As You Like ItBy William ShakespeareDirected by Sara Holdren
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The rules of romance are upended in As You Like It, a gloriously entertaining romantic comedy that gleefully interrogates traditional notions of gender, politics, and love. Shakespeare’s dizzying mash-up of romantic escapades, disguised lovers, and mistaken identities amuses and entertains as much as it provokes and challenges.
As You Like It is brought to life by the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival’s Professional Company, under the direction of Sara Holdren, a multitalented theatrical director who also serves as the theatre critic for New York Magazine. Fast, funny, and engaging, As You Like It promises to be a delightful night of theatrical entertainment.
In the wake of banishment and personal peril, irrepressible heroine Rosalind and hopeful hero Orlando find themselves in the forest of Arden, where Rosalind's long-exiled mother, Duke Seena, has created a new kind of community. As a merry cast of characters explore this place of possibility and freedom, true lovers run into strange capers, and in a moving and hilarious alchemy of disguise, desire, and even a bit of magic, Shakespeare asks how we might reimagine the world in which we live.





LEARN MORE:

Blog: "“As You Like It” and Finding “much virtue in ‘if’”" (8/7/24)
Blog: "Setting the Scene" (8/16/24)

CAST:
The de Boys Household:

ORLANDO, youngest son of Sir Roland de Boys: Felix Teich
OLIVIA, Orlando’s older sister: April Sellers
JACK, the middle brother: Dominic Keene
ADAM, an elderly servant to the de Boys family: Mary Neufeld

The Court:

DUKE FREDERICK, the usurping younger brother of the exiled Duke Seena: George Azcárate
CELIA, his daughter: Abigail Gillan*
ROSALIND, her best friend, daughter to the exiled Duke Seena: Julia Valen*
TOUCHSTONE, the court jester: Brennan Caldwell*
MONSIEUR & MADAME LE BEAU, a pair of married courtiers: Gabriel Armstrong, Morgan Ford
CHARLES, the duke’s champion wrestler: Tim Merkle
FIRST LORD, crony to Duke Frederick Melíza Gutierrez
SECOND LORD, likewise: Noah Sim

The Forest of Arden:

DUKE SEENA, exiled former ruler and older sister to Duke Frederick: TayLar*
AMIENS, one of her companions in exile; a singer: Gabriel Armstrong
DIANA, likewise: Morgan Ford
WILLIAM, likewise: Dominic Keene
JAQUES, also a companion to Duke Seena; known for her melancholy: Sarah Scanlon
A strange COMRADE of Duke Seena's group: Mark Young
CORIN, an old shepherd: Mary Neufeld
SILVIUS, her young friend and fellow shepherd, smitten with Phebe: Noah Sim
PHEBE, a shepherdess, not smitten with Silvius: Melíza Gutierrez
AUBREY, a goatherd: Tim Merkle
SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a forest-dwelling priest: Mark Young

* This artist appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
PRODUCTION TEAM:

Sara Holdren: Director
*Olivia Louise Tree Plath: Stage Manager
^Elivia Bovenzi Blitz: Costume Designer
^Inseung Park: Scenic Designer
Jen Rock: Lighting Designer
^Kate Marvin: Sound & Music Designer
Greg Corbino: Puppet Designer
Tiana Mudzimurema: Assistant Director
Allison Pajor:Text Coach
Sarah Scanlon: Intimacy Coordinator / Fight Choreographer
Tobias Garcia: Assistant Props Master / Puppet Operator
Leah Jordan: Props Master / Designer
Kathy Reynolds: Assistant Production Manager / Mentor
Carolyn Dell: Assistant Stage Manager / Puppet Operator
Ella Robertson: Assistant Stage Manager / Puppet Operator
Natalie Bowman: Cutter / Draper
Erin Bryant: Cutter / Draper
Emily Chidalek: Costume Shop Artisan
Lynn Holbrook: Costume Shop Manager
Deborah Mayers: Stitcher / Wardrobe Head Dresser
Abigail Moody: Costume Shop Artisan
Emma Rader: Costume Shop Artisan / Wardrobe Run Crew
Naya Tadavarthy: Costume Shop Artisan / Wardrobe Run Crew
Kathleen Werner: Stitcher
Brenton Abram-Copenhaver: Assistant Technical Director
Hayden Elowsky: Scene Shop Artisan / Carpenter
Emma Greenfield: Scene Shop Artisan / Carpenter
Jenna Sarrazin: Scene Shop Artisan / Carpenter / Assistant Scenic Artist
Jeff Szymanowski: Technical Director / Scenic Artist
Aimee Cole: Puppet Artisan
Jason Swift: Master Electrician
Matt Anderson: Sound Artisan / Sound Board Operator

* This artist appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
^ This individual is a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local 829, a union of designers and artists in the entertainment industry.
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES:

Tuesday, Aug. 20 - 7:30 p.m. EDT (Preview)
Wednesday, Aug. 21 - 7:30 p.m. EDT (Final Dress)
Thursday, Aug. 22 - 7:30 p.m. EDT (Opening)
Friday, Aug. 23 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Saturday, Aug. 24 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Saturday, Aug. 24 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Sunday, Aug. 25 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Tuesday, Aug. 27 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Wednesday, Aug. 28 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Thursday, Aug. 29 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Friday, Aug. 30 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Saturday, Aug. 31 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Saturday, Aug. 31 - 7:30 p.m. EDT
Sunday, Sep. 1 - 2:00 p.m. EDT



Originally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.