jin Hai Lin, Justin
Light Borad Operator - Angel Guzman
Follow Spot Operator - Justin Ortiz
Sound Board Operator - Nicoletta Arlia
Cast
| Theseus, director of the Adolescent Containment Center |
John Little |
| Hippolyta, his fiancee and another ACC director |
Page Leong |
| Emilia, a student who works at the ACC |
Paola A. Soto |
| Students at the ACC |
Shirine Andrews, Vanessa Bennett, Frank Brantley, Margo Brooks, Genova Brunson, Cai Wei Chen, Marika Comrie, Jennie Estevez, Oscar Estevez, Randy Feliciano, Kassim Johnson, Christy Ma, Kadery Moinuddin, Yahaira Paulino, Noele E. Philips, Kieffer Ramirez, Alex Serrata, Arna Trinidad |
| Adults |
Kathleen Turco-Lyon, Jeff Sugarman, Alfred Rowe |
| Palamon, a studdent |
Anthony Gonzalez, Jr. |
| Arcite, his cousin, another student |
Jacob Garcia |
| Detention Center Tutors |
Margo Brooks, Yahaira Paulino, Christy Ma |
| Detention Center Guard |
Armando Molina |
| Guard's Daughter |
Tracy Perez |
| Officer |
Christopher Liam Moore |
| Students Outside the School |
Kassim Johnson, Cai Wei Chen, Kadery Moinuddin, Randy Feliciano |
| Guardians of the Guard's Daughter |
Shrine Andrews, Jennie Estevez, Christy Ma, Yahaira Paulino, Noele E. Philips, Ana Trinidad |
| Studnets on the Street |
Shirine Andrews, Marika Comrie, Noele E. Philips, Ana Trinidad |
| Wooer of the Guard's Daughter |
Cai Wei Chen |
| Guard's Son |
Kieffer Ramirez |
| Doctor |
Christopher Liam Moore |
| Musicians |
Abimael Ortiz, Alfred Rowe, Jeff Sugarman |
Comments by cast, crew, and other participants.
Subsequent Performances or Productions
Special Notes
Articles, Reviews, and other Links
The Two Noble Brothers, an adaptation from Shakespeare/Fletcher performed with a cast including Lower East Side high school students.
1997 Lower East Side, New York -
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