Rebellious Subjects Theater in Prospect Park

Folks from the Rebellious Subjects Theater sent me this note about their shows at the Music Pagoda in Prospect Park this weekend:

Dear Friends:

This weekend marks the opening of our HENRY TRILOGY at the Music Pagoda at Prospect Park.  With 23 actors, 2 directors, and 3 plays, it is an epic not to be missed, and we couldn't be more thrilled to invite you to experience the stories we have been living with all summer long.

As we re-enact the war histories of England this summer, we ask our audiences to become a part of the dialogue of war: its necessity, its human impact, its devastation.  But as much as the saga of Henry V is a story of war, it is also a story of passion: that unnameable quality that moves the human race to fight and laugh and love. 

We at Rebellious Subjects Theatre believe that this passion you experience in the play is the same passion that moves 23 classically trained, professional actors to spend their summer working in a pagoda in a park.  It is the same passion that moves 2 professional directors who have worked with Tony and Drama Desk award winners to leave the typical 3-week rehearsal process to spend their whole summer cutting, rehearsing, discussing, and creating the vision of this trilogy.

As artists, we believe that this passion is what touches, changes and moves audiences.  We started this company because it brings children to their first classical plays; it halts bikers, joggers, and dog-walkers in their tracks; it induces people to recite whole passages from plays to us.    This is the battle for our company as theatremakers; this is where our passion lies.

The 50-plus collaborators that have helped make this show happen, from building thrones to shaping costumes to opening up off-Broadway theatres for rehearsals to creating the many roles of these shows have joined us in the good fight.

We hope you will join us too.

Lauren & Patrick