2017 Spring Season

Shows

The Two Gentleman of Verona

Hungry Hearts Tour | April 12 – June 11, 2017

When long-distance love tangles the heartstrings of the play's title characters, it takes two clever women, a pair of devoted servants, and a dog to make things right. Shakespeare tries out some of his most popular ideas for the first time in this early comedy. Jealous lovers, a cross-dressing heroine, and a daring escape into the forest make The Two Gentlemen of Verona simultaneously a familiar and completely refreshing trip.

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Romeo and Juliet

Hungry Hearts Tour | April 13 – June 10, 2017

With its ravishing language and uproarious comedy, Romeo and Juliet celebrates love's triumph and its trivialities. Verona's walls embrace the volatility of youth as well as the wisdom and restraint that often escapes young and old alike. Thumb-biting, dance, and swordplay share the stage with sonnets, bawdy wit, and soul-searching speeches in this profoundly human and always surprising treasure.

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Our Town

Hungry Hearts Tour | April 13 – June 9, 2017

A moving look at life in the small town of Grover's Corners, Our Town examines what it means to grow up. Through three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death and Eternity," Thornton Wilder studies the deeply personal yet remarkably universal lives of the Webb and Gibbs families. This poignant American tale explores friendship, love, and death, but most importantly, what it truly means to live.

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

Hungry Hearts Tour | April 26 – June 10, 2017

What if you could give Shakespeare's tragic couples a "happily ever after"? Constance Ledbelly, scholar and self-defined "old maid," is about to find out, after being dragged head-first into the worlds of Othello and Romeo and Juliet. To get back home, Constance must decode an ancient text while fending off overzealous lovers, navigating Cyprus and fair Verona, and discovering the truth about herself. Delight in this new-ish play that critics have called: "lots of clever fun"; "full of brilliance, wit, insight, and theatricality"; and "a dazzling romp."

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Cast

Josh Clark
Headshot of Cordell Cole
Cordell Cole
Andrew Goldwasser
Portrait of Sara J. Griffin, actor playing at the American Shakespeare Center, smiling with long curly hair.
Sara J. Griffin *
J.C. Long
Ross Neal
Aleca Piper
K.P. Powell *
Ronald Román-Meléndez *
Zoe Speas
Headshot of Constance Swain, Director at the American Shakespeare Center, featuring her with styled hair, a radiant smile, and wearing a white top against a green background.
Constance Swain *

Artistic Team

Headshot of Thomas J. Coppola, production manager at the ASC, wearing red glasses, a black cap, and a headset, smiles warmly. He is dressed in a black polo shirt featuring the American Shakespeare Center logo, set against a neutral background.
Thomas J. Coppola *
Benjamin Curns
Victoria Depew
Stephanie Holladay Earl, performance director at the American Shakespeare Center, with curly dark brown hair, wearing a confident and warm expression in front of a neutral background.
Stephanie Holladay Earl
Tricia Emlet
Kendra Emmett
Erika Krause
Portrait of Jemma Alix Levy, Director of Sense and Sensibility and Trustee at the American Shakespeare Center, with short red hair, red glasses, and a gray cardigan smiling warmly. Photo by Kevin Remington.
Jemma Alix Levy
jenny mcnee
Jenny McNee
Christopher Moneymaker
jessica van essen
Jessica Van Essen
Jim Warren