Cal Shakes: As You Like It at Bruns Amphitheater, September 19, 2024

Cal Shakes presents William Shakespeare's As You Like It
Bruns Amphitheater
100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda, CA 94563 USA
8:00 PM, Thursday, September 19, 2024

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[7:25 PM] {pre-show talk by Dr. Philippa Kelly about the play and this rendition}

[7:59 PM] {lights down, pre-performance announcements by Clive Worsley, Cal Shakes Executive Director }

[8:02 PM] {Act One begins}
[9:m PM] {Act One ends}

[9:m PM] {lights down; Act Two begins}
[10:54 PM] {Act Two ends}

• Sofia Ahmad: Celia, Duke Frederick's daughter and Rosalind's cousin;
• Catherine Castellanos: Duke Senior/Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, and usurper of his throne;
• Sam Jackson: Rosalind, Duke Senior's daughter;
• Leontyne Mbele-Mbong: Oliver de Boys, eldest son and heir to Old Sir Rowland de Boys/Corin, an elderly shepherd;
• Alicia M. P. Nelson: Phebe, a proud shepherdess/Lord/Forest Lord;
• Jed Parsario: Silvius, a shepherd/Charles, a wrestler;
• Jessica Powell: Adam, a faithful servant of Old Sir Rowland de Boys who follows Orlando into exile/Sir Oliver Martext, a curate/Hymen, god of marriage;
• Stacy Ross: Jaques, the melancholy commentator/Denis, a servant of the de Boys;
• Nic A. Sommerfeld: LeBeau, a courtier of Duke Frederick/Amiens, an attending lord and musician in the Forest of Arden/Audrey, a country girl;
• Chris Steele: Touchstone, the jester;
• Wiley Naman Strasser: Orlando de Boys, youngest son of Old Sir Rowland de Boys.

Today was another damp and chilly day, so Ting and I bundled up for tonight's outdoor event: wool socks, tights, fleece-lined pants, long sleeves, wool overshirts, and down outerlayers. Yes, we were very cozy!

This production of As You Like It was very well done: it was tweaked just enought to feel modern while retaining the charm of the 1599 original. Go see it while you have the chance!

Program Notes

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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