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The Heart of Robin Hood

  • DECEMBER 11, 2013 – JANUARY 19, 2014

  • Loeb Drama Center

  • Run Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission.

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In this spectacular rendition of the English legend, the notorious Robin Hood and his band of merry men steal from the rich, but refuse to share with the oppressed peasantry. As the wicked Prince John threatens all of England, it is down to Marion to boldly protect the poor and convert Robin Hood from outlaw to hero. First seen at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2011, this new production is filled with high adventure, epic romance, amazing fight choreography, and an original score inspired by contemporary folk music.

Need to know

Recommended ages 10+ or grade 5+

For Parents and Teachers:

First seen at the  Royal Shakespeare Company in 2011, where it was very popular with families, our new production is fun, thrilling, and full of action. Although it ends happily, the play does contain some scary situations and stylized violence, including a beheading. The themes are akin to a Young Adult book classification (i.e. Harry Potter) and would be appropriate for middle school children and those with a sense of adventure and fun.
This production contains fog/haze and strobe lights. 

Notable dates

ASL Dates:

January 7, 7:30PM
January 12, 2:00PM

Audio Described Dates:

January 8, 7:30PM*
January 11, 2:00PM*

*Touch tour 1 hour prior

Post-performance talkback dates include after the matinees on:

1/4
1/8
1/11
1/15 (after 11:00AM performance)
1/18

Discussions

Partnership with Greater Boston Food Bank

The story of The Heart of Robin Hoodwhich inspires sharing with those in need, deeply resonates with the very real lack of food and other basic resources among many members of our own community.  As such, the A.R.T. is inviting audience members of the production as well as other local individuals to celebrate the spirit of the holidays and the legend of Robin Hood by donating non-perishable food and toiletries at a designated drop site in the Loeb Drama Center between December 11 and January 19.

ACCEPTED DONATIONS INCLUDE:

  • Dairy: Milk – dried, evaporated, and boxed (such as Parmalat)
  • Protein: Beef stew, nuts, peanut butter, beans, and peas (dried or canned), chili, tuna fish, chicken, salmon (canned)
  • Vegetables: Tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, vegetables (canned), tomato juice
  • Fruit: Raisins and other dried fruit, applesauce, any canned fruit in its own juice
  • Grains: Crackers, oatmeal, whole grain rice, all types of pasta, ready to eat low sugar/high fiber cereal (Cheerios, Raisin Bran, etc.)
  • We cannot accept donations of baby food or pet food.

In 2012, the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) distributed almost 41 million pounds of food, enough to provide healthy meals to as many as 545,000 people in Eastern Massachusetts.  Within the Cambridge community alone, the Greater Boston Food Bank serves approximately 10,000 people per month, donating food to 11 food pantries, 8 soup kitchens and 3 homeless shelters.  On average, the GBFB provides 68% of the food supplies for Cambridge-based anti-hunger organizations.

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Cast

Gisborne's Henchman/Soldier/Prison Guard

Moe Alafrangy

Gisborne's Henchman/Soldier/Prison Guard

Moe Alafrangy

A.R.T.: Debut. Theater: How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular (Teen Viking). Film/Television: Step Up 2 (featured); The 40th day (supporting); “Glee” (guest star); “The ALMA awards” (dancer). Moe is also a 4th degree black belt, stuntman, and professional tricker.

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Claire Candela

Sarah Summers

Claire Candela

Claire Candela

Sarah Summers

Claire Candela

A.R.T.: Once (Ivonka). Off-Broadway: Once (Ivonka), New York Theatre Workshop. Film/Television: East of Acadia, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, “The Folklorist.”

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Andrew Cekala

Jethro Summers

Andrew Cekala

Andrew Cekala

Jethro Summers

Andrew Cekala

A.R.T.: Pippin (Theo), Marie Antoinette (Dauphin, I.R.N.E. Award). Broadway: Pippin (Theo). Regional: All My Sons (Bert), Huntington Theatre Company; The Life of Galileo (Andrea Sarti), Underground Railway Theatre; A Christmas Story (Ralphie, I.R.N.E. Nomination), New Repertory Theatre; Ragtime (Edgar), Berklee College of Music; The Full Monty (Nathan), Turtle Lane Playhouse; Oliver (Oliver), Wellesley Players. He also has performed in numerous Watertown Children’s Theatre productions and with Revels.

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Jeremy Crawford

Little John

Jeremy Crawford

Jeremy Crawford

Little John

Jeremy Crawford

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: The Fantastics (Mortimer); Happy Days: A New Musical (Jumpy Malachi); Disney’s Aladdin (Iago); Godspell (Herb). Other theater: King Lear (Lear), Glasgow’s Shakespeare in the City; Doctor Faustus (Good Angel), Blood, Love and Rhetoric; Fever Dream: Southside (Joe), One Academy Production; Desire (Oscar), 2Landa. M.A. in Acting from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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Jeremy Jordan

Robin Hood

Jordan Dean

Jeremy Jordan

Robin Hood

Jordan Dean

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mamma Mia!, Cymbeline. Off-Broadway: Classic Stage Company, Lincoln Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Ubu Repertory. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville. Recently: Macbeth, Manchester International Festival. Television/Film: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” Law & Order: CI,” “Guiding Light,” Thanks for Sharing, Not Fade Away, Other People, Burning Blue, Virgin Alexander, Jersey Girl. Training: Carnegie Mellon University.

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Zachary Eisenstat

Will Scathlock

Zachary Eisenstat

Zachary Eisenstat

Will Scathlock

Zachary Eisenstat

A.R.T.: The Heart of Robin Hood, The Donkey Show. Regional: On The Town, The Chosen, Lyric Stage Company; Coriolanus, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; The Play About the Baby, Exquisite Corp. Other theater: Matchmaker, Matchmaker I’m Willing To Settle, 2011 NY Musical Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged reading with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Mechanical Engineering S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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David Michael Garry

Guy of Gisborne/George LeBrun/Duke of York/Bishop

David Michael Garry

David Michael Garry

Guy of Gisborne/George LeBrun/Duke of York/Bishop

David Michael Garry

A.R.T: The Heart of Robin Hood. Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Carousel, The Last Ship, A Bronx Tale, Sweeney Todd, Company. Regional: Beauty and the Beast, Papermill Playhouse; A Bronx Tale, Paper Mill Playhouse; Ragtime, The Kennedy Center; Merrily We Roll Along, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “American Horror Story,” “Dickinson,” “Godfather of Harlem,” “Jessica Jones,” “Prodigal Son,” “Flesh and Bone,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest.”

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Much

Daniel Berger-Jones

A.R.T.: Debut. Founding member of Fringe Theatre Company Orfeo Group: MarisolLook Back in Anger (Elliot Norton Award for Best Show), Complete Works of Shakespeare (Elliot Norton Award for Best Show), Island of SlavesLove Song (Elliot Norton Award for Best Show). Other Boston area credits include: Lyric Stage Company, Shakespeare and Company, Actors Shakespeare Project, SpeakEasy Stage/Boston Playwrights’, Nora Theatre Company, Company One, Shakespeare Now!, Huntington Theatre Company, and others.   As a teacher and storyteller, he has spent the last few years passing on the best stories in Cambridge as the Founder and President of Cambridge Historical Tours. 

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Christina Bennett Lind
Christina Bennett Lind

Marion

Christina Bennett Lind

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Dutchman, Lascivious Something, Cherry Lane; Pool (no water), One Year Lease Theater Company; The Runner Stumbles, TACT; The Desert, HERE. Regional: Ride the Tiger, Long Wharf; Wait Until Dark, The Odd Couple, John W. Engeman Theatre; Mary’s Wedding, Hudson Stage Company; Metamorphoses, Capital Repertory Theatre. Film/Television: The Talk Man; Fireworkers (co-wrote and co-produced); “All My Children.”

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Laura Sheehy

Plug the Dog/Townswoman/Soldier/Rebecca Summers

Laura Sheehy

Laura Sheehy

Plug the Dog/Townswoman/Soldier/Rebecca Summers

Laura Sheehy

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Cabaret, Studio 54. Off-Broadway: Joe Fearless, Atlantic Theater Company. Regional: Mental Head Circus, King King; guest artist with Cirque du Soleil. Film/Television: The Shadower in 3D; What’s Left Behind; Glow Ropes; Shooting Livien; “The Miraculous Year” (pilot); “American Idol” (aerialist); “Country Music Awards” (aerialist); “Saturday Night Live”; “As the World Turns.”

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Christopher Sieber
Christopher Sieber

Pierre

Christopher Sieber

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Pippin, Shrek (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Spamalot (New York and West End, Tony nomination), La Cage Aux Folles, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, A Christmas Carol. NYC Opera: Cinderella, Eric Idle’s Not the Messiah, a comic oratorio (Toronto Symphony). Off-Broadway: The Kid, Avow, The Boys in the Band. Regional: Hairspray, Company, The Boys from Syracuse (Reprise!). Television/Film: “The Good Wife,” “Elementary,” Morning Glory, “Pushing Daisies,” “Johnny and the Sprites,” See You in September, “It’s All Relative,” “Two of a Kind,” “Sex and the City,” “Ed,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “Another World.” Mr. Sieber has not appeared on “Law & Order.”

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Louis Tucci

Makepeace/Friar/Robert Summers/French Lord/Confessor/Wild Boar/Lord Falconbury

Louis Tucci

Louis Tucci

Makepeace/Friar/Robert Summers/French Lord/Confessor/Wild Boar/Lord Falconbury

Louis Tucci

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Buddy Holly Story. Off-Broadway: The Cider House Rules, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Atlantic; The Fourth Sister, Vineyard Theatre; Woyzeck, Public Theatre; Return to the Forbidden Planet, Variety Arts. Regional: The Arabian Nights, Arena Stage/Berkeley Rep/Lookingglass. Workshops: The Jungle Book, The End, Still Getting My Act Together. Film: Scream (wrote “Artificial World” for soundtrack). Love to my wife Nancy and our twin girls, Luna and Francesca.

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Katrina Yaukey

Alice/Lady LeBrun/French Lady/Lady Falconbury/Soldier

Katrina Yaukey

Katrina Yaukey

Alice/Lady LeBrun/French Lady/Lady Falconbury/Soldier

Katrina Yaukey

A.R.T.: The Heart of Robin Hood. Broadway: Cabaret (1998, 2014 Revivals), WarhorseBilly ElliotCompany. National/International Tours: Billy ElliotSweeney ToddCabaretVictor/Victoria. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Princess Mary); Public Theater; A.C.T.; The Cape Playhouse; Totem Pole Playhouse. Studied Oboe Performance and Musical Theatre at Penn State University. Current student, Berklee College of Music in Music Production and Technology. Katrina is excited to be playing accordion and glockenspiel in this production.

For Walter. katrinayaukey.com

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Damian Young

Prince John

Damian Young

Damian Young

Prince John

Damian Young

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Sacrilege, All My Sons (directed by Simon McBurney). Recent other theater: The Miser (adapted and directed by Welker White); The Imaginary Invalid, Bard SummerScape. Film: Delivery Man, Edge of Darkness, Hello I Must Be Going, Hope Springs, Everybody’s Fine. Television: “The War Next Door” (series lead), USA; “The Comeback” (series regular), HBO; “Californication” (recurring role); “Damages” (recurring role); “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” (recurring roles), Nickelodeon; “CSI Miami” (recurring role).

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Additional staff

Special Thanks

Barry and Fran Weissler, David Mirvish, Alecia Parker, Brian Sewell,

David Mucci, B.J. Holt, Daniel Posener, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Sam Kassirer,

Digico, d&b audiotechnik, Meyer Sound, Sound Associates,

and Hilary Missan and Boston Casting