Mission
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Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc., is dedicated to classic theatre for the modern planet. SRT promotes classic plays and adaptations, providing forums for collaboration between emerging artists and established professionals. With Classics in the Classroom, SRT aims not only to entertain, but also to educate young people by engaging them with timeless literature through expressive theatre. |
Special Announcements
Twelfth Night at the Theatre at St. Clement’s
 Lucas Hall & Jolly Abraham / photo by Zach Hyman |
SRT presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Michael Lluberes, at the Theatre at St. Clement’s. Michael Lluberes brings a new vision of Twelfth Night to the Sonnet Rep stage. By turns sad and hilarious, this Twelfth Night is an exploration of love in all its forms: obsessive, beautiful, sexy, manic and mad. For more information and tickets, visit our Mainstage page.  Yaya Da Costa & Jolly Abraham / photo by Zach Hyman |
Richard II
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May 2010: Sonnet Repertory Theatre and Matchbook Productions presented their daring interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Richard II at Manhattan’s The Tank.
Re-imagined as a tale told by Nineteenth Century artists railing against Imperialism, Sonnet Rep and Matchbook’s Richard II brought an uncommon aspect to the play: flight.
Eight actors, four low-flying trapezes, and live music combined to raise the language of Shakespeare to new heights.
COMMENTARIES, FEATURES, and REVIEWS: The Wall Street Journal, , Broadway World, examiner.com, PlayShakespeare, Stage and Cinema, RobWillReview
PHOTOS: playbill.com Coverage
VIDEO: Shakespeare on Trapeze!
Summer Camp for Children!
August 16-20
Sonnet Repertory Theatre is proud to announce its first annual summer theatre experience for children: Midsummer’s Play. A five-day program for 7-10 year olds, Midsummer’s Play will focus on process rather than performance. By exploring their own voices, imaginations and senses of movement, children will learn to participate in an ensemble.
Each student will delve into the language of one of Shakespeare’s sonnets. In lieu of a culminating performance, Midsummer’s Play will offer parents the opportunity to observe the exercises of their sons and daughters on the final day of class.
Our goal is to foster an environment of collaboration and cooperation, one in which the processes of learning and playing are as valued as performing itself.
For more information and to register your child, visit our Education page.
Collaborative Series: 2010
The act of making theater is a communal one. With this axiom in mind, SRT’s Collaborative Series assembles both recent graduates of the nation’s foremost drama programs and veterans of New York theater for an evening of 15-minutes plays. The goal is two-fold: first, to offer young artists an opportunity to perform, and second, to welcome those new to the realm of professional theater into the community that awaits them.
Over 24 hours, twelve actors and three directors read, rehearse, and perform three 15-minute plays. These actors and directors are unfamiliar to each other. These plays, inspired by a theme from classic literature, have never before been produced. Our audience is privy to an evening of theater predicated on collaboration, risk, and instinct.
To view last year’s plays and participants visit our Collaborative Series page.
History
Who we are, how it happened and where we’re headed now…
Sonnet Repertory Theatre was founded in 2002 by Robyne Parrish and Katrina Thomas Kent, fellow graduates of the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (www.ncarts.edu). Fellow UNCSA alumni Ben Cherry, Monica Francisco, and Sean Kent formed SRT’s original core acting ensemble.
Since then, SRT has produced seven consecutive seasons of classic works and several specialty series including The Bard’s Backyard, ShakesBARE, The Collaborative Series, and Plays in Progress, a forum for new work based on classic themes. SRT has grown into a state-supported, not-for-profit theatre company, incorporating and sustaining artists and creators from very diverse backgrounds and styles.
In June of 2007, SRT welcomed Todd Loyd and Tiffany Little Canfield as its new Co-Artistic Directors, and the company continues to evolve. At its core, SRT remains supremely dedicated to classic theatre and continues the pursuit of excellence on the stage.