Black Box Performing Arts Center (BBPAC) will present free online readings of Shakespeare plays in July via Zoom. Black Box has delivered high-octane, professional free Shakespeare to various Bergen County parks for the past two summers. In the wake of COVID-19, the uniquely collaborative group of theater makers have revamped their annual summer festival for this year’s Shakespeare in the Park Bergen County 2020. BBPAC will present free online readings of “The Henry Trilogy,” Shakespeare’s renown history plays in chronological order throughout July as follows:
- Richard II: Wednesday, July 15th at 8:00 pm
- Henry IV (parts 1 and 2): Wednesday, July 22nd at 8:00 pm
- Henry V: Wednesday, July 29th at 8:00 pm
Tune in each week to the Zoom meeting. The meeting ID is 892 7172 2276.
The July readings are curated and rehearsed under the guidance of Dramaturg Bess Miller and BBPAC’s Director of Shakespeare Programming Michael Gardiner, and all feature an eclectic group of professional actors from New Jersey and New York.
Black Box Performing Arts Center is a 501(c)3 non profit theater company. They are able to present free summer Shakespeare with the support of the Puffin Foundation and the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund. For more information, visit www.BlackBoxPAC.com or email [email protected].
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