As You Like It 14-15

A wise fool and a melancholy malcontent, carnal vows and a cross-dressed gal, a magical forest, a wintry court and…Greco-Roman wrestling? All the world’s a stage in As You Like It, one of Shakespeare’s fullest comedies, where poetry, mistaken identities and true love lost and found abound. When Rosalind escapes to the Forest of Arden—disguised as a boy and with her cousin in tow—she seeks only refuge from her uncle’s wrath. But the woods are home to many an expat, with intertwined histories and mysteries to unravel on the journey home.

Artistic Director Michael Kahn has long anticipated bringing internationally acclaimed Shakespearean director Michael Attenborough to Washington—whose U.S. work is previously limited to London transfers to New York. As the choice for his American regional debut, Attenborough requested the light-hearted As You Like It, which he considers a “very personal and warm-spirited” play, perfectly suited to the intimate Lansburgh Theatre.

Learn more in
ASIDES MAGAZINE

 

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• TV Spot
• How to Know a Man
• What it is to Love
• Watch a montage of scenes
• Director Michael Attenborough on his American Debut
• Rosalind, The Heartbeat of the Play
• The Truth About Comedy
• The Actor’s
• The Madness of Love
• Obsessed With Shakespeare

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Happy Anderson*
Corin

Ian Bedford*
Charles

Jeff Brooks*
Adam

Jonathan Feuer
Ensemble

Tara Giordano*
Audrey

Luis Alberto Gonzalez
Ensemble

Te’La Curtis Lee
Hymen

Valeri Mudek*
Phebe

Stephen Pilkington*
Silvius

Alex Piper
Ensemble

Joel David Santner*
Le Beau

Matthew Schleigh*
Amiens

Todd Scofield*
First Lord

Derek Smith*
Jaques

Theodore Snead
Ensemble

Timothy D. Stickney*
Duke Senior/ Duke Frederick

Andrew Veenstra*
Orlando

Adina Verson*
Celia

Zoë Waites*
Rosalind

Andrew Weems*
Touchstone

Nathan Winkelstein
Ensemble

Gregory Wooddell*
Oliver

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
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Michael Attenborough
Director

Jonathan Fensom
Set / Costume Designer

Robert Wierzel
Lighting Designer

Steve Brush
Sound Designer / Composer

Karma Camp
Choreographer

Ellen O’Brien
Head of Voice and Text

Robb Hunter
Fight Director

Carter C. Wooddell
Resident Casting Director

Drew Lichtenberg
Literary Associate/ Dramaturg

Katherine Burris
Assistant Director

Bret Torbeck*
Stage Manager

Elizabeth Clewley*
Assistant Stage Manager
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