"Fiends, Romans, Bogeymen - lend me your fears. I come to un-bury Caesar, not to praise him."
--The Ghost of William Shakespeare…returneth once more!
CHASHAMA & MANHATTAN YOUTH PRESENT
THE FAUX-REAL THEATRE COMPANY'S
"WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S HAUNTED PIER"
AN INTERACTIVE HALLOWEEN EVENT
CREATED & DIRECTED BY
MARK GREENFIELD
OCTOBER 29 & 30 @ 2:00 – 6:00 PM
OCTOBER 31 @ 4:00 – 8:00 PM
PIER 25 - (WEST SIDE HIGHWAY @ NORTH MOORE STREET)
chashama and Manhattan Youth ghoulfully present The Faux-Real Theatre Company's William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier, created and directed by Mark Greenfield. This interactive Halloween event will take place on Saturday, October 29 & Sunday, October 30 from 2:00–6:00 PM and Monday, October 31 (Halloween) from 4:00–8:00 PM at Pier 25 (West Side Highway @ North More Street). Tickets are $5 at the door. This marks the final event at Pier 25 prior to the start of extensive renovations that are planned for the pier.
William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier has filled NYC crowds with fright and Halloween delight for 9 seasons. Previously under the titles William Shakespeare's Haunted House and William Shakespeare's Haunted Ship, this site-specific theatrical event features the ghost of William Shakespeare himself along with the spirits of his most famous characters. Shakespeare rules his creations with an iron fist, but here they rebel and break out of their scripted destinies. This interactive performance features a cast of 20 performers, leading audiences on a walking tour around scenic Pier 25 and onto the decks of the historic Yankee Ferry. As the audience travels through the "haunted pier," characters such as Macbeth and The Witches, Hamlet, Caliban and Romeo & Juliet will appear, each speaking the words penned over four hundred years ago. Crowds will be led through the Hall of Fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream, examine Julius Caesar's wounds, dip toes into Ophelia's Riverbed of Death (Hamlet), journey through a Shakespearean Chamber of Darkness and dine at the table of Titus Andronicus (where Titus is served a pie with a special filling – his family).
**There will be a special section of the pier designated for more "impressionable" audience members, where the action isn't quite so scary.
Created by Faux-Real Theatre Company artistic director Mark Greenfield, William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier is a site-specific, environmentally staged theatrical Halloween event unique to NYC. The show is composed entirely of Shakespearean text that has been taken out of its original context and resurrected in modern day Manhattan.
chashama is a New York City arts organization with a ten-year history of supporting art and artists of all genres and experience levels. Founded in 1995, chashama has assisted almost 4,500 artists and presented, produced or sponsored over 450 shows, 15 festivals, and created 120 studio spaces for artist residencies.
Established in 1985, Manhattan Youth's programs primarily serve children from the Seaport Area, Tribeca, Battery Park City, and the Financial District and has expanded each year as the number of children in the community has increased. The company assisted in community planning for Battery Park City and all of its parks as well as the Pearl Street Park and was the first organization to sponsor children's programs at Battery Park City parks and after-school activities at PS 234, PS 150 and PS/IS 89.
chashama is proud to bring this unique New York Halloween event to the TriBeCa waterfront to help celebrate Manhattan Youth's twelve years of community service at the Pier 25.
The Faux-Real Theater Company has performed this show for the past nine years at different locations throughout Manhattan: on the tall-ship Peking at the South Street Seaport, in Central Park at Belvedere Castle and at chashama's indoor theater on 42nd Street. During that time, over 40,000 audience members have thrilled to the company's Elizabethan antics. Past Faux-Real interactive productions include Funbox Times Square and The Tinderbox.
William Shakespeare's Haunted Pier will take place Saturday, October 29 & Sunday, October 30 from 2:00–6:00 PM & Monday, October 31 (Halloween) from 4:00–8:00 PM at Pier 25 (West Side Highway @ North Moore Street). Tickets are $5.00 at the door (CASH ONLY). The show is cyclical in format, with 45-minute loops throughout the 4-hour performance. Audiences can roam as they choose. There will be a special section of the pier designated for "impressionable" younger audiences.
For more info, visit www.FauxReal.org.