Portland Shakespeare Project 2018 – 2019 Season

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

A Staged Reading

by William Shakespeare in a modern verse translation
by Play on! Playwright Ranjit Bolt
Dramaturgy for Play on! by Lydia Garcia
Directed by Michael Mendelson**

Sunday, May 6, 2018, 7:30 pm
Artists Repertory Theatre, Alder Stage

Cast List

Benedict: Orion Bradshaw*

Beatrice: Foss Curtis

Leonato: F. Tyler Burnet

Hero/Second Watchman: Crystal Ann Muñoz*

Claudio: Jake Street

Antonio/ Borachio/ First Watchman: Jason Glick*

Friar/Margaret: Quinlan Fitzgerald

Don Pedro: Chris Karczmar*

Don John: Mickey Jordan

Dogberry: Ted Rooney*

Ursula/ Verges: Linda Hayden*

Balthasar/ Conrad/ Sexton: John Corr

*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

**Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

FREE Performance!

General Admission Seating

Pre-show Panel Discussion, at 6:30 pm, and a Post-show Discussion,
with Artistic Director Michael Mendelson,
Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner,
OSF Play on! Dramaturg Lydia Garcia,
and OSF Play on! Director Lue Morgan Douthit

Commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Artistic Director Bill Rauch
Executive Director Cynthia Rider
as part of Play on! 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare
Funded by a generous grant from the Hitz Foundation

Read about Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play on!
Three Year Translation Project