Buy Tickets
From the 2014-2015 Season:
As You Like It
Playing June 19, 2015 to July 12, 2015
$15 General Admission Preview Thursday June 18
Jonathan Horne, Dani Herd
“All the world’s a stage . . .” We invite you to join us on another trip into Shakespeare's enchanted woods. . . where Rosalind disguises herself as a man as Orlando litters the woods with love notes praising her beauty and virtue. Will the two lovers be united? Will Orlando survive the wrestling match? Will you have a great time? Here's a hint: this summer, there's no better place to be than in Shakespeare's woods at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse.
Featuring Chris Kayser as Jaques
Join the cast and crew members for a lively Question and Answer session on Sunday June 28
after the show!
Read the Plot Synopsis
As You Like It Synopsis
from The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare’s Plays by J.C. Trewin
The late sir Rowland de Boys had three sons: Oliver, the eldest, hates the youngest, Orlando, whom he has steadily humiliated. Orlando is matched against the usurping Duke Frederick’s deadly wrestler, Charles; the fight, which the youth wins, is watched by Rosalind, the banished Duke’s daughter, and her cousin, Frederick’s daughter Celia. Orlando and Rosalind fall immediately in love; Frederick, jealous of her popularity, banishes her; and in the disguise of a boy (Ganymede) she leaves with Celia (as Ganymede’s sister) and the jester Touchstone, to find her father in the Forest of Arden, where he lives with a company that includes the melancholy courtier, Jaques.
Orlando and his faithful old Adam have also gone to Arden. The travelers arrive severally: Rosalind and Celia overhear the shepherd Silvius declaring his love for Phebe, a scornful shepherdess. Orlando becomes a member of the Duke’s court, and hangs on the tree his love poems to Rosalind. When he meets her, unknowing, as Ganymede, she promises to cure him of infatuation “if you would be call me Rosalind, and come every day to my cote to woo me”.
Meanwhile Phebe falls in love with “Ganymede,” and Touchstone condescends to the country wench, Audrey. Oliver, whom Frederick has summarily banished to find Orlando, arrives in Arden; on hearing how Orlando has rescued his brother from a lioness – and seeing a bloodstained napkin – “Ganymede” faints. Oliver and Celia are now in love. Presently all the couples in Arden are united: Rosalind reveals herself to Orlando; and Oliver and Celia, Touchstone and Audrey, and even Silvius and Phebe, are in harmony. Frederick has decided to retire from the world into contemplation; the banished Duke is restored and Rosalind speaks an epilogue.
Director's Notes
Directed by Andrew Houchins
Show Information
Show Roles
June 19-July 12, 2015
Rosalind – Dani Herd
Orlando – Jonathan Horne
Celia – Kirstin Calvert
Oliver – Paul Hester*
Phebe, Dennis – Becky Cormier Finch
Silvius, Le Beau – Nicholas Faircloth
Jaques – Chris Kayser*
Charles the Wrestler, Duke Senior – Vinnie Mascola
Touchstone – Jeffrey Stephenson
Amiens – Mary Ruth Ralston
Audrey – Kristin Storla
Duke Frederick, Corin – Troy Willis*
Jaques de Boys, Sir Oliver Martext, William – Adam King
Adam, Hymen – J. Tony Brown*
Show Times
Bardometer Rating
How difficult is this Shakespearean play to grasp? On a scale of 1 to 10.What does rating this mean?
You may already know the story and what happens at the end. But even if you don?t, the play is light and the plot is easy to follow. Limited violence, limited bawdiness (see below). There are very few things ? historical, religious, or political ? that you need to know ahead of time. Just enjoy!
A note about bawdiness in Shakespeare: It exists. Despite what your English teacher taught you, Shakespeare wrote some pretty saucy lines and they pop up from time to time. While there is never any nudity on stage, our actors are trained to make the text clear. If we feel a show contains a plethora of Graphic Elizabethan Poetry (or is very bloody/violent/triggering) we will put that disclaimer in the blurb about the show. It won?t happen often. If this Bardometer lists a play as a 1 or 2, you can rest assured that it is an appropriate show for kids under ten.
Additional Information
Now Playing
ASC performances
Guest companies and special events
- There are no events from this season. Check back soon!