R3
R3
Directed by Gisela Cardenas
Dramaturgy by Kate Holly
Starring Jacob Coleman, Rebecca Lingafelter, Shelley Virginia, Paige McKinney, Cristi Miles and Amber Whitehall.
Designed by Mark Valadez, Miranda K Hardy, Peter Ksander and Oana Botez
Upcoming Performances:
World Premier
Headwaters Theatre
January 19 - February 3
2013
Thursday - Sunday
all shows at 7pm
PRESS
R3 is produced in partnership with Ronni Lacroute
with the support of the Princess Grace Foundation
As part of the Fertile Ground Festival.
About R3
"...the staging by Gisela Cardenas is perhaps second only to Julie Taymor's wizardry for sheer theatricality on the New York musical stage at present...Cardenas is a name to remember." - Variety Magazine
About the Director
Gisela Cardenas has trained theater professionals and directed in England, Germany, Peru, Romania, Norway, the Netherlands and USA. In New York she has directed plays and musicals in Off and Off-Off Broadway. Awards and Memberships: Princes Grace Theater Fellowship (2007), 2008 Phil Killian Directing Fellow (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), 2008-10 Women's Project Director’s Lab, recipient of the 2008 Josephine Abady Award (League of Professional Theatre Women), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council- Swing Space, recipient of the TCG/ NEA 2009/2011 Career Development Program for Directors and member of the Society Directors and Choreographers Foundation. She has an M.A in Performance Studies (NYU) and an M.F.A in Directing (Columbia University). Past credits: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” (Riverside Church Theater), Garcia Lorca's “Don Perlimplin” (Repertorio Español); Aeschylus “Agamemnon” (Drama Desk Nomination 2006/Directing); "Antigone" adapted by Jose Watanabe ("Sibiu International Theater Festival—Romania), New York Revival of Kander & Ebb's “Kiss of The Spider Woman” (Vortex Theater Company); HotInk Festival 2008-2009; Part 1 of "An Oresteia" (Classic Stage Company), Euripides' Medea in Lima -Perú 2010, Brecht's In The Jungle of The Cities. Upcoming projects: Shakespeare's Richard III for the Drama Theater Academy in Norway, Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen and a version of Elektra/ Orestes for 2012.
R3 is a radical re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Richard III as told by the story’s women, engulfed in a nightmare world of power, politics and war. R3 is a story that is both timely and timeless. Do monsters exist in humanity? What do our contemporary monsters look like? And who is responsible for their creation? Our story is told from point of view of the Queens - Elizabeth, Margaret, Lady Anne, The Duchess of York - as they each fight for some shard of power. As furies, these women confront Richard, in his nightmare-world, and Richard, the charming performer and master of deceit, delights in making us his accomplices - threatening our very essence as human beings.
pete, PETE, portland experimental theatre ensemble jacob coleman rebecca lingafelter cristi miles amber whitehall kate holly viewpoints suzuki training contemporary performance
photos by gary norman
photos by gary norman
photos by gary norman