Mile Square Theatre
www.milesquaretheatre.org

Event Dates: 9/24/08 through 10/12/08.
Event Location:
Monroe Center for the Arts, 720 Monroe Street, Hoboken, NJ
Press Contact: Chris O’Connor - 646.271.6557

Mile Square Theatre takes Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
to the Jazz Era of the 1940s

Hoboken, NJ – August 25, 2008 – Mile Square Theatre, known for their own highly accessible brand of classical theatre that drew crowds last year when they set A Midsummer’s Night Dream on the Hoboken waterfront of the 1950s, is now aiming their sights on the 1940s Jazz Era as a backdrop to Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, thanks to the vision of director Michole Biancosino. In this version, running 9/26 through 10/12 at the Monroe Center for the Arts, Antipholus of Syracusa — in search of his identical twin from whom he was separated at birth — wanders onto a vibrant, colorful island where he thinks he hears a soundtrack under everything he says, people break into jazz riffs as they walk, and odd things keep happening to him, either by magic or witchcraft. Strangers seem to know his name, women claim that he is their husband, and one man even hands him an expensive gold chain. In this 1940's-inspired, jazzy world, Antipholus and the rest of the inhabitants try to figure out — amidst the screech of trumpets and the sexy howl of saxophones — why the whole world seems turned on its head. The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most farcical and slapstick-filled comedies that will easily appeal to all ages.

NOTE: Mile Square Theatre will also offer weekday matinees for school groups.
The Comedy of Errors is funded in part by:
Bijou Properties
The Monroe Center for the Arts
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Feeholders.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE TIMES & TICKET INFORMATION
9 Public performances:
9/26, Friday, 8pm
9/27, Saturday, 8pm
9/28, Sunday, 5pm
10/3, Friday, 8pm
10/4, Saturday, 8pm
10/5, Sunday, 5pm
10/10, Friday, 8pm
10/11, Saturday, 8pm
10/12, Sunday, 5pm

Tickets:

Pay-What-You-Will (Suggested donation: $20)

Location:
Monroe Theatrespace (E200) at the Monroe Center for the Arts
720 Monroe Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
FREE Parking
Information and Reservations: 201.208.7809

About Mile Square Theatre (MST)
Mile Square Theatre was founded in 2002 as a professional nonprofit equity theatre company. Its mission is to promote theatre arts in the community of Hoboken and Hudson County, New Jersey by bringing together theatre artists and presenting works of quality that speak to a diverse audience and reflect the beauty and complexity of today's world. MST aims to achieve its goals through the production of new works and the classics, through community-based projects, school residencies, and classes. MST has formed a cultural partnership with Monroe Center for the Arts, which is where MST will now be performing their works. MST is also a proud member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Further details about MST at www.milesquaretheatre.org.

Go to milesquaretheatre.org or call 201.216.8937
or email boxoffice@debaun.org.

(from left to right) Jeffrey de Picciotto, Curran Connor, and Nick Greco

(from left to right) Abe Goldfarb and Susan Schuld

Nick Greco (top) and Jeffrey de Picciotto (bottom)

(from left to right) Jeffrey de Picciotto and Nick Greco
PHOTOS BY: JASMINE PAI