Written by
William Shakespeare
Directed by
Dan Rothenberg
Presented in 2012/13 by
The Acting Company in association
with The Guthrie Theater
Let’s change the title to “B.F.F.’s in the Forest of Arden.” A sweet and sophisticated new staging... Matt Saunders’s set explodes: savage ferns, scary branches, a fierce red sun. Rousseau, anyone? Anita Gates, The New York Times
Tom Slaughter
All the world’s a stage…
One of Shakespeare’s most frequently quoted passages from one of his most popular fairy tales—a world possible only on a stage. As You Like It is a metaphor of love; its power, madness, danger, humor and reflection. On one level it is a diverting amusement. On a deeper level, it is a journey of discovery, in which the characters gain knowledge of themselves and the world.
When Rosalind and Orlando fall in love, they are unable to act on their feelings. Forced to flee for their lives into the Forest of Arden, they find themselves entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust, and mistaken identity in one of Shakespeare’s great comedies. Will the forest heal the family feud?
Appearing in photos: Elizabeth Stahlmann, Megan Bartle, Joseph Midyett, Jasmine Bracey, Christopher Michael McFarland, Michael McDonald, Noah Putterman, Kelsey Landon, Chris Thorn, Joseph Tisa, Yaegel T. Welch, Buddy Haardt, Ray Chapman. Photos by Heidi Bohnenkamp.
The New Victory Theater, NYC
March 1-10, 2013
Educational
2012/13 Guide: As You Like It
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Megan Bartle
Of Mice and Men, As You Like It. Megan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Guthrie Actor Training program. She has performed in Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York including two staged readings (June Moon and Ten Chimneys) for The Acting Company. Originally from Apple Valley, MN.
Jasmine Bracey
As You Like It. The Resident Ensemble Players: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Our Town, O Beautiful (World Premiere), and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Training: University of Delaware (MFA). From New York, NY.
Ray Chapman
The Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet. Credits include: The Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Utah Shakespeare Festival, among many others. Film/TV credits: A League of Their Own and Prison Break. Ray is a native of Butte Creek, MT.
Buddy Haardt
As You Like It. Regional: Red (Orlando Shakespeare Theater), Ward 57 (world premiere at Florida Stage), A Life In The Theatre (Barnstormers Theater, NH), among others. Buddy has performed in shows in Florida, New Hampshire, New York, Texas, New Jersey, and Minnesota. Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). Originally from Rosenberg, TX.
Kelsey Landon
Acting Company: As You Like It. Twelfth Night, Cymbeline and Julius Caesar (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), That’s When I Was A Ghost (The Guthrie Theatre), The Seagull and The Way of The World (Worlds End Theatre), The Awakening and Centralia (UglyRhino), Rosmersholm (The Pearl Theatre Company), Three Sisters and Get gone (The Glass Bandits). Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). From Stewartville, MN.
Michael McDonald
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It. Michael is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Actor Training Program (BFA), London’s International School of Performing Arts and British American Dramatic Academy as well as San Francisco School of the Arts. From Oakland, CA.
Christopher Michael McFarland
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It. NYC: The Life and Death of King John; Firemen; Even Maybe Tammy. Regional: The Kennedy Center; O’Neill Theater Center; Shakespeare Theatre of NJ; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Opera House Arts; Arizona Shakespeare Festival. Training: Yale School of Drama (MFA). From San Francisco, CA.
Joseph Midyett
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Comedy of Errors. Off-Broadway: The American Premiere of Enjoy, (59E59 Theaters), National Playwrights Festival (Rattlestick Theater), Twelfth Night (The Pearl). Regional: The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Delaware Theatre Co., Texas Shakespeare Co. Film: Penance for the Slain, Hope Cafe and Kick Ball. Training: University of Delaware (MFA). From Hayward, CA.
Noah Putterman
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Comedy of Errors. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Alpine Theatre Project), Children of Eden, Into the Woods, Taking Steps (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (North Carolina Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Guthrie). US Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). From Raleigh, NC.
Elizabeth Stahlmann
The Acting Company: As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors. Guthrie Theater: A Christmas Carol, The Real Thing, The End; Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Joe’s Pub (NYC), Three Sticks (NYC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare on the Cape, WHAT/Counter Productions. Training: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program (BFA). Native of New Hope, MN.
Chris Thorn
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It, Henry V, The Spy, Romeo and Juliet. Other NY credits: Miss Lilly Gets Boned, The Most Damaging Wound (2009 NYIT Award Nominee for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role) Dead Man’s Socks, and King John. Training: LAMDA, Boston University, Wynn Handman and Joan Rosenfels. A native of South Berwick, Maine.
Joseph Tisa
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It. Regional: Captors (Contemporary American Theater Festival), The Exceptionals (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Fantasticks (Long Wharf Theatre), Stones in His Pockets, Beau Jest and The Dresser (Old Lyric Repertory Company). Film credits include Weakness and Virgin Alexander. Training: Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (MFA). From Seattle, WA.
Yaegel T. Welch
Acting Company: Of Mice and Men, As You Like It. Off-Broadway: The Revenger’s Tragedy (Red Bull), Fly (Lincoln Center/Crossroads). Regional: The Brothers Size (Seattle Rep/ Everyman), Jitney (True Colors), In the Red and Brown Water (Studio), The Piano Lesson (Arden, Barrymore Award nom.), My Children! My Africa! (Wilma), Fences (Playmakers). Training: Morehouse College (BA), Brandeis University (MFA), The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting (MFA).