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Contact: Anna Waldron, Marketing Director
Makeshift Theatre Company
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MAKESHIFT THEATRE CO. PRESENTS the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)!Irreverent Comedy is Riotous Fun!

Cambridge, MA, May 24, 2007 --- Makeshift Theatre Company, now in its second season, is proud to present its first prime-time show, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), opening on June 29th, 2007 at the YMCA Durrell Theatre in Cambridge.

A high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare’s plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield takes on all 37 plays in under two hours.  Heroes, villains, kings, servants and damsels in distress, sometimes all at the same time, are portrayed by just three, very overworked, actors.  A favorite of audiences and critics alike, this irreverent spin on one of the English language’s finest is wildly funny and deceptively intelligent.  Truly, high theatre has never been this low. 

Makeshift company members Jonathon Overby, Larry Leggett and Andrew Rhodes take on Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Othello and some very ugly wigs in this hilarious romp.  Come see the guys take on Billy’s best at breakneck speed!  Performances are June 29th and 30th, and July 6th and 7th at 8:00 pm at the YMCA Durrell Theatre at 820 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.  Tickets are available at the door.  There are two additional performances July 14th at 8 pm and July 15th at 2 pm at the Regent Theatre at 7 Medford Street in Arlington.  Tickets can be purchased through the Regent Theatre box office at 781-646-4849; please visit their website www.regenttheatre.com, for further information.  All tickets are $15.00. 

Makeshift Theatre opened its first season in 2005 under the name TRiBE for CHiLDREN, as a branch of the local improv and artist's community, The Tribe, with Robin Hood.  With the highly popular performance of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp in the summer of 2006, TRiBE for CHiLDREN officially became Makeshift Theatre Company and is now happy to be in its second season of tremendously successful Saturday morning children's shows. Makeshift will be starting its third season in the fall with three more exceptional productions of theatre for young audiences and another brand new main-stage production in the summer of 2008.