The 22nd Annual Will-a-Thon
Conceived and Directed by Charles E. Gerber
“For Thy Sweet Love Rememb’red”
...a Presentation of Scenes, Sonnets, and Songs of Love with Original Music to Will's Lyrics by RAY LESLEE and C. E. GERBER,& excerpts from several of the aforementioned plays, plus LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST and THE TEMPEST
THE WORKSHOP THEATER in association with THE SOCIETY OF ETHICAL CULTURE Presents THE 22ND ANNUAL WILL-A-THON a two day fesitval celebrating the 461st birthday of William Shakespeare — Conceived and Directed by CHARLES E. GERBER
THE SOCIETY OF ETHICAL CULTURE
2 W. 64TH ST., 4TH FLOOR - Ceremonial Hall
Sunday, April 27, 2025 — 1:30pm
Featuring: ADEMIDE AKINTILO*, TOM LUKE DiCOSTANZO, CHARLES E. GERBER*, CORDIS HEARD*, CHARLES KENNEDY, ERIK KOCHENBERGER, MARY LAUREN*
ROGER LIPSON( PSM)*
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.
See also Part I - "WILL’S WAY" 4/25/25 @ 7pm
Some of the critical praise the festival has received over the two decades of its history:
"Lovers of Shakespeare will find moments to savor at The WILL-A-THON"!
—Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com"WILL'S PLAYSHOP players provide the best spoken Shakespeare in New York City"
—the late, Joe Franklin, Bloomberg Radio"Gerber creates a delicious smorgasboard of Shakespeare's works. I wondered how this could be done. Now I can marvel at the achievement."
—Rachel Levine, Splash Magazine Worldwide"The great quality of Shakespeare's work is that it was always meant to be HEARD, not read- and by different voices.
Nothing realizes his genius better than hearing different voices reading the text in different rhythms and different tones.
And THAT, of course is the joy of WILL'S PLAYSHOP!"
—Richard Easton(1933-2019), Tony Award Winner(2001), Theater Hall Of fame Honoree(2008), and Guest Artist in successive WILL-A-THONS :2013, 2014, and 2015 .
See Part 1 -Will’s Way for artist photos and bios.