FIRST LOOK: The Arden of Faversham

Come see an exclusive staged first look of this epic production directed by Luke Wisniewski.

The Arden of Faversham depicts the real life murder of the wealthy Thomas Arden at the hands of his wife Alice, her lover Mosby, and several wanton knaves. Its authorship is unknown, though scholars have named Shakespeare as one of its likely playwrights. One of the first "true crime" plays, its release and violent depiction of the murder rocked Elizabethan England almost as much as it will blow your mind.

Luke Wisniewski

is a proud Minnesotan and theater artist living in NYC. Recently, he directed and performed in his new work, Public Broadcast Laboratory, an adaption of a late 60’s news broadcast infused with folk gospel music exploring America’s distant relationship with death. This production premiered alongside 11 other new experimental works at ALab Theater Festival at the IRT Theater, where Luke served as the Festival Director. In March, he directed and performed The Seagull at The Clemente in partnership with the NYU ProFunds Grant Program and in October of 2024 he directed A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard.

As an actor he recently performed with Hoi Polloi in Winning is Winning (d. Alec Duffy) and with Quick and Dirty Theatre Co. in The Iguana Becomes Marco as the titular Iguana. He has performed in 10+ productions at NYU and with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. He has sound designed for WP Theater, SoHo Rep, The Pit, NYU Tisch, and hosts a variety radio show, “NYWho?”. In his free time he volunteers with The Wooster Group and at PS3 Elementary School, teaching movement and physics to students. BFA: NYU. lukewisniewski.com