Polishing Shakespeare
by Brian Dykstra
directed by Margarett Perry
Performances begin July 10th at 59E59 Theaters in New York City
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"Rocked the rafters with bright laughter and gasps of pleasure from the opening weekend's audiences, Dykstra's newest work stages a battle royale between Art and Commerce... This soaring triumph of text and stagecraft is not to be missed!"
— ITHACA TIMES ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
POLISHING SHAKESPEARE
by Brian Dykstra
Directed by Margarett Perry
with Brian Dykstra, Kate Levy & KATE SIAHAAN-RIGG
A dot-com billionaire pays an esteemed American theatre company to translate Shakespeare into English (Wait. What?). A sly comedy inspired by an unbelievably true story. To sell out or not to sell out—is that the question?
A runaway hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, Polishing Shakespeare arrives Off Broadway.
Watch the Trailer
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THREE WEEKS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THE GUARDIAN ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FRINGE FIRST AWARD THE SCOTSMAN ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THE LIST ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ METRO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
At last! A real, grown-up American play! It poses its ethical dilemmas with a fierce intelligence, creating a slippery drama that is full of meat. Something to really chew on.”
— The Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CLEAN ALTERNATIVES
59e59 Theatres, New York City
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca New York
“Education, Brian Dykstra’s new play, is an incendiary investigation into censorship, free speech and responsibility in electric theater. You will find yourself more stimulated by this play of ideas than by any drama in recent memory.”
— Theatre Scene
EDUCATION
59e59 Theatres, New York City
"A riveting edge-of-the-seat affair shot through with sex, violence and narrative thrills. Hiding Behind Comets will show up again somewhere soon and it will sell a lot of tickets."
— Variety
HIDING BEHIND COMETS
Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park world premiere
Time Passes.
The Resident Acting Company commissioned Dykstra to write something inspired by the company's experience doing theatre during Covid. Something that would also look at the nature of theatre and how this related to the "pandemic theatre" that has been happening online. When asked about the creation of this piece Dykstra said, "Getting to create something akin to 'Theatre' during a pandemic when we can't actually do the things we do, that are some of the best things we do, means we have to resort to making a 'Film.' Which was a dichotomy that was too delicious to ignore." Time Passes (something digital) is available to watch for free on The RAC website.