The VORTEX presents
Elizabeth: Heart of a King
A new play by Lorella Loftus | Mar.17-18 & Mar.21-24, 2012 8pm; 2 weeks, 6 shows only
Elizabeth
I was one of the most luminous, fascinating, and formidable women
in history. Experience her as she has never been seen before in Elizabeth:
Heart of a King, a new play by Lorella Loftus. This VORTEX workshop
production explores the formative times in her life as a young woman
and the main events of her life as a queen and as an icon. A woman
of contradictions, Elizabeth was brave and vulnerable, intelligent
and ambivalent, flirtatious and icy, and fundamentally, very human.
Three different women play Elizabeth at different stages of her life--
a lone woman struggling to retain her political and personal power
in a male-dominated world. Henry VIII, Thomas Seymour, Robert Dudley,
and William Cecil are just some of the men who had a major influence
on her life who appear in the play.
Elizabeth: Heart of a King features Angela Loftus, Lorella Loftus, and Rae Petersen as the three Elizabeths with Richard Dodwell as Cecil, Derek Jones as Leicester, Ben Weaver as Thomas Seymour, and Sebastian Garcia as Essex. Also featuring Peggy Schott, Tiffany Slay, Mindy Rast-Keenan, Lance Barnett and Ken Ramsey.
Directed by Lorella Loftus. Lighting Design by Patrick Anthony. Sound Design by David DeMaris.
For further information contact lorellaloftus@gmail.com.
Tickets:$30-$10 www.vortexrep.org or 512-478-LAVA(5282)
$30-$25 Priority Seating, $20-$15 General Admission, $10 Starving
Artist
Limited seating. Advanced purchase recommended.
