The cast includes Dylan Arredondo as Benedick, Greta Boeringer as Friar/Sexton, Zach Brewster-Geisz as Verges, Casey Brogan as 2nd Watch, Jordan Brown as Claudio, Abigail Funk as Margaret, Anna DiGiovanni as Beatrice, Emily Erickson as Madame Jean, Kate Forton as Hero, Grace Friedman as Conrade (Understudy for Ursula and Dogberry), Jose Guzman as Dogberry/Antonio, Will Kinna as Balthasar/First Watch (Understudy for Claudio and Benedick), Molly Moores as Leonata, Ryan Tumulty as Don Pedro, Jabari Williams as Borachio, and B’Jion Wright as Ursula. Of course, there are the lovers, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio, and the comical Dogberry and his group of bumbling watchmen. The music from that era, including Edith Piaf, Woody Guthrie, and Jacques Brel, is played by a live band. The characters are Allied soldiers and local townspeople. In this case, the play is set in the French countryside right after the end of World War II. Shakespeare may have wanted to please her with these clever ladies.ĬSC always gives us a new look at Shakespeare’s works. Elizabeth I was on the throne and, as the first ruling female monarch, you can be assured it worried some of the men.
Shakespeare gave his woman a strength in his middle comedies.
“Nothing” in the title refers to “noting,” an Elizabethan term for eavesdropping.
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The play is full of all of Shakespeare’s antics-eavesdropping, pranks, mask, jealous lovers, deception, and mistaken identities. This summer, they will be presenting one of Shakespeare’s great romantic comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing,” directed by Séamus Miller. Summertime in Howard County is always a little brighter when the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company returns to the PFI Historic Park in Ellicott City with one of their memorable outdoor productions. Photo Courtesy of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.