A rarely-produced gem, this sly, sexy, “surprise ending” romantic comedy is our love letter to a world cloaked in uncertainty and disappointment. Aided by his loyal friends (the reluctant Berowne and eager Longaville and Dumain) Ferdinand, the King of Navarre, vows to foreswear “sensual pursuits” for a year. Their ascetic plans go awry almost immediately, as they are visited by the beautiful Princess of France and her ladies in waiting, randy Rosaline, kittenish Katherine and merry Maria, with whom the men form various romantic attachments. Meanwhile, the pompous Spanish envoy Don Armado has set his sights on the lusty country wench Jaquenetta, who is, in turn, fooling around with the court clown, Costard. Mis-delivered love letters, disguise, lies, merry match-making and covert liasons build to a hilariously comical climax--a “show-within-a-show” that rivals the comic genius at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream--that makes “what happens at the end” (?!!!) all that more poignant… and resonant. PG Rated

No rehearsals. No blocking. Using the original "first folio" script, elements of improvisation, British holiday pantomimes and an approach that scholars believe to be the way in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries put shows on their feet in mere hours, it is an audience-interactive “Shakespeare Improv” that makes for an exciting evening that is GUARANTEED to be different every time it is performed. The Bard’s shortest and most dizzying play, “The Comedy of Errors has a convoluted plot that follows two sets of identical twins, separated by tragedy as infants (and thus unaware that the other exists). Add to this jealous wives, scheming mistresses, long-lost spouses, love at first sight, the (always comic) death sentence, surprise reunions and more plot twists than an episode of “Lost”, and you’ve got the recipe for a comedy of truly erroneous proportions (or an error of truly comic proportions—your choice!) G Rated

Presented by our newest professional company, The Young People’s Players (a troupe of local teens who have gone through our acting classes) this is an original show that turns the usual fairy tale stereotypes upside down! Come watch the kids strut their stuff as King Fudfartfunkle desperately attempts to make his imperfect kingdom--populated with The Knights in White Satin (who are afraid of Floyd the Pink Dragon), Galoodnapooper (the Unfunny Jester), Princess Putridina (who refuses to live happily ever after) and his Loving Royal Subjects (who hate him)--become perfect so that William Shakespeare will write about him and make him famous. Does he succeed? Come out and see for yourself! G Rated

The Bard’s only comedy set in England, this is a slapdash, farcical gallop that plays like an Elizabethan version of “Three’s Company”: Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor down on both his luck and cash. He hatches a scheme to raise funds whereby he will seduce best friends Mistresses Ford and Page. The wealthy ladies are on to him, though, enacting a plan that sets off several hilarious pranks! Falstaff’s fired sidekicks, Pistol and Nym seek revenge and tell the husbands of Falstaff’s plot. The jealous Ford tests his wife’s fidelity by disguising himself as an illicit lover, hiring Falstaff to woo his wife on his behalf. Meanwhile, Page's daughter, Anne, has 3 suitors: Her mother’s choice--the dyspeptic French doctor Caius, her father’s choice—“wet blanket“ Slender and her choice—the sweet and strapping Fenton. As they all prepare for the final prank--staged as a hilarious mock Druidic song and dance ceremony that concludes this ingenious romp--nothing is as it seems as the merry wives carry out their final plot against a flagging Falstaff. PG Rated

Believed to have been the final play penned solely by William Shakespeare, this beautiful music and dance-filled spectacle is his most mature and contemplative work, examining the nature of what constitutes artifice and reality in our lives. It weaves the story of Prospera, a sorceress and the rightful Dutchess of Milan. She and her daughter Miranda were exiled to an enchanted Celtic isle by her betraying brother, Antonio, and scheming Alonso, the King of Naples, who usurped her throne. She is served by two slaves—the shape-shifting spirit Ariel and Caliban, the feral son of the island’s former ruler, the evil witch Sycorax. When magic reveals that a ship bearing these old enemies is sailing near the island, Prospera summons a storm to wreck them. Among the survivors is Ferdinand, the son of Alonso, with whom Miranda immediately falls in love. Marooned elsewhere on the island are King Alonso, his advisor Gonzalo and Antonio--who now plots to murder Alonso and garner the crown. On top of this, a third group has come ashore—Alonso’s steward Stephano and clown Trinculo, who encounter Caliban in a hilariously comic tour de force culminating in a drunken Caliban enlisting the two in a plot to kill Prospera and rule the island himself, promising Miranda to Stephano, even though she has pledged her troth to Ferdinand. And thus the threads of deception, revenge, redemption, love, artifice, reality and magic are interwoven in this, the bard’s last tale. One in which all sides of forgiveness are illuminated and “we are such stuff as dreams are made on”! G Rated

Bring your family to this fresh, fast-paced, and funny adaptation of one of literature’s most thrilling romantic adventures. The dashing musketeers—and their sidekick/Narrator Planchet—swashbuckle their way through nefarious villains, international intrigue, and exotic ladies. It's "all for one and one for all!" in an action-packed update of this beloved classic where the twist is that the action “freezes” at crucial plot points so that the audience can vote on which way the show will go. Love or Hate? Death or Life? Humor or Sadness? Wine or Lose? The fate of the characters (and the direction of the play) rests in the audiences hands!

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