THE LION IN WINTER
OPENS AT HACKENSACK CULTURAL CENTER
James Goldman’s critically acclaimed The Lion in Winter is being presented by the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center and Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc. at the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. August 6,7,8,13,14,15, 20, 21 & 22. The Saturday, August 21st perforrnance will be interpreted for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
It’s Xmas 1183, England’s future is at stake and an aging and wily King Henry II convenes his fractured family to name a successor. Henry’s young mistress Princess Alais, his three flawed sons Richard, Geoffrey and John and his equally conniving wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (whom Henry has imprisoned) resort to various forms of deception and treachery to influence the succession.
The production stars veteran actress Karen Asconi of Bogota as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and seasoned actor Andrew Lionetti of Westwood as King Henry II, and features Larry Kadish of New Milford as Geoffrey, Meena Dimian of Old Bridge as Philip, Amoy Christian of New York as Alais, Brad Fraizer or Manhattan as Richard, and introduces young Grant MacDermott of Teaneck as John in his first dramatic stage role.
Director Steve Hess and Producer Frank Avellino, residents of Hackensack, created Boz and the Bard Productions in 2000 in honor of their favorite writers, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Previous Boz and the Bard projects include Off-Off-Broadway productions of Like Bees to Honey and critically-praised world premieres of Marjorie Conn’s Miss Lizzie A. Borden Invites You to Tea and Warren Green’s Harry Consumed. Their production of The Lion in Winter marks Boz and the Bard’s first full-length production as theatre-company-in-residence at The Hackensack Cultural Center.
Tickets are $15, $12 for students and seniors, and are available at the door or in advance. For advance ticket sales and directions to the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, please call 201-646-8042. The Hackensack Cultural Center is located at 39 Broadway, Hackensack, NJ. For further information please visit
http://www.bozandthebard.com
