A Serpent's Tooth: A King Lear Musical

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Performers in the Are We Delicious? production "A Serpent's Tooth: A King Lear Musical."

NOTE: Jan. 30 performance canceled due to weather.

The latest of pop-up troupe Are We Delicious’ weird and terrific adaptations, this musical version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is set in the 1980s. A man with creeping dementia hallucinates that he and his family are in the famous play, mistaking his own daughters’ care plans for the murderous ones of the king’s. In the fallout that ensues, characters express themselves in songs inspired by The Smiths and The Cure with dance provided by Kanopy Dance. With a band led by Sean Michael Dargan, the all-star cast features William Bolz (as Lear), Karen Moeller, Sarah Streich, Robert Goderich and Isthmus arts & culture editor Catherine Capellaro. Through Feb. 2.

January 24-25-26-30-31 and February 1-2, at 7:30 pm with a special matinee January 27 at 4 pm, Drury Stage of the Bartell Theater (upstairs).

$25 general, $20 seniors/students.

Ensemble includes:

Writer/Actors: William Bolz, Karen Moeller, Robert A. Goderich, Sarah Streich, and Catherine Capellaro

Composer/Musicians: Sean Michael Dargan, Alivia Kleinfeldt, Tim Anderson, and Andrew Rohn

Choreographer/Dancers: Robert Cleary, Maya Finman-Palmer, Sarah Nathan, and Fiona King

Directed and Designed by Tony Trout and musical director Sean Michael Dargan and produced by Trevin Gay

This project is supported by Dane Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Family Foundation.

The Are We Delicious? 2018-2019 season is sponsored by WORT 89.9 FM community radio providing alternative music, news and public affairs to South Central Wisconsin. Live streaming, program archives and podcasts are available at wortfm.org

Are We Delicious? is produced by Delicious Creative Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to conduct charitable and educational activities related to collaborative performance art projects which prioritize creativity and empowerment, teamwork and cooperation, self-confidence, and expansion of individual creative potential within a supportive group experience.