The Public's Mobile Unit Will Tour a Bilingual Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors | Playbill

Off-Broadway News The Public's Mobile Unit Will Tour a Bilingual Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri have penned the new adaptation.

The Public Theater Publictheater.org

The Public Theater's Mobile Unit is back with a spring tour of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The new bilingual musical adaptation, penned by Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri, will tour all five boroughs giving free performances May 2-21 before playing a run at The Public Theater May 25-June 11.

The English and Spanish musical will feature music, music direction, and Spanish translations by Mesri and lyrics by Mesri and Martínez, who is also directing and choreographing.

The company will include Varín Ayala as Angelo/Egeon/Pinch, Danaya Esperanza as Adriana, Keren Lugo as Luciana, Sara Ornelas as Troubadour, Gían Pérez as Dromio of Syracuse/Ephesus, Joel Perez as Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus, and Desireé Rodriguez as Courtesan/Emilia. Rebecca Jimenez and Alan Mendez will be understudies, with Jacinta Clusellas as the performance's musician.

"Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri have masterfully adapted Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, injecting it with warmth and energy that you will find infectious as you tap your toes and hum new songs that feel amazingly recognizable yet entirely new," says Associate Artistic Director and Director of Artistic Programs Freedome Bradley-Ballentine. "They have embraced one of Joe Papp’s core values—accessibility—by creating a bilingual version that invites everyone into the joyous world they’ve created. This exceptional Comedy of Errors is firmly in a long lineage of plays from The Public that freshly embrace the form. You must experience this event, whether in your community or at The Public."

The production will feature scenic design by Emmie Finckel, costume design by Lux Haac, sound design by Charles Coes, and fight direction by Sean Griffin. Luisa Sánchez Colón will serve as production stage manager, and Caren Celine Morris will serve as stage manager.

For a full tour schedule, visit PublicTheater.org.

 
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