BARDcore Reading Series
One director, one cast, one week to rehearse, and one chance to perform a Shakespeare classic - enjoy a bit of the canon while we host over refreshments, a little games and trivia, and overall a better alternative to your average Sunday night.
BARDcore: Round Six
Come hang out with us for the sixth round of our infamous reading series (while we drink water between each to stay hydrated)!
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BARDcore: Romeo & Juliet
Directed by Charlie Rodriguez
Sunday, October 2nd at 7:00 PM | Get tickets
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Presented at Jake's Dilemma - 430 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
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 Rachel Weekley and Daniel Cabrera in rehearsal for BC: A Midsummer Night's Dream |  RJ Christian, Brianna Kalisch*, and Megan Lomax in rehearsal for BC: King Lear |  Brynne O'Rourke, Neysa Lozano*, and Jessica Dee Kelly* in rehearsal for BC: Cymbeline |
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 Lorenzo Landini* and Katie Rose Krueger* in rehearsal for BC: Henry IV Part One |  Regina Renée Russell* in BC: As You Like It |  Elizabeth Erb*, Jaine Ye, Mariem S. Diaz* in rehearsal for BC: Love's Labour's Lost |
 Regina Renée Russell*, Anna Stacy, Laurel Andersen in rehearsal for BC: As You Like It |  Andrew Oppmann and company in BC: Love's Labour's Lost |  BARD
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BARDcore Production History
So this Shakespeare nerd walked into a bar...
Round Five - Spring 2022
BARDcore: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Regina Renée Russell, Director
Rachael Murray, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: Danny Arguello, Nazlah Black, Ahkai Franklin, Teagan Kazia, Theo McKenna, and Anna Stacy
Monday, April 11th, 2022 at 7:00pm
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BARDcore: Pericles
Owen Grayson Schiller, Director
Rachael Murray, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: James Alt, Libby Barnard*, RJ Christian, Jessica Dee Kelly*, Gregory Kowlessar*, Francesca Fernandez McKenzie*, Robin Murray, Natalie Nielsen, Meg Oikawa, Kezia Tyson, and Abby Wilde*
Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 7:00pm
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BARDcore: Macbeth
Charlie Rodriguez, Director
Rachael Murray, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: Laurel Andersen, LJ Brodie, Arin Edelstein, Neysa Lozano*, Aamer Mian, Robin Murray, Samia Omari, Riley Jo Payne, Annie Perales, and Alex Taylor
Sunday, June 5th, 2022 at 7:00pm | Tickets On Sale Now!
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PICTURED: Robin Murray as the Porter/Witch 1 and Alex Taylor as Macduff in BARDcore: Macbeth (June 2022)
Round Four - Take Two! Fall 2021
BARDcore: Cymbeline
Rudi Utter, Director | Lisa LaGrande, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: Jessica Dee Kelly*, Lisa LaGrande, Neysa Lozano, Ryan Murvin*, Brynne O'Rourke, Myles Phillips*, Naima Randolph, Charlie Rodriguez*, Owen Grayson Schiller, Kezia Tyson, and Jaine Ye
Sunday, September 26th, 2021 at 7:00pm
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BARDcore: King Lear
Lorenzo Landini, Director | Lisa LaGrande, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: Laurel Andersen, Allie Babich*, Kelly Blaze*, RJ Christian, Brianna Kalisch*, Megan Lomax, Robin Murray, Regina Renée Russell*, Kristin Sgarro, Samantha Sutliff*, and Julian Thomas
Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 7:00pm
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BARDcore: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Victoria Fragnito, Director | Bobbie Lowe, Assistant Director
Lisa LaGrande, Intimacy Director
FEATURING: Daniel Cabrera, Aziza Gharib, Teagan Kazia, Theo McKenna, Caeden Musser, Miles Purinton*, Anna Stacy, Rachel Weekley, Krystal Wilson, and Jhalil Marquis Younger
Sunday, November 14th, 2021 at 7:00pm
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PICTURED: Owen Grayson Schiller as King Cymbeline and Naima Randolph as Imogen in BARDcore: Cymbeline (September 2021)
Round Four - Take One
​Take One of our readings began in March 2020. To thank our directors who prepared so diligently, and our cast of actors who was forced to halt mid-rehearsals due to the pandemic, we'd like to keep their credits here:
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BARDcore: Cymbeline (Rudi Utter, Director)
FEATURING: Elizabeth Erb*, Aziza Gharib, Brian Demar Jones*, Omri Kadim, Caeden Musser, Austin Nguyen, Naima Randolph, Joey Santia, Owen Grayson Schiller, Kezia Tyson, and Michael Witkes
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BARDcore: King Lear (Lorenzo Landini, Director)
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BARDcore: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Victoria M. Fragnito, Director)
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PICTURED: Aziza Gharib as Caius Lucius, Naima Randolph as Imogen, and Michael Witkes as the Queen in rehearsal for BARDcore: Cymbeline
Round Three - Fall 2019
BARDcore: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Laurel Andersen, Director
FEATURING: Emily Ann Banks, Caroline Rose Leon, Theo McKenna, Andre Ozim, Maria Pigatti, Kristin Sgarro, Anna Stacy, Jasmine Aurora Thomas, Rudi Utter*, and Rachel Weekley
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BARDcore: Julius Caesar
Regina Renée Russell, Director
FEATURING: Alcides Costa, Akeil Davis, Amelia Fei, Victoria M. Fragnito, Annika Gullahorn, Lisa LaGrande, Rita McCann, TroyElan Richardson, Teagan Kazia, and Owen Grayson Schiller
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BARDcore: The Winter's Tale
Andrew Oppmann, Director
FEATURING: Terra Chaney, Jason Goldwin Chang, Alcides Costa, Peter Hargarten, Maya Jeyam, Erin Mendez-Stapleton, Marika Proctor*, Joe Raik, Nick Ritacco, and Dylan J. Sampson
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PICTURED: Kristin Sgarro as Master Ford (as Master Brook) in BARDcore: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Round Two - Spring 2019
BARDcore: As You Like It
Laurel Andersen, Director
FEATURING: Sydney Berk, Daniel Cabrera, Joel Derby*, Annika Gullahorn, Rita McCann, Nick Ritacco, Regina Renée Russell*, Anna Stacy, Sigmond Varga, and Emma Wisniewski*
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BARDcore: Love's Labour's Lost
Bryan Hunt, Director
FEATURING: Mariem S. Diaz*, Elizabeth Erb, Zachary Gamble, Samuel Geoffrey, Keith Hale, Taylor Nicole Harvey*, Isaac Allen Miller, Andrew Oppmann, Will Poost, Andrew Salzano, Kristin Sgarro, Jacob Harris Wright, Jaine Ye, and Stephen Zuccaro
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BARDcore: Henry IV, Part One
Andy Ingalls, Director
FEATURING: Ty Baumann, Victoria M. Fragnito, Katie Rose Krueger*, Lorenzo Landini*, Zach Libresco*, Theo McKenna, Miles Purinton*, Dylan J. Sampson, John St. Croix*, and Rudi Utter*
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PICTURED: Stephen Zuccaro as Don Armado and Mariem S. Diaz* as Jaquenetta in rehearsal for BARDcore: Love's Labour's Lost
Round One - Fall 2018
BARDcore: Much Ado About Nothing
Anaïs Koivisto, Director
FEATURING: Levi Adkins, Paul Battiato*, Elizabeth Berkman, Braley Degenhardt, Katie Rose Krueger*, Lorenzo Landini*, Stephanie Litchfield, Andy Ingalls*, Isaac Allen Miller, Nick Ritacco, Jonathon Ryan, and Dylan J. Sampson
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BARDcore: Antony & Cleopatra
Phoebe Brooks, Director
FEATURING: Portia Boston, Tara Bradway, Mia Canter, Amelia Dudley, Katie Fanning*, Lily Fryburg, Nicky Khor, Zach Libresco*, Sean Lounsbury, Samantha Rago, and Owen Grayson Schiller
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BARDcore: Twelfth Night
Rudi Utter, Director
FEATURING: Laurel Andersen, Oliver Archibald, Ty Baumann, Ryan Claus, Victoria M. Fragnito, Theo McKenna, Joshua Koehn*, Rita McCann, R. David Robinson*, Jonathon Ryan, and Kristin Sgarro
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PICTURED: Stephanie Litchfield as Margaret and Elizabeth Berkman as Hero in rehearsal for BARDcore: Much Ado About Nothing
