Full casting has been found for the upcoming Free Shakespeare in the Park staging of the Bard’s The Winter’s Tale, set to play Central Park’s Delacorte Theater July 25-August 22, officially opening August 11. Daniel Sullivan will be at the helm, with Mimi Lieber choreographing.
The cast will be led by Raúl Esparza (of the upcoming Galileo) as Leontes and Lily Rabe (of the upcoming Other Desert Cities) as Hermione. Other cast members include Chuck Cooper as Old Shepherd, Teagle F. Bougere as Camillo, Matthew Eby as Mamillius and Time, Isabela Ferrer as Perdita, Katie Griffith as Mopsa, Alex Hernandez as Cleomenes, Michael Khalid Karadsheh as Young Shepherd, Daniel Kyri as Florizel, Aubie Merrylees as Archidamus, Jennifer Mogbock as Emilia, Gilbert Owuor as Polixenes, Matthew Russell as Dion, and Steven Skybell as Antigonus and Autolycus. Completing the company will be ensemblists Heschel Bay, Denise Kolodja, Violeta Picayo, Bianca Rogoff, Michael Thanh Tran, and Jackson Whitman; and musician Peter Douskalis.
The outdoor production will feature scenic design by Maruti Evans, costume design by Linda Cho, sound design by Brian Ronan, music by Tom Kitt, hair and wig design by Tom Watson, sound system design by Mike Tracey, puppet design by James Ortiz, and prop management by Rachel Kenner. Caroline Englander will serve as production stage manager, with Jessie Moore and Luisa Sánchez Colón as stage managers. Lieber also serves as associate director.
As always, tickets to The Winter’s Tale and the entirety of the Free Shakespeare in the Park season are available for free. Tickets are distributed on the day of each performance in-person at the Delacorte, and at borough distribution sites, including many dates at branches of Citizens Bank. Producing company The Public Theater also offers an in-person lottery at the theatre’s East Village venue, and a digital lottery via the TodayTix smartphone app. A limited number of advance tickets are available by making a donation to the company’s Free Shakespeare in the Park series.
The Delacorte’s free Shakespeare in the Park season includes Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet, which is now running (see photos below).
Full ticketing details are at PublicTheater.org.