Matt Damon, Christine Baranski and Gloria Reuben will join the lineup of noted actors scheduled to appear at “What Are We Worth? Shakespeare, Money, And Morals,†a one-night free event at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Monday, June 17 at 8 pm.
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater, and Damian Woetzel, director of The Aspen Institute Arts Program, announced the additional performers on Monday. The institutions are partners in the theater’s Public Forum, a series of performances, lectures and conversations with opinion makers across a variety of disciplines. This is the first time the forum - now in its third year - has been at the Delacorte.
The June 17 event includes readings from a variety of Shakespeare works on money and justice. Alan Alda, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Lily Rabe, Vanessa Redgrave and others had previously been announced as participants. The 90-minute program also includes a town-hall conversation with the audience conducted by Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor and the author of “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.â€
Free tickets will be distributed, two per person, at noon on June 17 at the Delacorte or by lottery at www.shakespeareinthepark.org. Tickets are also available for a $75 tax-deductible donation apiece to the Public Forum. For information and to donate, call 212-967-7555.
