The Sutton Place Parks Conservancy is proud to offer for the first time in a Sutton Place park a PopUp theatre presentation in just one hour of a Shakespeare comedy. The three actors, Khris Lewin, Mackensie Sherburne and Elisa Winter will entertain park visitors with brief excerpts and skits from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Come to the park at East 57th street on Saturday, September 25, at 2pm to enjoy this brief and entertaining performance. Let us know if you’d like to have more such PopUps like this. See the announcement below for details.
About the Actors
KHRIS LEWIN Khris has performed as an actor in New York (Off-Broadway) and across the United States in the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) system. Favorite classical roles include Hamlet, Macbeth, Cyrano and Jason in Medea, as well as countless contemporary and musical roles. He is also a professional director, an aerial artist and a professor of theatre at Baruch College in NYC and at the South Western University of Finance & Economics in Chengdu, China. http://www.khrislewin.com/
MACKENZIE SHERBURNE Mackenzie is an actor, music maker and teaching artist and she is thrilled to be saying words in front of people again! She is a Third Rail Projects company member and performed as the Hatter and Doctor in Then She Fell and performed in their production of Sweet & Lucky in Denver. Some of her other favorite regional productions include: The 39 Steps, Avenue Q, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, White Christmas, As You Like It, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Putting It Together, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, The Three Musketeers, Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman and Macbeth. She holds a BFA from NYU. Thanks to Khris for inviting me into this crazy collective and to the SPPC for letting us play in your park! www.mackenziesherburne.com
ELISA WINTER Elisa (she/her/hers) is a multi-instrumentalist, actress, singer/songwriter, and teacher. She's performed all over New York and the country including Broadway, The Public Theatre, NYMF, Rockwood Music Hall, Studio 54, and more. Her cello and vocals can be heard on albums spanning multiple genres. Throughout the pandemic Elisa has been writing music to all of Shakespeare's Sonnets, which you can find on her website, youtube, and instagram pages. “Summer & Smoke”, her debut solo album, comes out on summer solstice 2022. You can find her music and learn more at www.elisawinter.com, Instagram: elisawinter_
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