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May Play: Deep Dive On Brand

May Play: Deep Dive On Brand

On Brand: 🕷️ Adelinda at ASC

May 28, 2024

This month’s feature

Adelinda (1796)

by Hannah Brand

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We were delighted to be at the American Shakespeare Center this past week, in partnership with Mary Baldwin University, for what may have been the first-ever public presentation of Hannah Brand’s Adelinda.

“It’s testament to the skill of director Emily Lyon (assisted by Hailey Pearce) and an outstanding cast of Meadowlark Shakespeare Players veterans that the play felt like it had never left the stage.”Read Dr. Peter Kirwan’s full write-up here!

or, Read the Script!

Our full pitch for the play:

If you’re looking for an irreverent class comedy featuring a gritty female lead… consider this romp of mistaken identities by the 18th century master of dialogue, Hannah Brand. The willful and mischievous Adelinda is set to marry the wealthy Count D’Olstain – much to her weary parents’ relief. The only problem – Adelinda is already secretly married to a lowly servant! Schemes and mistaken identities abound, lost children are returned, and some snooty parents get a rightful scolding in this comical and quippy caper about the lengths we go to for a happily ever after.

And join us next month:

In San Jose, CA – a reading of Mother of 1084

In partnership with Bay Area Drama, we’re doing our first reading in California! Join us and BAD at City Lights Theater on June 22nd. Directed by Netflix star Ranjita Chakravarty (Never Have I Ever), this moving political piece reflects far too many contemporary events.

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Expand the Canon is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).