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ROMAN WOMEN extends to June 3rd!

5/19/2018

We're a few weeks into our run and it's be so interesting and fun to share this show with audiences. People have been sharing wonderful, moving feedback, and Jean Schiffman from the Examiner gave us a lovely review:

There’s an incantatory, mesmerizing quality to We Players’ “Roman Women,” which, with Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” as a gossamer framework, comprises original songs (score by Charlie Gurke); circular, choreographed movement; grave prophecies and existential musings; and excerpts from the tragedy itself.

The production features an excellent chorus of five women (Micael Bogar, Julie Douglas, Lauren Hayes, Baily Hopkins and Emily Stone) plus the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva (Britt Lauer), who presides majestically over the activities. [...]

ROMAN WOMEN opens tonight!

5/4/2018

After two months of rehearsals and show development, ROMAN WOMEN opens tonight and we are so excited to share this piece with audiences! We were recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle (see article here) and as Theatre Critic Lily Janiak's weekend pick on Facebook!

With its latest, the site-specific company [We Players] heads to the Palace of Fine Arts, but emphatically not to the venue’s theater. They’re staging “Roman Women” at the outdoor rotunda.

The all-female ensemble created the show, which uses movement, dance and live music to flesh out the female characters of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” (Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle)

For more information about the show, location, and tickets, check out the We Players website, www.WePlayers.org