Chris Wilson's
ACTORS THEATRE OF HOUSTON
Presents
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN
ARE DEAD
By Tom Stoppard
Interview with George Brock and Foster Davis.
Actors Theatre of Houston will start the New Year off with a revival of one of the twentieth
century's most exquisite comedies, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. The
production will open January 22nd and run through February 27th. The show will play Friday
and Saturday nights at 8:00pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00pm. Tickets are $14, $10 for
students and seniors and are available at the box office located at 2506 South Boulevard, one
block North of Bissonnett, one-half block East of Kirby. Reservations are encouraged and can be
made by calling 713-529-6606; Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted.
If Samuel Beckett and William Shakespeare had collaborated on Hamlet, this would have been the
end result. That's what Tom Stoppard speculates in this brilliantly funny, sometimes chilling
masterpiece from the same playwright who brought you ARCADIA and the screenplay for
Shakespeare In Love. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two college chums of Hamlet, have been
summoned to Denmark to "glean what afflicts" the troubled Dane. The problem is, they don't know
what they are doing, where they are going, or even what their names are. Clever word play and
classic vaudeville shtick make this a treat for audiences where no two performances are ever the
same.
Brandon Smith directs the production that features Foster Davis as Rosencrantz and George
Brock as Guildenstern. Smith has directed such critical and box office successes as Speed The
Plow, Talk Radio, and Simpatico. Davis has appeared in such shows as The Two Gentlemen of
Verona and King Lear (Houston Shakespeare Festival), Kafka's Dick and The Taming of the
Shrew (ATH). Brock has been seen in such plays as The Woman in Black and Someone Who'll
Watch Over Me (Main Street Theatre) and Simpatico and Scapino (ATH). Also featured in the
pivotal role of the Player is Manning Mpinduzi-Mott. Mott has garnered great critical acclaim for
his performance in The Yellow Boat. Rounding out the company are Josh Brener, Jay Brock,
Steven Burrus, hank Fields, Kit Fordyce, Peter Gehring, Alan Hall, Marie Hennebery, and Aimee
McRory.
Actors Theatre of Houston
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
January 22nd - February 27th, 1999
Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm.....Sundays at 2pm
2506 South Boulevard
1/2 block East of Kirby, 1 block North of Bissonett
$14.....$10 for students and seniors
Accepts VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, and Discover
For reservations and information, call 713-529-6606