"The Comedy of Errors: A First Folio Frolic"
July 2009
Presented by: Company A (SHAKESPERIMENT Lab)

This marked our first foray into the "original" way of doing Shakespeare: Except for individual script analysis sessions with SHAKESPERIMENT Lab Director James A. Bond, there were no rehearsals, no pre-set blocking and no director--only an on-stage Prompter t keep the cast " on point" in performance. When cast, each actor was instructed to NOT look at the play in its' entirety and to NOT talk to each other about their role or the plot. They were to go on stage only knowing their lines and the five words that preceded them (i.e. cues). Therefore, they had to use common sense and look for the clues embedded in Shakespeare's text to navigate their way on stage... just like their characters, they were "discovering" the plot (and each other) alongside the audience! To add our own "spin", the actors memorized two roles each, which made for 20 possible cast configurations--but did not know until they were standing on stage and an audience member chose the number that corresponded to that night's cast configuration which they would play that night. It was a rollicking and HUGELY successful venture for the actors, the theatre and the audience (although it was a bit humbling for our directors to be effectively rendered useless!)

Greg Berney, Mike Goldlist, Chris Blake, Chiara Klein await their role selection

Jonah Priour, Bry Power, Aidan Paticchio, Rachael Yoder, Meg Smith and Stephanie Strohm await their role assignments

Rory Pelsue gives patron Margaret Turner the (dubious) honor of making the role selections

Company Manager Liz Smith as prompter--keeping the actors on track in the first folio approach

Rachael Yoder plays the beleaguered father (Egeon) in this performance

Egeon's Tale of Woe--the longest speech in Shakespeare's canon (Rachael Yoder)

Jonah Priour as one of the twin servants (Dromio)

Chiara Klein as the shrewish wife (Adriana) who mistakenly believes this to be her misbehaving servant Dromio (Jonah Priour).

Adriana (Chiara Klein) holds forth her views about marriage

The other twin Dromio (Aidan Paticchio)

Dromio's dilemma

Dromio flies by the seat of his er...pants!

Adriana (Chiara Klein) berates the man she believes to be her husband Antipholus (Chris Blake)--but he is actually her husband's long-lost twin!

Adriana (Chiara Klein) and her sister Luciana (Bry Power) await word from Adriana's wayward husband

The slatternly kitchen wench Luce (Stephanie Strohm)

Luce (Stephanie Strohm), Adriana (Chiara Klein) and Dromio (Aidan Paticchio) ponder their situation

Chris Blake as one (of two) Antipholus' (Antipholi?) with the man he believes to be his servant Dromio (Aidan Paticchio) but is actually Dromio's long lost missing twin!

The courtesan (Stephanie Strohm) serves as the welcoming committee

The courtesan (Stephanie Strohm) works her (considerable) wiles

Antipholus (Chris Blake) wooing Luciana (Bry Power)

Jonah Priour (Dromio), Stephanie Strohm (Courtesan), Rory Pelsue (Dr Pinch), Chiara Klein (Adriana) and Bry Power (Luciana) and Liz Smith (Prompter) putting the "comedy" in Comedy of Errors

The other twin Antipholus (Meg Smith) accosted by the frenetic, faith-healing Dr Pinch (Rory Pelsue)

"He is mad!" declares Dr. Pinch (Rory Pelsue)

Luciana (Bry Power) despairs at being wooed by the man she believes to be her brother in law Antipholus

Antipholus of Ephesus (Meg Smith) and his servant Dromio (JOnah Priour) make plans to escape Crazy Town (aka Syracuse)

Antipholus of Syracuse (Chris Blake) dreams of the beauteous Luciana

The constable (Rachael Yoder) looks askance at the proceedings

The courtesan (Stephanie Strohm) plots revenge

The hirsute Abbess (Rory Pelsue) brings the zaniness to a (brief) halt

Adriana (Chiara Klein) tries to convince the Duke (Greg Berney) of her husband's innocence

The reunited long-lost Antipholi "identical" twins (Chris Blake, Meg Smith)

Rachael Yoder (Egeon), Abbess (Rory Pelsue), Antonio (Natalie Neckyfarow), Duke (Greg Berney) and the reunited Antipholi twins (Chris Blake, Meg Smith) reveal yet another plot twist!

A courtesan sandwich--the reunited long-lost Dromio "identical" twins with their new girlfriend (Jonah Priour, Stephanie Strohm, Aidan Pattichio)

And they all lived happily ever after--the Abbess reveals that she is Egeon's missing wife, Amelia, and the Antipholi twins are reunited with their long-lost parents.

Art Becomes Reality: In a strange twist of truly Shakespearean proportions, after the show it was revealed that Artistic Director Donna Devlin-Young was actually Shakesperiment Director J. A. Bond's long-lost, identical twin. Here they pose to show their uncanny resemblance!

"Love's Labours Lost"
July 2009

Directed By: James Alexander Bond
Company Manager: Elizabeth Smith
Presented By: 2009 SHAKESPERIMENT LAB

Presented at three different venues in two different towns over the course of three week-ends in July, this was the first production (of 7) in our 2009 Summer Festival Season. With additional original music created and performed by the cast, this vibrant and bittersweet production was the culmination of a 9 day rehearsal process that marked the stunning debut of "Company A"--our SHAKESPERIMENT LAB performers. Set against a backdrop of grafitti that contained inside jokes, the title of every show in the 2009 Summer Season and the names of key sponsors, the rain-soaked productions were well attended and enthusiastically received.

Our outdoor theatre

The Prince of Navarre (Aidan Paticchio) declares all women off limits for the men in his kingdom

Clown Costard (Chiara Klein) courts country wench Jaquenetta (Natalie Neckyfarow)

Hot-blooded Spaniard Don Armado (Jonah Priour) espouses his love for Jaquenetta

The lusty Jaquenetta (Natalie Neckyfarow)

The Princess of France (Stephanie Strohm) arrives in Navarre accompanied by her advisor Boyet (Rory Pelsue) and ladies-in-waiting Katherine (Rachael Yoder), Maria (Bry Power) and Rosaline (Meg Smith)

Maria (Bry Power) tells the ladies of her attraction to Longaville

Boyet (Rory Pelsue) advises the ladies of the Prince's laws against romance in Navarre

The ladies listen to Boyet's advice

Mischevious Rosaline (Meg Smith)

Berowne (Mike Goldlist) reveals his love for Rosaline

Dumaine (Chris Blake) reveals his love for Katherine

Dumaine STILL revealing his love for Katherine

Dumaine (Chris Blake) is admonished by Longaville (Greg Berney) about breaking the laws in Navarre

Katherine (Rachael Yoder) reveals her love of Dumaine

Meanwhile...Don Armado (Jonah Priour) plots to win Jaquenetta

While Jaquenetta (Natalie Neckyfarow) vows to have nothing to do with Don Armado

The princess (Stephanie Strohm) receives a love letter from the King of Navarre

The King and his men disguise themselves as "Muscovites" to woo the women

The women disguise themselves to play a trick on the men

Rosaline (Meg Smith) takes off her mask to reveal her true feelings for Berowne

Jaquenetta (Natalie Neckyfarow) and Don Armado (Jonah Priour) perform the amateur theatrical "The Nine Worthies", written by Costard

Jaquenetta (Natalie Neckyfarow) wrestles a deadly snake

Don Armado (Jonah Priour) as the brave Hector

Court clown Costard (Chiara Klein) sings the cuckoo song at the end of the Nine Worthies

The now-coupled couples dance to celebrate the end of the play

"No Holds Bard"
July 2009

Directed by: James Alexander Bond
Written by: Donna Devlin
Company Manager: Elizabeth Smith
Presented by: 2009 SHAKESPERIMENT LAB

A raucous, audience-participatory sketch comedy improv show that featured games, spoofs and satire celebrating all things Shakespearean. It played at our new Town Square space in Waterville Valley.

"The Not Necessarily Ready for Primetime Pray-ers.."
(Aidan Paticchio, Michael Goldlist, Greg Berney, Natalie Neckyfarow, Rachael Yoder, Stephanie Strohm)

"Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee!" Rachael and Mike play the Shakespearean Insults Game (looks like Rachael is winning)

"Peace, ye fat guts! " Stephanie and Greg trade insults

"Your virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese." Mike gets one over on Steph

"The Merchant of the Celebrity Apprentice"
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons Bassanio (Michael Goldlist), Gazzillionaire Shylock Grump (Greg Berney) and sex-pot Portia/L'il Kim (Stephanie Strohm) pose for a publicity photo

"Mr Grump, we just wanted to rock and roll all night and party every day" Gene Simmons Bassanio

Antonio Verne Troyer (Aidan Paticchio) comes on the show to save his good friend Gene Simmons Bassanio

"I’m Queen of the Universe!"
Tara Conner (Rachael Yoder)

"Urk.....I don't feel so good"
Tara then proceeds to barf all over Shylock Grump's shoes

The cast sings "Ophelia" (to the tune of Simon and Garfunkle's "Cecilia")

"The Real Life Desperately Merry Housewives of Windsor"
Mistress Lynette Page (Rachael Yoder), Mistress Quickley(Stephanie Strohm) and Mistress Gabriela Ford (Natalie Neckyfarow) live on Wisteria- Lane- on- Avon.

"I see in your dugs the very kindness of human milk"
John Falstaff (Aidan Eastwood-Paticchio), the gardener, decides to go shirtless to impress Gabriela Ford

"CSI-Macbeth"
Catherine Willows (Natalie Neckyfarow) and Sara Sidle (Rachael Yoder) investigate the untimely death of the owner of the popular nightclubs, Cawdor and Glomis, Seamus Macbeth (Greg Berney)

It's Bad Sonnet Time!

Both the Raven (Stephanie Strohm) who is very hoarse and Lavinia (Rachael Yoder) who is sans tongue and hands are, according to "Shakespearean Idol" judge Simon Scowl (Greg Berney), "the worst singers I've ever heard".

Kris Allen Bottom (Michael Goldlist) is congratulated after his "Shakespearean Idol" win by Simon Scowl (Greg Berney)

Shakespearean Yoga anyone? The beauty of our outdoor Town Square stage is surpassed only by the grace of our humble players.

The crowd goes wild! Shakesperiment Director James Alexander Bond is elated with the performance, deciding to retire immediately after as, "I'll never top that--best to go out while I'm ahead".

"The Merry Wives of Windsor"
July & August 2009
Directed by: Donna Devlin
Company Manager: Chiara Klein

Challenging our "bare bones bard" approach to the max, this rollicking, slapstick farce forced our cast of 7 to play over 14 different characters. Included here are pictures from a performance on our "Women of Grace" outdoor stage located in Waterville Valley, N.H.

Parson Slender (Will Hammond) declares his love for Anne Page

Falstaff's sidekick Pistol (Lindsay Tanner)

Falstaff''s other sidekick, Nym (Mitch Conway)

The lecherous, scheming con man, Sir John Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

The crazy French doctor, Caius (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli), declares his love for Anne Page

Dr. Caius, Parson Slender and Caius' housekeeper Mistress Quickly (Tara Henderson) devise a plot

Mistress Page (Andrea Pinyan) receives a love letter from Falstaff

Mistress Page and Mistress Ford (Donna Devlin) receive identical love letters from Falstaff

Master Ford (Will Hammond) doubts his wife's fidelity

Master Page (Tara Henderson) believes his wife to be faithful and counsels Ford to do the same

Master Ford is dubious

Masters Ford (Will Hammond) and Page (Tara Henderson) make a wager to test their wive's fidelity

Master Ford (Will Hammond) disguises himself as "Mr Brook" to trick his wife and Falstaff

An amorous Mistress Quickly (Tara Henderson)

Lusty Mistress Quickley (Tara Henderson) and her prey, Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

Mistress Quickley "courts" Falstaff

Mistress Quickley (Tara Henderson) reveals a secret to Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

"Mr Brook"/Ford (Will Hammond) punishes Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

Mistress Page (Andrea Pinyan) feigns surprise

Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli) "hides"

The two wives (Andrea Pinyan, Donna Devlin) in a not so "merry" moment

Mistress Page (Andrea Pinyan) tricks Falstaff

The two wives counsel their servants to help hide Falstaff in a basket filled with dirty laundery

Mistress Page (Andrea Pinyan) and Mistress Ford (Donna Devlin) with the lecherous Sir John Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

The two wives (Andrea Pinyan, Donna Devlin) in a very merry moment!

Falstaff (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli) and Crier Hobgoblin (Rupert Pupkin)

"Crier Hobgoblin make the fairies' oyes!" (Rupert Pupkin)

Mistress Page (Andrea Pinyan) and Mistress Ford (Donna Devlin) celebrate their victory over Falstaff

"The Tempest"
July & August 2009
Directed by: Donna Devlin
Company Manager: Chiara Klein
Original Music: Andrea Pinyan

Presented in the round, with the audience seated amongst the action of the play, this production featured original Celtic-inspired music with various performers playing the recorder, guitar and pennywhistle, as well as singing by the entire cast. The majrity of the pictures below are from the Opening Night of the show, at our new performance space at the Plymouth Rotary Ampitheatre (which presented some unique challenges to the "in the round" concept). At the end, there are a few stills from our Opening Night at New York City's Marble Cemetery--where our season traditionally draws to a close in a series of youth camp fundraising performances.

"Tricksy spirit" Ariel (Andrea Pinyan)

"Hell hath no fury like a sorceress scorn'd": Donna Devlin as the banished Dutchess of Milan, Prospera

Prospera's daughter, Miranda (Lindsay Tanner)

"This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother" declares Prospera's slave, Caliban (Will Hammond)

Prospera (Donna Devlin) beats her slave Caliban (Will Hammond)

"O thou mine heir of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish
hath made his meal on thee?": The grieving Queen of Naples, Alonsa (Tara Henderson)

"We have lost your son, I fear, for ever. The fault's your own" Antonio (Mitchell Conway) rubs the wound when he should bring in the plaster

Alonsa's drunken steward, Stephano (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

"I shall hide me here until the dregs of the storm be passed" Trinculo (Mitchell Conway) hides under what he thought to be a dead monsters cloak

"A pottle of sac"--Stephano's best friend!

"Oh, Stephano. My good friend, Stephano"
Trinculo (Mitchell Conway) is REALLY glad to see his friend Stephano (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli)

Neopolitan court clown Trinculo (Mitch Conway) reunited with Stephano (Jonah Dill D'Ascoli)

Ariel (Andrea Pinyan) plays a trick on a clueless Trinculo (Mitch Conway)

Caliban (Will Hammond) agrees to help Stephano and Trinculo overthrow Prospera

"Ban, Ban, Cacaliban has a new master..."
Caliban sings his delight at finding a new master

While Queen Alonsa (Tara Henderson) and her advisor Gonzalo (Will Hammond) rest, Antonio (Mitchell Conway) is poised to strike

"Look how well these garments fall upon me" treacherous Antonio trying to convince the audience (and himself) of his fitness to rule both Naples and Milan

Ariel (Andrea Pinyan) uses "strange music" to lull the usurpers

"Patient log man" Ferdinand, Prince of Naples, is captured and forced into servitude by Prospera

"I would rather crack my sinews, break my back, than watch you toil while I sit idly by" Ferdinand (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli) expresses his love for Miranda (Lindsay Tanner)

Prospera looks on as Ferdinand and her daughter Miranda are alone for the first time

"A Living Drollery" Ariel summons spirits to trick the hapless Neopolitans.

Ariel (Andrea Pinyan) issues a dire prediction.

"I see what belongs in a frippery!" The clowns are tricked into taking "glistering apparel" to distract them from their plot to kill Prospera

"The master, the swabber, the boatswain and I" The drunken clowns revel in the ill-begotten finery

"The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance." Prospera (Donna Devlin) makes a difficult moral decision

Prospera forgives Alonsa for her betrayal and banishment

Prospera is reunited with her old friend Gonzalo (Will Hammond) who aided in her escape 12 years prior

"I do forgive thy rankest faults, all of them" Prospera forgives her brother Antonio (Mitchell Conway)

"Oh, what goodly creatures have we here!" Miranda (Lindsay Tanner) sees other people for the first time in 12 years.

"Be free and fare thee well"
After years of faithful service, Prospera releases Ariel.

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on." Prospera (Donna Devlin) ends the play with an impassioned speech to the audience.

"I shall call forth mutinous winds!" Prospera wields great power as she summons the (titular) tempest that open the play. As you can see from the numerous umbrellas, she REALLY did call forth the rain! (NYC Marble Cemetery)

"Confined within a cloven pine." Ariel (Andrea Pinyan) is forced to remember her imprisonment inside a tree, from which Prospera (Donna Devlin) rescued her 12 years prior.

The vile Antonio and the noble Gonzalo verbally spar

The crowd enjoys a lovely evening at the New York Marble Cemetery, hurricane be damned!

"The 3-D Musketeers"
August 2009

Written & Directed by: Donna Devlin
Company Manager: Chiara Klein

Presented at our Town Square Stage in Waterville Valley, this audience participatory romp through one of classical literature's most famous stories was the most-watched and most talked about show in our theatre's history. What made it "3-D"? Through-out the show, the action stopped and the audience voted on the next plot point. Some folks came to every show and it was never the same show twice.

The crowd anxiously awaits the start of the show

Our Littlest Musketeer

Porthos (Mitchell Conway) and Athos (Will Hammond) brandish their blades in preparation for a fight

Cardinal Richelieu (Mitchell Conway) perfects his evil walk

In a flash of evil brilliance, Cardinal Richelieu (Mitchell Conway) tells the audience his entire plan

The audience listens intently while the Cardinal carries on

The Cardinal (Conway)continues to pontificate while humble narrator, Ensemble (Tara Henderson) cowers in the background

"It's him. The horse insulter. The note nabber."
Ensemble (Tara Henderson) and D'Artagnon (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli)

Porthos (Mitchell Conway) gets his drunken bell rung by D'Artagnon (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli)

Lady-in-Waiting Constance (Andrea Pinyan) and Queen Anne (Donna Devlin) contemplate their distant loves

"Shhhhhh!" Cardinal Richelieu (Mitchell Conway) sneaks up on Constance (Andrea Pinyan)

The cardinal loves to talk, even when he's supposed to be sneaky

"You'll have plenty of time to think....sitting in the Bastille, my dear" ((insert diabolical laugh here)

The Musketeers-- Aramis (Tara Henderson), D'Artagnon (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli), Athos (Will Hammond) and Porthos (Mitchell Conway) decide to head to England to ruin the Cardinal's plot

The audience is given a choice:

A.) Should she kiss him
B.) Slap him for his freshness
C.) Do BOTH...

Option C: Kiss AND Slap
Constance (Andrea Pinyan) and D'Artagnon (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli) have an amorous encounter 3-D style!

Our littlest musketeer hits the dusty trail with the rest of his cohorts (Liam Devlin)

A confused Ensemble (Tara Henderson) is left behind as the Musketeers run off to England

King Louis XIII (Jonah Dill-D'ascoli) and his Queen (Donna Devlin) happily display themselves to their admiring subjects

The Queen (Donna Devlin) and her secret paramour, Lord Buckingham of rival England (Will Hammond)

"The Queen has taken a lovair!" Ensemble says in a tizzy (Tara Henderson)

The pompous King Louis (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli) beckons to his Queen

His plot exposed, Cardinal Richelieu (Mitchell Conway) runs off to his room to cry

Milady (Lindsay Tanner) looking EVIL in this year's latest fashion trend, the Hooded Cloak

Cardinal: "Worried that Buckingham might invade you?"
Queen Anne: "Oh, would that were possible..."
King Louis: "Somebody get me a sandwich!"

Cardinal: "Where could I have lost my keys?"

After Constance (Andrea Pinyan) is poisoned by Milady, D'Artagnon (Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli), Queen Anne (Donna Devlin) and Athos (Will Hammond) lament her death

"One for All and All for One!" D'Artagnon joins the Musketeers.

The Cast
In Front: Will Hammond, Donna Devlin, Tara Henderson, Andrea Pinyan, Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli
In Back: Mitchell Conway and Lindsay Tanner

"Sugar Coated Shakespeare"
July & August 2009

Directed by: James Alexander Bond, Chiara Klein
Written by: Donna Devlin

Always the delight of kids and parents alike, our Interactive Family Matinees are a patchwork quilt of shakespeare and other classical literature woven around poems and nursery rhymes. We have them coming back year after year to visit with us under the tent in Towen Square.

Belle (Bry Power)- "Did you ever stumble upon a sleeping gal trapped in a glass coffin?"
Prince Charming (Jonah Priour)- "NO"

Some kids are just a little bigger than others

"You must be this tall to ride the horsies"

5 Little Monkeys

Even the parents help out

"One fell off and bumped her head"
Prince Charming (Jonah Priour)

"And therefore is Love said to be a child,
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled."
Belle hits us with a little Shakespeare

And now for the singing interlude

"Prospero's Island"
August 2009

Written & Directed by: Chiara Klein
Presented by: 2009 "CAN DO" Youth Camp Troupe

Each year our Reach for the Stars "CAN DO" Summer Youth Camp culminates in the performance of a scaled down version of one of our Main Stage shows. At the camps, the actors from our professional company teach skills to the kids that are then incorporated into the performance. This year a record number of kids participated in the junior version of "The Tempest"and a record number of patrons came to see the show, which concluded our 2009 NH Summer Season at the "Women of Grace Stage" in Waterville Valley.

The audience begins to gather hours before the start of the show.

The Castaways (Hannah H., Brooke & Dylan F. and
Madelena R.)

Hannah B. as Ariel, a spirit in service to Prospero

Garrett M. as Skipper, one of the Castaways on Prospero's Island

Prince Ferdinand (Adam M.) laments the loss of his mother, The Queen of Naples, in a shipwreck

Brooke F. as Mrs. Howell with Miranda (Tatyana H.)

Miranda (Tatyana H.) listens intently as her Father Prospero speaks

Antonia (Devon L.) broodingly axamines her fate

The Professor, a Castaway (Hannah H.), shows off her clam-digger pants and stylish sun hat

Mary-Anne (Madelena R.) measures how big Caliban's (Evan M.) ego is

Caliban (Evan M.) doesn't like being held captive in a cave, he wants more space...maybe even a jacuzzi.

Ginger (Rachel K.) has words for Prospero as the rest of her posse (Brooke F., Garrett M., Dylan F. and Madelena R.) look on

The Clowns (Nate K., Meghan J. and Maeve C)... because every Shakespeare comedy has to have clowns

Adam M. as Ferdinand professes his love for Miranda

"This place is giving me a migraine" says Alonsa, Queen of Naples (Stephanie S.)

Alonsa (Stephanie S.) and her closest advisor Gonzala (Olivia B.) stop to take a nap

Ariel, here played by Ellie K., Courtney S., Hannah B. and Gabby R., waits to do some mischief

"The Ariels" poised for action

"This 3 inches of steel...errrr FOAM" Antonia prepares to enact her plan of killing Alonsa and taking her throne

Trinculo (Nathan K.) and Stephano (Rachel O.) look on from above

Dylan F. in his incredibly awesome hat

The Castaways - Mrs. Howell (Brook F.), Skipper (Garrett M.), Gilligan (Dylan F.), Mary-Anne (Madelena R.) and Ginger (Rachel K.)

Prospero (Michael B.) and three of his Ariels (Ellie K., Gabby R., and hannah B.)

Gabby R., Courtney S., Hannah B., Olivia B., Devon L., Rachel K., Hannah H., Brooke F. and Dylan F. line up for their bows

Brooke F., Dylan F., Madelena R., Garrett M., Nathan K., Evan M. and Rachel O. take a bow

After the kids show, the audience waits expectantly for the start of the professional show, always shown as a double-feature on our Final Night of the NH Summer Season.

"Puttin' the shake back in Shakespeare" one toddler at a time!

"Practically Perfect"
July 2009

Directed by: Chiara Klein
Written by: Donna Devlin
Presented by: The 2009 Young People's Players

having been paid for their involvement, this marked the professional debut of all of the young actors involved as well as the director (a junior from Dartmouth college). It was tailored specifically to showcase the talent of some of the more experienced kids from within the ranks of our CAN DO Youth Theatre Camp. Over the course of one week-end at all three of our Main Stages, the junior thespians presented this audience-interactive "fractured fairy tale" about self-acceptance that had audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter. Deespite rain at every performance, the "show must/did go on"--demonstrating the resilience of youth (and our ever-faithful audiences).

"Good Morning Subjects"
Queen Fudfartfunkle (Rachel O.) greets her....um...loyal (?) and soggy subjects

Princess Putridina (Tatyana H.) in one of her foul moods

Galoodnapooper (Devon L.) the Queen's Court Jester performs one of her famously un-funny jokes

"There must be something perfect in my almost-perfect kingdom." Queen Fudfartfunkle (Rachel O.) starts her search for perfection in her far from perfect kingdom

The Dark Knight of the Soul (Devon L.) and the Boogie Knight (Hannah B.) are The Knights of the Picnic Table.

Irina (Devon L.) and Georgina (Tatyana H.), the Queen's minstrels have written a new song...

William Shakespeare (Devon L.) is not at all inspired to write a play about perfection.

Boogie Knight (Hannah B.) is stayin alive

Princess Putridina (Tatyana H.) expresses her undying dis-like for Prince Boring of Mundane Mountain

Boogie Knight (Hannah B.) and Dark Knight (Devon L.), triumphant over the Dragon they had feared so long

And they lived happily (and imperfectly) ever after!

Princess Putridina (Tatyana H.), Boogie Knight (Hannah B.), Galoodnapooper (Devon L.)
and Queen Fudfartfunkle (Rachel O.) are elated when they find that being who you are, flaws and all, is actually pretty perfect!