This one-woman tour-de-force brings to life the vocal and physical styles of the finest actresses America has known. Evoking stage stars from Sarah Bernhardt, Ellen Terry, and Margaret Webster, to film stars Elizabeth Taylor and Claire Danes, Rebekah Maggor's beautifully crafted show reveals the varied interpretations of Shakespeare's heroins and explores how these women have shaped our understanding of the world's greatest playwright.
Actress and playwright Rebekah Maggor has performed in the United States, Russia, Italy, and Israel and worked with directors including Anne Bogart, Peter Sellers, Andrei Serban, and Robert Woodruff. A Huntington Playwriting Fellow, her play Two Days at Home, Three Days in Prison was part of the Huntington's 2005 Breaking Ground Festival, and also received readings at the New York Theatre Workshop, and the Old Vic Theatre in London.
"A gifted and charismatic performer, and a highly entertaining performance." — Boston Phoenix
"Watching Rebekah Maggor, I was entranced. Her mastery of the language and physicality was illuminating. I found myself wishing that many other actors had her skill." — Actress Kathleen Turner
"An accessible, intelligent, and utterly transfixing evocation of the performers who, in age after age of changing fashion, have breathed fresh life into the ageless work of a master." — The Boston Glove
"Shakespeare's Actresses in America is more than good theatre; it's good history. A delightful romp through a century of Shakespeare on stage and film that lends fresh insight into both the plays, and their American audiences." — Jill Lepore, Harvard professor and Critic at Large for The New Yorker