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BRADLEY BEACH — The Bradley Beach Arts Council [BBAC] performances of “King Lear” will be held indoors on July 14 and 15, rather than on the beach, due to weather issues, BBAC chair Julia Sandra Rand announced Thursday.
The production, planned as part of the Shakespeare at the Beach season, will be staged inside the Bradley Beach Fire House Banquet Hall at 6:30 p.m. on both nights.
The performances, which are dedicated to the Alzheimer’s Association, will star Ms. Sandra Rand in a gender-defying turn as King Lear himself. Furthermore, as Ms. Rand told The Coast Star, three graduates of New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre will be featured: Nicole Hayes, Tiffani Grace and Mariano Morales co-star as Cordelia, Goneril and Edgar, respectively.
Ms. Rand said that she enjoys directing these younger members of the cast, as they almost forge a mentor-student relationship through performance.
“When I direct [young actors] I like to teach them technique,” she said. Additionally, Thomas Cox plays both the Earls of Kent and Gloucester, while Lear’s middle daughter Regan will be portrayed by Laura Walter.
Instead of buying tickets for the free performances, the BBAC encourages audience members to donate to the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org.
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