BORN WITH TEETH

BORN WITH TEETH
written by Liz Duffy Adams

An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless polarized people seething with paranoia: it’s a dangerous time for poets. Two of them—the great Kit Marlowe and up-and-comer Will Shakespeare—meet in the back room of a pub to collaborate on a history play cycle, navigate the perils of art under a totalitarian regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose. One of them may well be the death of the other.

“Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!
And so I was, which plainly signified
That I should snarl and bite, play the dog.”
— Henry VI, Part 3,
Shakespeare & Marlowe

Cast 
Will: Mae Fletcher 
Kit: Lindsey Hansen 

Dates & Time
7:30 PM 
November 12 - 14
November 19 - 21

Location
Wealthy Street Annex Front Studio 
1110 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Doors open at 7:00 PM

Production Team
Director: Nicole Noble
Stage Manager: Andrew Faught
Intimacy Director: Bob Troszok

Tickets
Online: $15
At the door: $20

"Overflowing with wit and deftly exploring matters of the heart, mind and spirit... BORN WITH TEETH crackles with tension, yet is often uproariously funny."
— Pioneer Press

"Adams writes not with a pen so much as a razor blade. The play cuts to the bone as Kit and Will trade barbs, ambitions, and ultimately places in a history play that rewrites our understanding of these two figures."
— Star-Tribune

"If you, dear playgoer, desire time travel with a vengeance, then take my hand and merrily traipse with playwright Liz Duffy Adams back to Elizabethan England via quick-witted punk sensibility in her delicious fantasia BORN WITH TEETH."
— Houston Press

2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
WhatsOnStage Award Nominee for Best New Play

Born With Teeth is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by
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