IRONDALE ONLINE
The 1599 Project
The project title, which refers to the seminal year that Shakespeare wrote four of his greatest works, was originally performed in 2016 in a four-hour theater marathon with seven actors portraying more than 70 roles. The 1599 Project will now be a 4-part virtual series, streaming live: Henry V on May 28, Julius Caesar on June 11, As You Like It on June 19, and Hamlet on June 25.
Divided into four separate theatrical experiences, each stream will include a contemporary and adapted representation of each work and artist discussions to explore their personal connection to the work and how the current global situation has changed their own perception and interpretation of the texts.
With works more than 400 years-old being performed over devices primed for the modern times of 2020, Irondale examines the parallels of the mandated changes for the theater community and its undetermined impacts today, and the ways in which theater was changed after Shakespeare was forced to shutter his own theater doors as the local death toll rose in London.
May 28 – Henry V | Thursday at 7pm
June 11 – Julius Caesar | Thursday at 7pm
June 19 – As You Like It | Friday at 6pm
June 25 – Hamlet | Thursday at 7pm
Free Online Event

What they Say
Press
- 06.11.20 – Broadway World – Irondale To Continue With Virtual 1599 Project With JULIUS CAESAR
- 06.11.20 – TimeOut – The Best Theater To Watch Live on June 11
- 06.11.20 – Downtown Brooklyn – Irondale Online: Julius Caesar
- 06.11.20 – Times Square Chronicles – What To Watch June 11th To Take Away The Blues
- 05.28.20 – TDF – 17 Stage Performances to See Today, May 28
- 05.19.20 – NJ.com – Shakespeare made it through his plague. Can he get us through ours?
- 05.19.20 – Nil News – Theater Performances to Stream This Week
- 05.19.20 – The New York Times – Theater Performances to Stream This Week
- 05.18.20 – Good Morning America – Quaranstream: Free events and services to watch online while self-quarantining
- 05.12.20 – Broadway World – Irondale Deconstructs Epic 1599 Project Into A Series Of Streams Examining Creativity in Quarantine
- New York Theater – May 2020 Calendar of Theater Openings: What’s Streaming This Month
- ABC News – Quaranstream: Free events and services to watch online while self-quarantining
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