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The Anthony Bean Community Theater celebrate its 15th season by staging its first-ever Shakespearean play, "Measure for Measure". The theater chose this play because its themes of social justice, abuse of governmental power, and the need for genuine spirituality are timely topics that speak clearly and resonate with the experiences of many African Americans in our audience.  
ABCT's 15th Season Opens with Shakespeare

Bring your family--especially youth--to experience the poetry, the pageantry, and noble ideas of William Shakespeare's tragi-comic "Measure for Measure". As the Bard says, "Some rise by sin. And some, by virtue, fall." 

Adella Gautier, Marie Becnel & Martin "Bats" Bradford
 

Under the direction of Frederick Mead, "Measure for Measure" features a racially-diverse cast that includes stage veteran Adella Gautier (as elder statesman, Escalus), up-and-coming TV and stage actor Martin "Bats" Bradford (as the Duke of Vienna), and ing�nue Christy Williams (as Isabella). Frederick Mead himself appears in the delightfully comic role of Lucio.




Christy Williams as Joan of Arc, Clara Masako as Madame Butterfly & Samuel Ryan Cooper as Keystone Cop.
Nike dl Bauchery, Matthew Rigdon and Tracy Norwood are character actors in Measure for Measure.

The cast also includes:

DC PauL as Claudio

Marie Becnel as Angelo, the Deputy

Tracy Norwood as Mistress Overdone and Sister Francisca

Nike Di Bauchery as Pompey, the Clown

Matthew Rigdon as Froth the Fop and Abhorson the Executioner

Karel Sloane-Boekbinder as the Provost

James Patrick as Barnardine, the prisoner

Actresses, Clara Masako and Christy Williams in Measure for Measure.

Clara Masako Fernandez as Juliet and Mariana

Vinnie Matthews as Friar Peter

Samuel Ryan Cooper as Constable Elbow

Justin Guidroz: Understudy

 

The creative team includes: Dane Rhodes (scenic), Vic Woodward (scenic and lighting), Ms. B

 (costumes), and Staci Tolliver (stage manager.)

 

Showtime and performances are March 6 - 22. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm, & Sunday matinee at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $20.00 for adults, $18.00 for students and seniors, and are available by calling the Box Office at (504) 862-7529. (Box Office hours are Thursday - Saturday, 6pm - 8pm and two hours before performances.) You can also charge by phone or on line at  

    http://anthonybeantheater.com/BoxOffice.cfm

Come and have a blast with us as we celebrate our 15th Season with William Shakespeare's, "Measure for Measure." Also, don't miss out...purchase our 2015 Season Pass. Your support is our lifeline. 862-PLAY.