Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre: Translating Sonnets With Local Actors Performing Sonnets, Atmospheric-Horror Reimagining Of “Dr. Faustus”

Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre: Translating Sonnets With Local Actors Performing Sonnets, Atmospheric-Horror Reimagining Of “Dr. Faustus”

Editor’s note: Staten Islander previously covered the 50th Anniversary celebration by the Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre, where their goal was to raise $50,000 on Giving Tuesday. We also shared the return of Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard play last year around this time.  

Translating Sonnets by William Shakespeare Translated by SI Local Poets With Special Performance by members of Richmond Recorder Society

Friday, April 25th at 7:00pm

Carpenter’s Shop

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens, Building Y

Featured Local Poets:

• Matt Figgz
• Maya DaPoet
• Rocio Uchofen
• Kyoko Heshiimu
• Jenn Cisneros
• M.A. Dennis
• Buttered Roll
• Cynthia Rodriguez
• Thomas Fucaloro
• Frank Williams
• Christine Weimer

Featured Sonnet Performers:

• Carrie Ellman-Larsen
• Jenny Kelly
• Amanda Benjamin
• Frank Fazio
• Eric Rosen
• Helene Dubois
• Connor Burke
• Victoria Gullo
• Nick Easton
• Christine Vapsva
• Regan Sou

The fourth installment on April 25th will showcase local actors performing sonnets and then a local poet translating the meaning into their own contemporary form.

It’s a fun evening of poetry & whimsy!

A light refreshment reception will begin and follow the evening!

THIS EVENT IS FREE, A TICKET IS REQUIRED

Tickets for both events are available at this link. 

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18

In this atmospheric-horror reimagining of “Doctor Faustus”, Christopher Marlowe’s tale of ambition and damnation is thrust into the heart of the American Great Depression. With every sin, Faustus becomes more entangled in Mephistopheles’ sinister puppet show, his every movement dictated by the decaying world around him.

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As Faustus descends further, the line between reality and nightmare blurs, and the Seven Deadly Sins—sinister marionettes who were once human, now acting as the devil’s “hand”—emerge from the shadows, their twisted forms locked in eternal torment.

Translating Sonnets event. Image Credit – SIST

Translating Sonnets event. Image Credit – SIST

Translating Sonnets event. Image Credit – SIST

Translating Sonnets event. Image Credit – SIST

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Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre

Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company presents the works of Shakespeare, and other classical theatre, in ‘site-specific’ locations, to provide an environmental theatrical experience. Dedicated to the cultural enrichment and education of the borough and beyond, SIST strives to illuminate the universal and lasting relevance of the classics for contemporary audiences. Since 1975 the mission of Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre (SIST) is to bring high quality Shakespearean, classical, and original theatre to the residents of Staten Island, and to provide an artistic opportunity for the actors, directors and designers who have chosen to make that community