News from Ben Prusiner, class of 2016.
“**King Lear Director Announcement** The YSP Committee are excited and delighted to announce Ben Prusiner will direct our forthcoming production of **King Lear**.
Ben is a graduate in English Literature from UCLA and recently of the MA programme in Applied Theatre from the City University of New York. He has extensive experience directing Elizabethan and Jacobean plays off-Broadway and regionally across the U.S. Ben is also the artistic director of Re:Verse Theatre, whose productions of classical plays explore modern-day social issues in a unique immersive environment.
You can read all about Ben on his website (see below).
Our immediate priority is to work with Ben on a venue and dates for the performance run later this year. Watch this space!
We anticipate auditions will be held before the end of July with performances towards the end of November.
If you would like to be involved in the production team contact Ben here: [email protected]
Big thanks to Maggie Smales and Liam Evans-Ford for their support in the director selection process.”