Breckenridge’s Backstage Theatre hosts two stellar productions to entertain you through

September and October.  

In Shakespeare and Me, playing September 21-23, Joey Wishnia shares his personal,

dramatic and often hilarious experiences with all things Shakespeare.  Throughout his long

career, Joey has appeared in nineteen of Shakespeare's plays and directed five of them on three

different continents.  From his first school play through his most recent readings, he shares the

trials and tribulations of an actor working with the Bard, including his encounter with the

greatest Shakespearean actor of the last century - Sir Laurence Olivier.  Joey is a master

storyteller weaving Shakespeare's words effortlessly into, and through, his own stage

experiences.

Joey Wishnia, recipient of the 2010-2011 CTG Henry Award for Lifetime Achievement

in Theatre, was educated at Rhodes University and received a Teaching Diploma (Licentiate) in 

Speech and Drama from Trinity College, London.  He has worked in practically every facet of

the entertainment industry, having been actor, director, and teacher and appeared in music hall,

opera, cabaret, revues, movies, TV and many radio dramas, serials and soap operas.

Shakespeare and Me, produced last April at the Byers-Evans House in Denver, will be

presented for three shows only at the Breckenridge Theatre, 121 S. Ridge Street in Breckenridge,

at 7:30 PM on September 21 & 22 and 6:30 PM on September 23.  The show is performed

without intermission.  All seats are $15.

Beginning September 28, Paige L. Larson reprises her critically acclaimed turn as

Emily Dickinson in William Luce’s one-woman play, The Belle of Amherst.   The play 

delicately explores the life of America’s greatest woman poet, Emily Dickinson, at various 

stages in her experience from the age of 15, when she was full of hope and success, until shortly 

before her death.  Making a conscious choice to isolate herself from society, she shares her joys,

her fears, her inspirations and her disappointments in this autobiographical expose of the

uniquely brilliant woman.  Her life is recreated with liberal excerpts from her poetry and by

flashing back through time portraying various influential characters in her life.

The Belle of Amherst, a recent hit for Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, performs at the

Breckenridge Theatre at 7:30 PM on September 28, 29 & October 4, 5, 6 at 7:30 PM and at 6:30

PM on September 30.  All seats are $18.  For reservations, go online to

www.backstagetheatre.org or call 970.453.0199.  

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