Theater News

Raúl Esparza, Patrick Page, and More to Join Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe in Cymbeline

The Shakespeare in the Park cast will also include Teagle F. Bougere, Kate Burton, and David Furr.

Broadway favorite Raúl Esparza has will join the cast of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline.
Broadway favorite Raúl Esparza has will join the cast of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline.
(© David Gordon)

The Public Theater has announced complete casting for Cymbeline, the second show of the Public’s Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte Theater. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring the previously announced Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus and Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, the production will begin performances on July 23 and August 23, with an official press opening on August 10.

Newly announced cast members include Teagle F. Bougere (Caius Lucius, Cornelius), Kate Burton (Queen, Belarius), Raúl Esparza (Iachimo), David Furr (Guidarius, First Lord), Jacob Ming-Trent (Aviragus, First Gentleman), Patrick Page (Cymbeline), and Steven Skybell (Pisanio, Gaoler, Frenchman).

Cymbeline is the story of Princess Imogen’s fidelity that is put to the royal test when her disapproving father banishes her soul mate. The plot includes cross-dressing girls and cross-dressing boys, poisons and swordfights and dastardly villains.

Cymbeline features scenic design by Riccardo Hernandez, costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by David Lander, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, original music by Tom Kitt, and choreography by Mimi Lieber.

For tickets and more information, click here.

Featured In This Story

Cymbeline

Closed: August 23, 2015