Friday, April 25, at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island NY 10306.  Two performances: 7pm & 8pm.

Space Limited! Reservation essential! RSVP today!   To reserve, email sioutloud@yahoo.com – Please specify 7pm or 8pm performance. Each performance lasts about 30 minutes.

Staten Island OutLOUD celebrates the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth with a unique performance at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art.  The museum features Tibetan-style structures, pond & garden on a hill overlooking Lower New York Bay.

Staten Island OutLOUD’s spoken word performances – with music and dance – will explore scenes from the Bard’s Romeo and Juliet, paired with Tibetan poetry echoing Shakespeare’s themes.  Our cast of readers will include:  Margaret Chase, Evan Cucciniello, Megan Jardine,Ted Lockwyn, and Vincent Vok.

Music by WaFoo, a Japanese-Jazz fusion ensemble (www.wafoo.info), featuring Yuuki Koike on flute and Kazuo Nakamura on bass.  Site-specific Butoh dance by Florence Poulain & Deep Tanks Butoh (www.deeptanks.com).  .

Parking VERY limited;  please take public transportation or carpool.  Some parking on nearby streets: Edinboro Place (1 block uphill from museum), or Lighthouse & St Andrews Road (2 blocks downhill from museum, near Richmond Road). Link to map of surrounding streets: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5758905,-74.1399965,16z

For directions via public transportation, please visit www.hopstop.com