Shakespeare: Drum and Colours

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Lamar Legend and Juan A Mas

Center Theatre at Seattle Center

February 15, 2022

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March 13, 2022

Sublime Stagecraft. Two plays. Two directors. Nine Actors. It’s theatrical lightning in a bottle! Juxtaposing a comedy and a tragedy in rotating repertory is a showpiece of range and talent. Hamlet and As You Like It are distilled to their essences in sizzling adaptations that focus on the actor’s art of storytelling peeled bare.

Artists at the Center. For the past two years, Seattle Shakespeare has supported POC artists on a journey to explore personal connections to the classics through our Shakespeare Equity Engagement program and the Holding Space project. In meeting the community’s needs this all-POC Shakespeare repertory company sprang forth with 360-degree representation, including actors, directors, and an all-POC design team. It’ll be a theatrical highwire act to shed new light on familiar works.

Thrilling Theatrics. See one or see them both!  A full viewing of both plays will only enhance the experience of this event but isn’t required to be enthralled. This all-POC company is set to craft experiences that complement each other and yet add up to so much more than their individual parts.

Buy Tickets to Shakespeare: Drum & Colours
(Hamlet)
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(As You Like It)

Brown Out Matinees!

Seattle Shakespeare hosts two Brown Out Matinees so that Seattle’s BIPOC community can come together to watch Hamlet and As You Like It. The Brown Out Matinees will be on Sunday, March 6 at 2:00pm (As You Like It) and Sunday, March 13 at 2:00pm (Hamlet). 

View-On-Demand Video Options

Seattle Shakespeare Company is happy to view-on-demand video options for these productions. The video options will be available for purchase through March 20, 2022. Videos can be viewed for 48 hours from the first viewed date.

Buy View-On-Demand Video to Shakespeare: Drum & Colours
(Hamlet)
Buy View-On-Demand Video to Shakespeare: Drum & Colours
(As You Like It)

Production Team

Lamar Legend (Adaptor), Parmida Ziaei (Set Designer), Janelle Kimbrough (Costume Designer), Fernando Rock (Lighting Designer), Stephon Dorsey (Sound Designer), Aviona Rodriguez Brown (Props Designer), Stacey Bush (Fight Choreographer), Francesca Betancourt (Intimacy Choreographer), Maycee McQuin (Covid Safety Officer), Andrea Mars (Stage Manager)

Cast (alphabetical order)

Nike Imoru (Hamlet/Charles, Bear), Miguel Castellano (Osric, Player King, Ghost Figure/Orlando), MJ Daly Ophelia/Le Beau, Bear), Armando Durán (Claudius, Ghost Voice/Duke Senior), Rachel Guyer-Mafune (Horatio/Celia, Bear), Kathy Hsieh (Gertrude/Phebe, Bear), Arjun Pande (Rosencrantz, Player Queen, Clown, Ghost Figure/Oliver), Ayo   Tushinde (Laertes, Guildenstern, Player 3, Ghost Figure/Rosalind), Bob Williams (Polonius, Priest/Duke Frederick, Silvius)

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Production Photos As You Like It

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Please note: For everyone’s safety, Seattle Shakespeare must limit use of the Center Theatre lobby area during performances. The lobby will only serve as a “pass through” to the theatre. Ventilation in the lobby is rated for no more than 49 individuals. The theatre seating area ventilation is rated for 217 individuals. We will hold seat sales to 75% of theatre capacity. The outer lobby doors will remain open for better ventilation in the space. If you have concerns about this policy, please contact the ticket office. Seattle Shakespeare will be happy to refund your ticket order up to 24 hours prior to your performance date.

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