011708_spring08dramatrue1334586686108acckfpdrama, hamlet, shakespeare, wilder, dance, spring, 2008, Hofstra, college, press release, news, media, university relations, public relations, announcementHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE/Hofstra_Main_Site/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/011708_spring08dramaprpgse1200586771163prpgse1200587563397Press Release Sub TitlePress Release TitleHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND DANCE ANNOUNCES SPRING 2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULEPress Release Date2008/01/17Ginny GreenbergUniversity Relations202 Hofstra Hall(516) 463-6819(516) 463-5146prpgse@hofstra.eduUniversity Relations//Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … For tickets and more information on the following performances call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644, Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at www.tickets.com.

March 6 to 16: Hamlet – Celebrating the 59th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival
And the 50th Anniversary of the John Cranford Adams Playhouse

Special guest director Gus Kaikkonen

This production of Hamlet will take place on Hofstra's famous reconstruction of the Globe theater, which the Playhouse was designed to accommodate. Hofstra's Shakespeare Festival moved to the John Cranford Adams Playhouse stage in 1958, and every part of the Playhouse, from the scaffolding to the lighting, was designed with the Globe theater in mind. Join us as we celebrate the beginning of the next 50 years of Shakespeare on Hofstra's own Globe stage with Hamlet, Shakespeare’s masterpiece on the morality and nature of revenge.

Performances are Thursday, March 6, at 8 p.m.; Friday, March 7 and 14, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 8 and 15, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 9 and 16, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12, $10 for senior citizens (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. Tickets go on sale February 5.
 
Additional Shakespeare Festival performances:

"That Is The Question," the Shakespeare Festival Musicale performed by the Hofstra Collegium Musicum, directed by William E. Hettrick

This Bud of Love: A One-Hour Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, adapted by Maureen Connolly McFeely – an excellent introduction to Shakespeare, suitable for young audiences.

Performances of both are scheduled at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse on Saturday, March 8 and 15, at 2 p.m. There will also be a special performance of This Bud of Love at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. Tickets are $10 ($6 for March 13 performance), $8 for senior citizens (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. Tickets go on sale February 5.

April 11 to 20: Thorton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Jean Dobie Giebel
The story of a modern American family as it faces the onset of the Ice Age, the Great Flood and a World War. Celebrating humanity’s will to survive, this Pulitzer prize-winning play demonstrates that, through resilience and inventiveness, the human race will somehow manage to save itself from the brink of disaster … again!

Performances are Friday, April 11 and 18, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 12 and 19, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 13 and 20, at 2 p.m. Location is the Black Box Theater, located at the New Academic Building, South Campus. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. Tickets go on sale March 25.

April 24 to 27: The Hofstra Spring Dance Concert

Featuring exciting premieres and reconstructions of classic pieces by faculty choreographers and guest artists.

Performances are Thursday and Friday, April 24 and 25, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 26, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. Location is the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra students with ID. Members of the Hofstra community may receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard. Tickets go on sale April 8.