Directed by Maggie Woolley

Prenzie Players is thrilled to return to downtown Rock Island! We will perform our next show, Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, in The District of Rock Island.

Directed by Maggie Woolley

Troilus and Cressida will be presented at a new and exciting location on the Illinois side of the river this spring! Check back soon for further information.

Join Prenzie Players on Saturday, January 9th, 2010 from 730-1030pm for an evening of food, music, and live theater as we celebrate last year's accomplishments and look forward to the coming year's opportunities!

Our program will include a performance of Cyclops by Euripides -- the only known recorded Ancient Greek Satyr play, at which you'll laugh as much as you cried at Euripides' Trojan Women this previous Spring. We'll also treat you to a dramatic staging of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Ulysses.

We are looking for actors to perform in Cyclops by Euripides, Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Men and women in a wide variety of body shapes and ages are needed. Any level of stage experience is welcome! You need only show up ready to read from the texts we will be performing.

Written by Mike Schulz
Original Review

Roughly 10 minutes before the Prenzie Players' presentation of The Winter's Tale gets underway, there's a brief, improvisational scene between the Bohemian king Polixenes (David Furness) and Prince Mamillius (Stephanie Moeller), the young son of the king and queen of Sicily.

Story Stephanie De Pasquale
Original Review

The Prenzie Players’ season opener, “The Winter’s Tale,” is a Shakespearean comedy that starts off in the vein of a tragedy. It then takes the audience on a roller coaster of emotions as the major characters deal with jealously and death, followed by the comedic relief comes from ad-libbing minor characters and a happy ending.

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PRENZIE NOTES
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Prenzie Players is, for the first time, selling tickets in advance. Tickets granting admission to all three season 8 Prenzie Player productions -- The Winter's Tale and Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand -- are available for only $24.
Wait, you say.
$24 is what admission to three Prenzie shows would cost anyway. Where's the discount?

Directed by JC Luxton.

Friday November 13- Post show discussion immediately after!
Saturday November 14
Sunday November 15 Matinee at 2pm
Friday November 20
Saturday November 21
Sunday November 22

Immediately after the Friday, November 13th production, a post-show discussion focusing on the specific topics relevant both to the play being produced and to the audience viewing it. The discussions feature the director and cast of the production fielding questions and comments from audience members.

The Winter’s Tale will be presented at

Prenzie Players will hold an Audition Workshop for The Winter's Tale on Monday, September 14, 7-9 PM, at the Village Theatre in the Village of East Davenport.

This event is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.

Experienced directors will work with participants at honing their auditioning skills, with special focus on Shakespeare, cold readings, and the upcoming auditions for The Winter's Tale.

Auditions for all roles will be held at the Village Theatre in the Village of East Davenport, 2113 E. 11th Street Davenport, Iowa

Saturday, September 19: 1pm—5pm

Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, directed by J.C. Luxton, will be performed at the Village Theatre in the Village of East Davenport:

Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Sunday November 15

Friday November 20
Saturday November 21
Sunday November 22

Auditions will probably be in mid or late August, possibly early September, the dates will be released as soon as they are determined.

The rehearsal schedule is yet to be determined.