Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company
{{Short description|American Theatre Company}}
The Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, also known as Gorilla Rep, is an environmental theater company based out of New York City. Best known for its perennial production of A Midsummer Night's Dream,
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| title = Back to the Essentials With 2 Young Troupes
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| date = 1994-09-17
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| access-date = 2006-12-19}} Gorilla Rep brings brings plays to parks all over New York City. The company was founded in 1989 by artistic director Christopher Carter Sanderson.
Gorilla Rep's repertoire consists primarily of the works of William Shakespeare and other classics, with occasional works by modern playwrights.
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| title = Lancelot and Guinevere, Trysting in Central Park
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| date = 2001-10-02
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Most of Gorilla Rep's productions are performed outdoors, in various parks in New York City, with local environmental features worked into the staging of the show.{{cite web
|title = Macbeth
|last = Soloski
|first = Alexis
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|date = 6 July 1999
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}} From scene to scene, both actors and audience change location, with the actors running to the next setting and the audience following behind.
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| last = Sanderson
| first = Christopher Carter
| title = A Gorilla Rep Manifesto
| publisher = Theatremania.com
| date = 2000-08-29
| url = http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/983
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Reviews of plays
- Gorilla Rep's Hamlet outdoors, reviewed: [http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/theater/reviews/26hamlet.html Hamlet Outdoors]
- Gorilla Rep's Hamlet indoors reviewed: [http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/theater/reviews/16haml.html Hamlet Indoors]
- Gorilla Rep's Macbeth reviewed: [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/01/theater/theater-review-reinventing-macbeth-with-a-real-birnam-wood.html Macbeth]
- Gorilla Rep's Alice in Wonderland reviewed: [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?id=1077011429041&html_title=&tols_title=&byline=&fid=NONE Alice in Wonderland]
- Gorilla Rep's Cherry Orchard reviewed: [http://partners.nytimes.com/library/theater/082898cherry-theater-review.html Cherry Orchard]
References
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External links
- [http://www.gorillareptheater.org/ The official web site for Gorilla Rep.]
- [http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/theater/reviews/26hamlet.html New York Times – Theater Reviews]
Category:1989 establishments in New York City
Category:Performing groups established in 1989
Category:Shakespearean theatre companies in the United States
Category:New York City site-specific theatre
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