Event

As We Like It - student matinee

Messenger Theatre Company
Presents
As We Like It
A playful two woman adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Performed by Emily Davis and Emily Hartford
Directed by Eva Burgess
Created by Sara Zimmerman and Emily Davis

Performed by two women, the show is a playful adaptation of As You Like It featuring music, puppetry, dance and wrestling. While the text is exclusively Shakespeare's, the show is a devised adaptation, in which Rosalind and Celia perform the story themselves. Rosalind and Celia are two irreverent debutantes playing pretend. Through explorations and sports, they work out their fantasies about love, negotiate their complicated relationships with their fathers and sometimes just lounge around making crafts. They begin by attempting to fit into society's roles and burst out of those confines to find more integrated selves. All their world's a stage.

http://www.messengertheatreco.org/new/portfolio-items/as-we-like-it/

IATI Theater
64 E. 4th St. (East 4th St Cultural District - FAB)

Words by William Shakespeare
"Under the Greenwood Tree" composed by Scott Ethier
Lighting Design by Wendy Luedtke
Costume Design by Heather Lanza
Paper Elements by Marte Ekhougen
Puppets by Marte Ekhougen and Emily Hartford
Fight Direction by Dan Renkin
Ballroom dance by George Henik
Stage Management by Rachel Chatham

Graphic Design by Ashanti Celeste
Photos by Marcelo Añez

As We Like It is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

As We Like It is made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.