BAC: Shakespeare Gets a Hip Hop Twist

The Q Brothers adapt “Two Gentleman of Verona”

“Dress the Part,” the new Hip Hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Two Gentleman of Verona” from the Q Brothers makes its way to the BAC on Saturday May 11^th, 8pm, 2407 W. 111^th St. Chicago. Fresh off selling out at Steppenwolf, the reimagining of the play brings the story to a high school set in the 1980’s.

The Q Brothers return to high school in their hip hop reimagining of Two Gentlemen of Verona. Proteus and Valentine are high school football stars at Verona College Prep who learn a thing or two about love, learning and loyalty. Over twenty characters are played by two actors who never leave the stage in this 75-minute wild ride.

Award-winning and internationally acclaimed theater artists, the Q Brothers generate original work fusing hip hop and theater, adapting classic stories to a wholly original, entertaining and fast-paced style of comedic performance that has been energizing audiences for over two decades. The Q Brothers conceived the term add-RAP-tation in 1999 with their Off-Broadway hit “The Bomb-itty of Errors.” MTV has called the Q Brother’s “Nothing short of brilliant” and Time Out London says “The rhymes—and the energy— just don’t stop…”

Tickets for the Q Brothers “Dress the Part” are $37 and can be purchased at the BAC box office on the corner of 111^th St. and Western, by calling 773-445-3838, or by visiting beverlyartcenter.org