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By William Shakespeare,\u00a0Choreographed by Mimi Lieber,\u00a0Directed by Daniel Sullivan<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
By William Shakespeare,\u00a0Choreographed by Mimi Lieber,\u00a0Directed by Daniel Sullivan<\/p>\n
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New York, N.Y. (June 10, 2026) \u2013 The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today full casting for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Veteran director\u00a0Daniel Sullivan\u00a0returns to The Delacorte with his 12th production for Free Shakespeare in the Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0has previously been produced four other times at The Delacorte, most recently in 2010. Beginning performances on Saturday, July 25, the production will run through Saturday, August 22, with an official press opening on Tuesday, August 11. As with this summer\u2019s previous production of\u00a0ROMEO & JULIET,\u00a0Jerome L. Greene Foundation,\u00a0lead sponsor, and\u00a0Citizens, presenting partner, are supporters of\u00a0FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.<\/p>\n
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Tony Award-winning director\u00a0Daniel Sullivan\u00a0returns to Free Shakespeare in the Park with a spellbinding new production of\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE. When the King of Sicilia becomes convinced his pregnant wife has been unfaithful, the royal baby is smuggled to the coast of Bohemia where an old shepherd finds her and renames her Perdita. Sixteen years later, Perdita falls in love with another young shepherd, Doricles, who turns out to be a prince in disguise. Honesty is a fool and true love the only answer in this mysterious, romantic tale of defiance and destiny.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be back at The Delacorte, with old friends and new, putting together\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE,\u201d shares director\u00a0Daniel Sullivan. \u201cIt\u2019s one of Shakespeare\u2019s most fascinating and moving creations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The complete cast of\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0includes\u00a0Heschel Bay\u00a0(Ensemble),\u00a0Teagle F. Bougere\u00a0(Camillo),\u00a0Chuck Cooper\u00a0(Old Shepherd),\u00a0Peter Douskalis\u00a0(Musician),\u00a0Matthew Eby\u00a0(Mamillius\/Time\/Ensemble),\u00a0Ra\u00fal Esparza\u00a0(Leontes),\u00a0Isabela Ferrer\u00a0(Perdita),\u00a0Katie Griffith\u00a0(Mopsa\/Ensemble),\u00a0Alex Hernandez\u00a0(Cleomenes\/Ensemble),\u00a0Michael Khalid Karadsheh\u00a0(Young Shepherd),\u00a0Denise Kolodja\u00a0(Ensemble),\u00a0Daniel Kyri\u00a0(Florizel),\u00a0Aubie Merrylees\u00a0(Archidamus\/Ensemble),\u00a0Jennifer Mogbock\u00a0(Emilia\/Ensemble),\u00a0Gilbert Owuor\u00a0(Polixenes),\u00a0Violeta Picayo\u00a0(Ensemble),\u00a0Lily Rabe\u00a0(Hermione),\u00a0Bianca Rogoff\u00a0(Ensemble),\u00a0Matthew Russell\u00a0(Dion\/Ensemble),\u00a0Steven Skybell\u00a0(Antigonus\/Autolycus),\u00a0Michael Thanh Tran\u00a0(Ensemble), and\u00a0Jackson Whitman\u00a0(Ensemble).<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis will be the sixth show I\u2019ve choreographed for Dan at The Delacorte and we always have a great time doing it,\u201d shares choreographer and associate director\u00a0Mimi Lieber. \u201cAdd to that the joy of working with so many friends from over the years\u2014from Shakespeare in the Park to plays I\u2019ve performed in as an actor\u2014plus listening to Shakespeare\u2019s divine language in\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0and I\u2019ll be in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n
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THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0features scenic design by\u00a0Maruti Evans, costume design by\u00a0Linda Cho, sound design by\u00a0Brian Ronan, composition by\u00a0Tom Kitt, hair and wig design by\u00a0Tom Watson, sound system design by\u00a0Mike Tracey, puppet design by\u00a0James Ortiz, and prop management by\u00a0Rachel Kenner.\u00a0Caroline Englander\u00a0is the production stage manager and\u00a0Jessie Moore\u00a0and\u00a0Luisa S\u00e1nchez Col\u00f3n\u00a0are the stage managers.<\/p>\n
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Previous iterations of\u00a0THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0were presented at Free Shakespeare in the Park in 1963 starring James Earl Jones; 1989 featuring Christopher Reeve and Mandy Patinkin; 2000 with Michael Stuhlbarg; and 2010 featuring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jesse L. Martin, Hamish Linklater, Linda Emond, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.<\/p>\n
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ABOUT FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK<\/p>\n
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Since its inception, over six million people have enjoyed more than 160 free productions of Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Conceived by founder Joseph Papp to make great theater accessible to all, Free Shakespeare in the Park continues to be the bedrock of The Public\u2019s vision of artistic excellence and free access to culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Public launched \u201cForever Public,\u201d an ambitious, multi-year capital campaign with a goal of raising over $175 million to secure the transformative mission of free theater for everyone. In addition to establishing the Fund for Free Theater endowment, Forever Public provided capital support to make the Delacorte revitalization possible.<\/p>\n
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Built in 1962, the theater had not undergone meaningful capital upgrades since 1999. The Public, in partnership with the Central Park Conservancy, NYC Parks, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Ennead Architects, created a design and construction plan that minimized impact on Central Park and foregrounded resilience and sustainability to ensure the longevity of Free Shakespeare in the Park for many years to come.<\/p>\n
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Following groundbreaking in October 2023, reconstruction of interior spaces and the grandstand layout began with subsequent installation of redesigned lighting towers and the new wood fa\u00e7ade made from salvaged NYC water towers. Concurrently, the Central Park Conservancy renovated the Delacorte Restroom. The revitalized Delacorte reopened in summer 2025 and offers a state-of-the-art experience for audiences, artists, and staff alike with improved access for people living with disabilities.<\/p>\n
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DANIEL SULLIVAN\u00a0(Director). The Public\u00a0Theater\u2019s Shakespeare in the Park:\u00a0Coriolanus, Troilus and Cressida, Cymbeline, King Lear, Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, All\u2019s Well That Ends Well, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u00a0and\u00a0The Merry Wives of Windsor.\u00a0Select Broadway Credits:\u00a0Summer, 1976;\u00a0The Homecoming; A Moon for the Misbegotten; I’m Not Rappaport; The Little Foxes; Sylvia; The Country House; The Snow Geese; Orphans; Glengarry Glen Ross; The Columnist; Good People; Time Stands Still; Accent on Youth; Rabbit Hole; Morning\u2019s at Seven; Proof; The Sisters Rosensweig; Conversations With My Father;\u00a0and\u00a0The Heidi Chronicles.\u00a0Sullivan served as Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre (1981-1997) and was a Swanlund\u00a0Professor in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana for 25 years.<\/p>\n
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MIMI LIEBER\u00a0(Choreographer\/Associate Director). Choreography for The Public Theater:\u00a0Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, All\u2019s Well\u2026 Broadway: Dances for\u00a0Merchant of Venice, Act One, Snow Geese. As an actor, selected Broadway credits include\u00a0Indecent, Act One, Brooklyn Boy, I\u2019m Not Rappaport. Off-Broadway:\u00a0Distracted. Selected LA:\u00a0Potestad, Taking Sides, The Greeks, Love Council, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Regionally, The Guthrie, La Jolla, Kennedy Center, Fords Theater, The Huntington, Humana. 60+ TV series and many films. Choreographer for dozens of commercials.<\/p>\n
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HESCHEL BAY\u00a0he\/they\u00a0(Ensemble) is a New York-based actor and theatermaker. Recent credits include Mercutio in\u00a0Romeo and Juliet\u00a0with Lucien Theater Company (off-off-Broadway). He is thrilled to be making his Public Theater Debut. He is a founding member of Lucien Theater Company. Training: BFA in Acting from SUNY Purchase. Special thanks to his three moms.<\/p>\n
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TEAGLE F. BOUGERE\u00a0(Camillo). Broadway:\u00a0Oedipus;\u00a0The Tempest;\u00a0A Raisin in the Sun;\u00a0The Crucible. London:\u00a0West End, Debate\u00a0(James Baldwin). Selected Television: “Queen America” (series regular); “Law & Order: SVU\u201d (recurring); “The Blacklist;” Bull.”\u00a0The Winter’s Tale\u00a0marks Mr. Bougere’s 10th appearance at The Delacorte and his 14th with The Public Theater.<\/p>\n
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CHUCK COOPER\u00a0(Old Shepherd). Proud union actor for over 45 years. Credits include 17 Broadway plays and musicals from\u00a0Shakespeare to Sondheim, two Tony nominations, one win, a Lucille Lortel Award, two\u00a0Drama Desk Nominations, numerous film and TV guest-starring appearances.\u00a0Favorite role is Eddie, Alex, and Lilli\u2019s father. Gratefully married to playwright Deborah Brevoort.<\/p>\n
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PETER DOUSKALIS\u00a0(Musician) is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in Mediterranean folk traditions including guitar, laouto, mandolin, oud, and more. His recording and performing work spans theater, television, and film. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, is a substitute musician for\u00a0The Lion King\u00a0and\u00a0Hamilton, and held a chair for\u00a0Water for Elephants\u00a0on Broadway.<\/p>\n
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MATTHEW EBY\u00a0(Mamillius\/Time\/Ensemble) most recently wrapped the lead role in the independent film Cabbage. OFF BROADWAY:\u00a0House of McQueen\u00a0(Young Lee, Mansion at Hudson Yards),\u00a0According to Howard\u00a0(Boy Howard, York Theatre). Regional:\u00a0Finding Neverland\u00a0(Peter, WPPAC)\u00a0A Christmas Carol\u00a0(Young Ebenezer, John W. Engeman Theater),\u00a0Charlie & the Chocolate Factory\u00a0(Charlie, John W. Engeman Theater). TV: \u201cAmerican Horror Stories\u201d (FX), \u201cThe Penguin\u201d (recurring, HBO Max).<\/p>\n
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RA\u00daL ESPARZA\u00a0(Leontes). Television\/Film:\u00a0\u201cA Murder at the End of the World,\u201d \u201cCandy,\u201d \u201cDopesick,\u201d \u201cLaw & Order: SVU,\u201d \u201cHannibal,\u201d\u00a0\u201cThe Path,\u201d \u201cBojack Horseman,\u201d\u00a0\u201cPushing Daisies,\u201d \u201cMedium,\u201d \u201cHamster and Gretel\u201d, \u201cDora and Friends,\u201d \u201cA Gifted Man,\u201d \u201cSpin City,\u201d \u201cThe Good Fight,\u201d \u201c666 Park Avenue,\u201d \u201cSuspicion,\u201d \u201cThe Answers,\u201d\u00a0Find Me Guilty, Custody, Ferdinand, Elian, My Soul to Take, Trouble in the Heights.\u00a0Broadway:\u00a0Leap of Faith,\u00a0Arcadia,\u00a0Speed-the-Plow,\u00a0The Homecoming,\u00a0Company,\u00a0Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,\u00a0Taboo,\u00a0Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Show.\u00a0Off-Broadway:\u00a0Seared, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,\u00a0The Normal Heart,\u00a0Comedians,\u00a0tick, tick… BOOM!\u00a0ENCORES!:\u00a0Anyone Can Whistle, The Cradle Will Rock, Road Show, Oliver!\u00a0Shakespeare in the Park\u2019s\u00a0Twelfth Night,\u00a0Cymbeline. Regional:\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar\u00a0(Hollywood Bowl),\u00a0My Fair Lady,\u00a0Galileo,\u00a0The Waves,\u00a0Cry, The Beloved Country,\u00a0Slaughterhouse-Five,\u00a0Fur, What the Butler Saw, Arcadia.\u00a0Kennedy Center:\u00a0Chess, 2002 Sondheim Celebration:\u00a0Sunday in the Park with George\u00a0and\u00a0Merrily We Roll Along.\u00a0National Tour:\u00a0Evita\u00a0(20th Anniversary Tour). Four-time Tony Award nominee in every acting category and recipient of the OBIE, two New York Outer Critics\u2019 Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, and Theater World Award.<\/p>\n
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ISABELA FERRER\u00a0(Perdita). New York City-born actor of Irish and Puerto Rican descent. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and a proud alumna of LaGuardia High School. Previous credits include\u00a0It Ends with Us. Having grown up attending shows at The Public Theater, Ferrer is overjoyed to find herself on the other side of the stage at a place she has been dreaming of working her entire life. @isabela.ferrer<\/p>\n
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KATIE GRIFFITH\u00a0(Mopsa\/Ensemble). Public Theater debut! Broadway:\u00a0Beetlejuice. National Tour:\u00a0Beetlejuice.\u00a0NYC:\u00a0High Spirits\u00a0(New York City Center Encores!) and Met Gala 2026. Regional favorites:\u00a0The Wolves\u00a0(McCarter Theatre),\u00a0Unexpected Tenderness\u00a0(Harlequin Productions),\u00a0Seven Brides for Seven Brothers\u00a0(Music Theatre Wichita). Thank you to Daniel, Mimi, DGRW, and my incredible friends and family.\u00a0katiemgriffith.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ALEX HERNANDEZ\u00a0(Cleomenes)\u2019s stage credits include\u00a0Time Alone\u00a0\u00a0with Belle R\u00eave Theatre Company\u00a0(LA Drama Critics Circle nomination),\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s\u00a0Dream and\u00a0Mojada\u00a0at The Public\u00a0Theater. Television credits include\u00a0\u201cThe Peripheral,\u201d \u201cUnREAL,\u201d\u00a0and \u00a0\u201cSugar.\u201d\u00a0He\u00a0received\u00a0a BAFTA nomination for playing Lincoln Clay in the video game\u00a0Mafia\u00a0III\u00a0for 2K.\u00a0<\/p>\n
MICHAEL KHALID KARADSHEH\u00a0he\/him\u00a0(Young Shepherd). Off-Broadway:\u00a0The Ally\u00a0by Itamar Moses (The Public Theater),\u00a0We Live in Cairo\u00a0(New York Theater Workshop, Lucille Lortel Nomination for Best Ensemble). Regional:\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0(St. Louis Shakespeare Festival),\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u00a0(Shakespeare on the Sound),\u00a0Tomorrow Will Be Sunday\u00a0(Chautauqua Theater Company). TV\/Film: \u201cEverything\u2019s Trash\u201d (Freeform),\u00a0Club Kid\u00a0(dir. Jordan Firstman). Education: Columbia MFA Acting. @m_karadsh<\/p>\n
DENISE KOLODJA\u00a0(Ensemble). Togolese born actress and graduate of NYU\u2019s Graduate Acting program (\u201826) and Ithaca College\u2019s BFA program (\u201823). So thrilled to be making Public Theater Debut! Sending love to family\/friends who push me and inspire me to live and love and feel. So grateful to the teachers and mentors that have helped me learn to fly.<\/p>\n
DANIEL KYRI\u00a0(Florizel), best known as Darren Ritter on NBC’s \u201cChicago Fire,\u201d is thrilled to have his Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater. The multi-hyphenate wrote, directed, and starred in the made-for-web miniseries \u201cThe T\u201d and recently voiced Hamlet in Make-Believe Association’s award-winning audio drama adaptation of the play. Kyri has starred in productions at Chicago\u2019s Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, and Goodman Theatre, and was last seen onstage in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s 2019 world premiere production of\u00a0Ms. Blakk for President, where he originated several characters. Kyri is also a recording artist whose debut EP,\u00a0Childish Games, is available on all streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
AUBIE MERRYLEES\u00a0(Archidamus\/Ensemble). Public Theater debut! Broadway:\u00a0Little Bear Ridge Road, To Kill a Mockingbird, KPOP, BOOP!\u00a0 Other:\u00a0Wolf Play\u00a0(Soho Rep), Hamlet in\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0(Bedlam),\u00a0Stupid Fucking Bird\u00a0(Arden Theatre Company); Barrymore nominations for\u00a0Hand to God\u00a0(Philadelphia Theatre Company),\u00a0The Aliens\u00a0(Theatre Exile). Film\/television:\u00a0Jules, Souvenir,\u00a0\u201cThe Bite.\u201d Education: Brown University, Yale School of Drama.<\/p>\n
JENNIFER MOGBOCK\u00a0(Emilia\/Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at The Public Theater! The Public:\u00a0Merry Wives. Off-Broadway:\u00a0The Half God Of Rainfall\u00a0(New York Theatre Workshop),\u00a0And Then We Were No More\u00a0(La MaMa). Selected Regional: Yemandja\u00a0(Kennedy Center),Toni Stone\u00a0(Huntington),\u00a0Antony and Cleopatra\u00a0(Stratford Festival). TV: \u201cEvil\u201d (Paramount +), \u201cLoves\u2019s Labour’s Lost\u201d (PBS), \u201cDesignated Survivor\u201d (Netflix), \u201cThe Good Fight\u201d (Paramount +), \u201cLady In The Lake\u201d (Apple TV+). MFA: NYU Grad Acting. For my loves M, T, L.\u00a0www.jennifermogbock.com.<\/a><\/p>\n
GILBERT OWUOR\u00a0(Polixenes). Public Theater:\u00a0The Brothers Size\u00a0world premiere,\u00a0Hamlet. Off-Broadway:\u00a0The Orphans\u2019 Home Cycle, The First Breeze of Summer. Regional:\u00a0A Raisin in the Sun, Belleville, The Brothers Size, As You Like it, King Lear. Film:\u00a0American Solitaire, Emancipation, Montana Story, Mute. TV: \u201cSuits LA,\u201d \u201cReprisal,\u201d \u201cGoliath,\u201d \u201cTrue Blood,\u201d \u201cThe Newsroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
VIOLETA PICAYO\u00a0(Ensemble) is a bilingual Cuban-American artist. Recently:\u00a0Are the Bennet Girls Ok?\u00a0(Bedlam). New York: SITI Company’s\u00a0The Medium\u00a0(BAM),\u00a0Evelyn Brown\u00a0(La MaMa),\u00a0Sense and Sensibility\u00a0(Bedlam). She has worked regionally at the American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, Fisher Center, City Theatre; and internationally in Argentina, Chile, England, Greece, India, Scotland.<\/p>\n
LILY RABE\u00a0(Hermione)\u00a0recently starred in Ibsen\u2019s\u00a0Ghosts\u00a0at Lincoln Center (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations). On television, Rabe has appeared in\u00a0\u201cShrinking,\u201d \u201cPresumed Innocent,\u201d \u201cLove & Death,\u201d \u201cThe Undoing,\u201d \u201cTell Me Your Secrets,\u201d \u201cThe\u00a0Underground Railroad,\u201d \u201cThe First Lady,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cAmerican Horror Story.\u201d\u00a0Her recent film credits\u00a0include A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, The Great Lillian Hall, The Tender Bar, Vice, Pawn Sacrifice, Fractured, and\u00a0Miss Stevens. On stage, her Broadway credits include\u00a0The Merchant of Venice, Steel Magnolias, Seminar, The American Plan,\u00a0and\u00a0Heartbreak House. Off-Broadway credits include\u00a0A Doll\u2019s House\u00a0and\u00a0Crimes of the Heart. She has performed in The Public\u2019s Shakespeare in the Park productions of\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Cymbeline, and\u00a0The Merchant of Venice\u00a0(Drama Desk, Drama League and Tony Award nominations).<\/p>\n
BIANCA ROGOFF\u00a0(Ensemble). Film:\u00a0The Yellow Tie\u00a0(with John Malkovich, Ben Schnetzer, and Sean Bean). Theater:\u00a0The Cherry Tortured\u00a0(Aaron Posner);\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0(Shakespeare on the Sound);\u00a0All My Sons\u00a0(dir. Britt Berke). Other: singer-songwriter and producer with experience in film and television development and the creation of new work. Training: BFA and MFA, NYU. Special thanks to Rogoff Square Garden, my beloved friends, and my father.<\/p>\n
MATTHEW RUSSELL\u00a0(Dion\/Ensemble). The Public:\u00a0Jordans, Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, Much Ado About Nothing. Broadway:\u00a0Liberation, The Inheritance. Off-Broadway:\u00a0Liberation, Help, In the Zone. Film:\u00a0Working Man, Some Freaks, Man and Witch, Twist. TV: \u201cFBI: Most Wanted,\u201d \u201cWestworld.\u201d Russell has performed with Elevator Repair Service and the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble. MFA: Brown\/Trinity Rep.<\/p>\n
STEVEN SKYBELL\u00a0he\/him (Antigonus\/Autolycus) most recently starred as Herr Schultz in the Broadway revival of\u00a0Cabaret\u00a0(Tony nomination). He won the 2019 Lortel Award for Tevye in the Yiddish\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Joel Grey. Other Broadway credits include\u00a0Wicked,\u00a0The Full Monty,\u00a0Pal Joey, among others. \u00a0TV: \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d \u201cChicago P.D.\u201d Film:\u00a0Cradle Will Rock.<\/p>\n
MICHAEL THANH TRAN\u00a0he\/him (Ensemble) graduated from NYU Grad Acting in 2026. Public Theater debut! Select Regional:\u00a0King Lear\u00a0with Andr\u00e9 De Shields,\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing\u00a0(St. Louis Shakespeare Festival),\u00a0Pride & Prejudice\u00a0(The Rep St. Louis). Grateful for the AANHPI artists who paved the way. Dedicated to \u00f4ng n\u1ed9i, b\u00e0 ngo\u1ea1i, and those who live in-between. IG: @michael.thanh.tran<\/p>\n
JACKSON WHITMAN\u00a0(Ensemble). Recent credits include:\u00a0The Tragedy of MacBeth, A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u00a0(The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey);\u00a0The Zoo Story\u00a0(Minneapolis, Fringe Festival);\u00a0\u00a0The Physicists, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u00a0(Dark&Stormy Productions);\u00a0Murder on the Nile\u00a0(Lakeville Area Arts Center);\u00a0The Fake\u00a0(Vanessa Horrocks);\u00a0Kodachrome\u00a0(Natalie Novacek);\u00a0Pride & Prejudice, The Amateurs, Twelfth Night\u00a0(University of Minnesota). Film credits include:\u00a0Morelife, B+E,\u00a0and the upcoming\u00a0Dinner with the Dead.\u00a0Training: University of Minnesota BA, Stella Adler Conservatory.<\/p>\n
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The Jerome L. Greene Foundation supports select programs that make a significant impact on the lives of all New Yorkers in the areas of the arts, education, medicine, and social justice. Its 40-year history is grounded in the vision of its founder, Jerry Greene, to give back to the city he loved. Today, the Foundation honors this commitment by continuing to fund quality programs and by identifying new ways to increase access to the arts and to education, create opportunities for ground-breaking medical research, and help ensure social justice for all.\u00a0www.jlgreene.org<\/a><\/p>\n
THE PUBLIC\u00a0continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation\u2019s first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public\u2019s wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City\u2019s five boroughs, Public Works, and Joe\u2019s Pub. Since premiering\u00a0HAIR\u00a0in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American Theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical\u00a0Hamilton\u00a0by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 64 Tony Awards, 197 Obie Awards, 63 Drama Desk Awards, 66 Lortel Awards, 36 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics\u2019 Circle Awards, 72 AUDELCO Awards, 6 Antonyo Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes.\u00a0publictheater.org<\/a><\/p>\n
The Public Theater stands in honor of the first inhabitants and our ancestors. We acknowledge the land on which The Public and its theaters stand\u2014the original homeland of the Lenape people. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory. We honor the generations of stewards and we pay our respects to the many diverse indigenous peoples still connected to this land.<\/p>\n
The Public also gives our respect to the people of Seneca Village, a community of Black property owners who were removed from their land and whose village was destroyed in the creation of Central Park. We recognize the sacrifice that these ancestors made and honor Seneca Village\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n
Citizens\u00a0is the presenting partner of\u00a0FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.<\/p>\n
Jerome L. Greene Foundation\u00a0is the lead sponsor of\u00a0FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.<\/p>\n
FREE TICKET INFORMATION<\/p>\n
THE WINTER\u2019S TALE\u00a0begins performances at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Saturday, July 25 and will run through Saturday, August 22, with an official press opening on Tuesday, August 11.<\/p>\n
Tickets to The Public Theater\u2019s Free Shakespeare in the Park are distributed in a number of ways. Free tickets may be acquired on the day of the performance in person at The Delacorte Theater, in person at a borough distribution site including 23 dates at Citizens branches (complete schedule can be found at\u00a0publictheater.org<\/a>),\u00a0via an in-person lottery in the lobby of The Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Street, or through a digital lottery via the TodayTix mobile app. All tickets are subject to availability.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A limited number of tickets are also available via advance reservation by making a contribution in support of Free Shakespeare in the Park. To learn more, or to make a contribution, call\u00a0212.967.7555, or visit\u00a0publictheater.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The performance schedule is Tuesday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Audio Described\u00a0performance will be on Saturday, August 15. The\u00a0English Open Captioned\u00a0performance will be on Wednesday, August 19. The\u00a0Spanish Open Captioned\u00a0performance will be on Thursday, August 20. The\u00a0American Sign Language Interpreted\u00a0performances will be on Friday, August 21.<\/p>\n
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