Join us for a moderated discussion with director Sara Holdren about her concept for the ND Shakespeare Festival Professional Company production of As You Like It.FREE event. Stop by prior to the evening performance beginning at 6:30 p.m., and get her insights into the process of building an Arden “as we like it." Originally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.

As You Like ItBy William ShakespeareDirected by Sara Holdren BUY TICKETS 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’s also been a regular theatre critic for New York Magazine. Fast, funny, and engaging, As You Like It promises to be a delightful night of theatrical entertainment. Banished to the idyllic forest of Arden, irrepressible heroine Rosalind seeks to restore her long-exiled father to his rightful place as ruler, while romantically entangled with the put-upon hero Orlando. As a merry cast of characters fall in and out of love (and in and out of disguise), Rosalind strives to restore the harmony of her world -- and reclaim her family’s stature. CAST:Gabriel Armstrong: Monsieur Le Beau / Amiens / Ensemble George Azcárate: Duke Frederick / Ensemble *Brennan Caldwell: Touchstone / Ensemble Morgan Ford: Madame Le Beau / Diana / Ensemble Melíza Gutierrez: Second Lord to Duke Frederick / Phebe / Ensemble *Abigail Gillan: Celia / Ensemble Dominic Keene: William / Jack de Boys / Ensemble Tim Merkle: Charles / Aubrey / Ensemble *Mary Neufeld: Adam / Corin / Ensemble Noah Sim: First Lord to Duke Frederick / Silvius / Ensemble Sarah Scanlon: Jaques / Ensemble April Sellers: Olivia / Ensemble *TayLar: Duke Seena / Ensemble Felix Teich: Orlando / Ensemble *Julia Valen: Rosalind / Ensemble Mark Young: Comrade to Duke Seena / Deer / Sir Oliver Martext / Hymen / Ensemble* 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. CREW: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 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 Sarazin: Scene Shop Artisan / Carpenter / Assistant Scenic Artist Jeff Szymanowski: Technical Director / Scenic Artist Aimee Cole: Puppet Artisan Tobias Garcia: Assistant Props Master / Puppet Operator Leah Jordan: Props Master / Designer Jason Swift: Master Electrician Matt Anderson: Sound Artisan / Sound Board OperatorPERFORMANCE 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. EDTOriginally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.

Register here  The Center for Social Concerns hopes you will join it each month for the Virtues & Vocations lunchtime webinar series, Conversations on Character and the Common Good. There is always time for audience questions. Chris Higgins is the chair of the Department of Formative Education at Boston College. He recently published Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education with MIT Press. We will have a conversation about the purpose of education and how universities can educate for flourishing. Virtues & Vocations is a national forum for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. Virtues & Vocations hosts faculty workshops, an annual conference, and monthly webinars, and engages issues of character, professional identity, and moral purpose through our publications.

As You Like ItBy William ShakespeareDirected by Sara Holdren BUY TICKETSThe 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 NeufeldThe 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 SimThe 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. EDTOriginally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.

Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and their families are warmly invited to gather for the Opening of the Academic Year Mass as we ask for God’s blessing on the year ahead. University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., will serve as presider and homilist. All are welcome. More details are available at go.nd.edu/openingmass.

Faculty violinist Patrick Yim and guest pianist, Kiu Tung Poon perform works from their new album featuring music by renowned Chinese-American composer Chen Yi, recipient of the Charles Ives Living Award. This concert is free and not ticketed.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.