BENEFIT READINGS
GALLATHEA & GALATEA
by JOHN LYLY & MJ KAUFMAN
directed by EMMA ROSA WENT & WILL DAVIS
MARCH 2021
Presented in collaboration with
THE DRAMA LEAGUE & WP THEATER
"For then I must keep company with boys and commit follies unseemly for my sex, or keep company with girls and be thought more wanton than becometh me. Besides, I shall be ashamed of my long hose and short coat, and so unwarily blab out something by blushing at everything."
–John Lyly's Gallathea (Act I: Scene 4)
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John Lyly’s GALLATHEA is an Elizabethan play that was premiered in 1588 by the boy players of the Children of Paul's. In its original production boys portrayed the men and boys portrayed the women. John Lyly capitalized on the heightened comedic possibilities of this practice. This March, we're partnering with the Drama League and WP Theater on two events inspired by Lyly's play. Director Emma Rosa Went will offer her take on Lyly's original text. MJ Kaufman gives us a new play.
BENEFIT READING
GALLATHEA
by JOHN LYLY
directed by EMMA ROSA WENT
Monday, March 15, 2021 | 7:30 PM EST
LIVESTREAM
Presented in collaboration with
THE DRAMA LEAGUE
BENEFIT READING
GALATEA
by MJ KAUFMAN
directed by WILL DAVIS
Monday, March 22, 2021 | 7:30 PM EST
LIVESTREAM
Presented in collaboration with WP THEATER
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS, and SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on these programs.