{"id":7821,"date":"2026-06-30T02:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/event\/hip-to-hip-theatre-presents-the-tempest\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:51:39","slug":"hip-to-hip-theatre-presents-the-tempest","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/event\/hip-to-hip-theatre-presents-the-tempest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip to Hip Theatre presents: The Tempest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hip to Hip Theatre presents: The Tempest<br \/>\nSunday, August 17, 2025<br \/>\n4:30 &#8211; 6:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>RSVP Free HERE<br \/>\nRain or shineJoin us for an afternoon of Shakespeare in our park. Bring a picnic basket and come early for a kids and classics workshop followed by the performance of The Tempest.<\/p>\n<p>4:30 pm &#8211; Kids &#038; the Classics Children\u2019s Workshop<\/p>\n<p>Kids &#038; the Classics is the companion piece to Hip to Hip\u2019s program of &#8220;Free Shakespeare in the Parks.\u201d This free interactive workshop is offered 30 minutes before every performance, and is designed for children ages 4 to 12. It gives children a chance to interact with the text by previewing the characters and situations, and creating links between the text and their own lives through theatre games and close reading of text.5:00 pm &#8211; The Tempest\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teeming with fairies, monsters, shipwrecks, and magic, The Tempest is Shakespeare\u2019s last and most imaginative comedy. After twelve years on a deserted island, a deposed Duke is now a mighty sorcerer. He raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom.<br \/>\nAbout Hip to Hip Theatre Company<br \/>\nHip to Hip Theatre Company was founded in 2007 by Queens-based actors Jason and Joy Marr, who wanted to share with the community their enthusiasm for great plays, the works of Shakespeare in particular. The company is dedicated to stimulating and developing interest in the theatre arts in underserved communities by providing free, family-friendly, professional productions of popular classics, and free theatre workshops for children, in public spaces.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7822,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[],"class_list":["post-7821","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}