Opening Night for RICHARD III with Danai Guirira in Shakespeare In the Park
Ariel Shafir rehearses Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire” opposite Audra McDonald & Carla Gugino directed by Robert Ohara
Premiere of AVA DUVERNAY’S Netflix series ‘WHEN THEY SEE US’
with JOHN LEGUIZAMO at The Apollo Theater Premiere of ‘WHEN THEY SEE US’
I join COLMAN DOMINGO & DAN FOGLER we talk Film vs Theater vs Zombies
Opening of ‘MANKIND’ with ANDRE DESHIELDS at Playwrights Horizons
PRESS: ARIEL SHAFIR as MACBETH at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
" Ariel Shafir as Macbeth shines. His delivery of the 400-year-old text manages to sound more modern than some contemporary dialogue. He brings out the humanity in Macbeth through his humor (never let anyone tell you Macbeth, the show or the character, isn’t funny), fear, and guilt, but not so much that the audience doesn’t root for his eventual defeat. "
PlayShakespeare.com
"Ariel Shafir’s black-booted Macbeth is a riveting, sly, laughing and ultimately mad schemer. Shafir toys with the audience, putting his arm around random theatergoers and offering his hand for a kiss as if from royal subjects. Poss is a beautiful would-be queen, wide eyes controlling the house, completely credible in the role. When Shafir and Poss interact as the couple, they are electrifying."
Denver Post
"Concerning Ariel Shafir’s Macbeth, he was a revelation: He truly made the dialogue sound modern, almost improvisational—yet he was using Shakespeare’s text verbatim. The actress Marianne Moore recently said, “There is something so intimate about acting; lots of things dissolve. Gender dissolves. Age dissolves. Culture dissolves. And you’re just with actors.” I know now what she was talking about."
Atlanta INtown
Showing off his couture on Opening Night of ‘MARIE ANTIONETTE’ at STEPPENWOLF
with Tamberla Perry and Alana Arenas
Opening Night of HENRY V at THE PUBLIC THEATER