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AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS TOM STOPPARD'S

LEOPOLDSTADT

A STAGED READING

MARCH 22 -23 | SAT 7:30 P.M. | SUN 3 P.M. | SHALOM AUSTIN 

Austin Shakespeare invites audiences to a staged reading of Tom Stoppard’s award winning play Leopoldstadt.

In 2023, this Tony Award winning play was called by the NY Times “a Memorial to a Lost World.”

Stoppard, who has been acknowledged as one of our greatest living playwrights, began his career with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead on Broadway in 1967. This event is co-sponsored by Shalom Austin and the Fifth Age of Man Foundation.

”From romantic comedy to tragedy, explore this extended Jewish family in Vienna in 1899, 1929, 1938 and finally in 1955 when a young man returns home. The family had climbed to the heights of social class only to discover the hollowness of their acceptance.”
- Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella

For this Theatre Authority approved benefit the cast of 25 includes:

• New to Austin Shakespeare: Laraine Lasdon, Laura Mazur, Jane Schwartz and her son Lucas who starred in O. Henry Stories.
• Actor’s Equity members: Sarita Ocón and Brian Coughlin
• Austin Shakespeare alumni: Sam Grimes, Peter Shine, Andrew Matthews, A.Y. Oza, Aliya Qureshi.

Costume enhancement: Cecilia Gay
Light design, Patrick Anthony
Director: Ann Ciccolella.

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Event Details

• Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Sunday, March 23, 2025
• Time: Saturday at 7:30 P.M. | Sunday at 3:00 P.M.
• Venue: Shalom Austin Jewish Community Center
• Website: https://www.austinshakespeare.org/purchase/leopoldstadt2025

Ticket Information

• Cost: $20.00 - $40.00

Presenter Details

• Name: Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare began in 1984 with Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park and has been a staple in Austin theater since. Originally subsidized by the City of Austin, it quickly developed its own funding sources early on, establishing itself as one of the premier theater companies in central Texas.

In addition to Free Shakespeare in the Park, the company presents Shakespeare and other classic works along with contemporary playwrights whose work reflects classical sensibilities at the Rollins Theater of The Long Center and The Curtain Theater (one of only a dozen Elizabethan replicas in the United States).

Currently, the company produces 3 to 4 annual productions under contract with Equity as well as non-union productions throughout the season. This includes fully-produced staged readings, an annual collaboration with The Austin Chamber Music Festival, collaborations with other arts organizations and artists locally and nationally. The company promotes a policy of inclusion and diversity in all sectors of company life.

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