Lincoln College Presents Complete Shakespeare (Abridged)
Comic Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

[September 22, 2017] 

LINCOLN

Opening Sept. 26 at Lincoln College will be “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

The comic adaptation of multiple Shakespeare works was first performed in 1987 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest arts festival held annually in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was written and performed by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. It has become one of the world’s most popular shows, and is notable for holding the world record for the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet (43 seconds).

The production relies heavily on parody and improvisation with no two performances ever the same.

The Lincoln College presentation will feature special guest director Natalie Reiko. It will be performed at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 26-30 and at 2:30 p.m., Oct. 1, at the Hostick Theatre in the Johnson Center on the Lincoln College campus.

For more information, please contact the Johnston Center ticket office at 217-735-7280.

Director Reiko received her undergraduate degree from Bradley University in Theatre Arts. She went on to receive her Masters's degree in British Theatre from Birmingham School of Acting in Birmingham, England. She has also studied at Dell'Arte International School of Acting and Antaeus in Los Angeles.

She is a cofounder of The Great Works Begins Theatre Troupe in Peoria, Illinois which produces Shakespeare in the park at Camp Wokanda every year, as well as, other productions around the Peoria area. She resides in Los Angeles, where she has been a guest artist in various productions at A Noise Within in Pasadena.

[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College]