KING LEAR

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed by Jennifer Feather Youngblood

June 18 – July 5, 2020
(no performances July 3 or 4)
Thursdays through Sundays @8pm
Schiller Park Amphitheatre

ABOUT

A wrenching story of justice, perception, and madness, King Lear has fascinated audiences for more than 400 years. The Bard’s 1605 retelling of the pre-Roman legend Leir of Britain, is a classic and well-known story of a short-sighted, proud monarch who, in seeking to avoid future strife, ultimately destroys the legacy he was hoping to preserve.

CAST

KENT: Krystin Skidmore

GLOUCESTER/SOLDIER: John Feather

EDMUND: William Scarborough

KING LEAR: Carolyn Harding

CORNWALL/SOLDIER: Scott Clay

ALBANY: Sean Taylor

GONERIL: Danika Wood

REGAN: Megan Lear

CORDELIA/SOLDIER: Angela Joy Baldasare

TALBOT/SOLDIER: Connor Daugherty

KING OF FRANCE/SECOND SERVANT/SOLDIER: Alec Reusch

BURGANDY/CURAN/SOLDIER: Phil Cunningham

FOOL/THIRD SERVANT: Jim Azelvandre

EDGAR: Dan Montour

OSWALD/SOLDIER: Christina Yoho