Intimate Shakespeare Productions
Support Us…
Help us make The Masque of Night a reality in Ohio.
Your donation will not only cover production costs but also ensure that we offer exceptional, intimate theater experiences to audiences far and wide.
What we need money for:
Set Design and Construction $5,000
Costumes and Wardrobe $3,000
Live Music and Sound $2,500
Lighting Design $2,000
Marketing and Promotions $1,500
Travel and Accommodations $3,000
Props and Production Design $1,000
Technical Crew $1,500
Educational Workshops $3,000
Your generous contribution, large or small, will directly support these critical aspects of our production. And by helping us cover these costs, you are playing a vital role in bringing The Masque of Night to life and enriching our cultural landscape. Thank You!
“There are a million ways that Romeo & Juliet has been performed, but there is something so uniquely sweet and endearing about The Masque of Night, that sets it apart from the rest. With an earnest cast, pitch-perfect musical accompaniment, and distinctive setting, this one-hour production of Romeo & Juliet is a delicious bite-sized confection of romance and tragedy.”
– Austin Fimmano, playstosee.com
“New Place Players, the innovative actors-and-musicians ensemble that performs Shakespeare with music and without a fourth wall, presented a condensed version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Brilliantly directed by Craig Bacon and Janina Picard, the performance focused on the main scenes between the two protagonists, interspersed with modern-day songs.”
“How to infuse the most well-known of well-known Shakespeare plays with new energy, making the age-old story of star-crossed lovers as fresh and captivating as it was when the audience first encountered it (probably in high school)? The New Place Players’ The Masque of Night, a cabaret of songs (some Elizabethan, mostly contemporary) interspersed with Romeo and Juliet’s most iconic set-pieces, does just that.”
“You can whittle Shakespeare down to a core, you can stage him in a living room, you can do most anything to him; in our collective imagination his characters still stand tall, their cries still ring. Directors Bacon and Janina Picard know this, and their nocturnal “masque” found the heart of Romeo and Juliet.”
