The Printing Museum is proud to be a production partner for Main Street Theater’s, The Book of Will running Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays – 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from September 22nd through October 21st.
- Use the code PRINTWILL online or over the phone, and save 20% on your tickets at Main Street Theater! Valid Sept. 23 – Oct. 21.
- PLUS!! Show your Book of Will ticket stub at The Printing Museum and save 20% on Guided Tours ($2 off per person) and General Admission ($1 off per person). Valid Sept. 23-Dec 29.
The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson is directed by Rebecca Green Udden. After Shakespeare’s death, his plays were pirated, performed and published in inaccurate and clumsy versions. Henry Condell and John Heminges, loyal friend and actors in Shakespeare’s company, the King’s Men, are determined to preserve the true versions of the plays and compile the First Folio, recapturing the words that shaped their lives. Their families join them in what is truly a labor of love, for they’ll have to borrow, beg, and band together to make it happen. Guided by a sense of genuine loyalty, admiration, and what really matters in life, this determined lot will stop at nothing to assemble Shakespeare’s Folio.
- “THE BOOK OF WILL…unequivocally announces Gunderson as a playwright with whom to be reckoned. It is, quite frankly, one of the best plays I have ever seen. It will bring tears of both laughter and sorrow to all but the most jaded audience member’s eyes. It is, in a word, a triumph.” — Boulder Weekly (CO)
- “[Gunderson] has peopled the stage with lively, historically based characters… She paints a vivid portrait of the times in language sometimes formal, sometimes poetic and often…contemporary… [THE BOOK OF WILL] serves as homage to those who sacrificed to make the first folio happen and to Shakespeare’s magnificent words.” — Westword (Denver, CO)
Main Street Theater
2540 Times Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
http://www.mainstreettheater.com/mainstage/bookofwill.html
713-524-6706