THE LYSISTRATA PROJECT: A Staged Reading At Bay Street Theater

August 28
at 9:30am

$300

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This weeklong workshop will feature acontemporary version of Aristophanes’ classic comedy. Lysistrata is the story one woman’s extraordinary efforts to end a war, often with hilarious results!

 

August 28–September 1

9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Ages 21 and up

 

Allen O’Reilly is the Director of Education and Community Outreach at Bay Street Theater. He has been an educator and professional actor for over thirty years. He has served as Artistic Director at Young Audiences of Atlanta, Education Director at Georgia Shakespeare and most recently Education Programs Manager at Cleveland Play House. While at Georgia Shakespeare, Allen directed touring productions of: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In addition, for Georgia Shakespeare’s Children’s Theater Allen directed Jungle Book, The Frog Prince, The Emperor and The Nightingale and Mighty Myths and Legends! While at Bay Street Allen adapted and acted in Moby Dick and directed and acted in Macbeth. Allen has appeared at Cleveland Play House, Geva Theatre. Clarence Brown, the Alliance Theatre and was an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare for twenty-four seasons. TV/film credits include: Chicago Fire, Wicked Trilogy, Sleepy Hollow, TURN: Washington’s Spies, Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius, The Assassin’s Code and The Enormity of Life.

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