Some relationships are tricky, and The Bard sets out to remind us of that inconvenient truth via one of theater’s most unconventional heroines, Helena. Fiercely determined to get what she wants (in this case, the almost equally enigmatic Bertram), Helena has quite the bag of tricks, entrapment not least among them. Since All’s Well That Ends Well defies easy categorization, it is sometimes called a “problem play.” Needless to say, we take issue. True enough, the play deals in the complex currency of life and love. If that’s problematic, so too then is it funny, beautiful, even outrageous. Or, as Shakespeare himself puts it, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.”
First Performance: Friday, June 11 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night: Saturday, June 19 8:00 p.m.
3 hours including one 20-minute intermission.
Parental Advisory: We recommend this play for ages 15 and up, however younger teens comfortable with mature themes may also enjoy it.
| Director | John Langs** |
| Costume Designer | Robert Morgan† |
| Scenic Designer | Takeshi Kata† |
| Sound Designer | Sarah Pickett |
| Lighting Designer | Michael A Peterson |
| Voice & Text Coach | Jan Gist |
Cast
| King of France | Jonathan Smoots* |
| Duke of Florence | Michael Huftile* |
| Bertram, Count of Rossillion | Matt Schwader* |
| Countess of Rossillion, mother to Bertram | Tracy Michelle Arnold* |
| Helena, a gentlewoman protected by the Countess | Ally Carey |
| Lafew, an old lord | John Pribyl* |
| Parolles, a follower of Bertram | Jim DeVita* |
| Widow | Sarah Day* |
| Rynaldo | Mark D. Hines |
| First Lord | Darragh Kennan* |
| Diana, Daughter to the Widow | Susan Shunk* |
| Mariana | Sharina Martin |
| 2nd Lord | Nicholas Harazin |
| First Soldier | Travis A. Knight |
| Third Lord | Santiago Sosa |
| Lady | Ashleigh LaThrop |
| Singer | Chris Giese |
| * | Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers |
| ** | Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an Independent Labor Union |
| † | Member of United Scenic Artists |
Off the Isthmus: APT
| 9:13AM.July 19th, 2010
An Isthmus video interview with the lovely Ally Carey. Click in to watch.
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How many buttons does it take to dress the cast of All’s Well That Ends Well?
| 11:29AM.June 15th, 2010
It starts with an idea. The director creates his vision for a play and shares it with his design team.
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| 9:35AM.June 14th, 2010
A 2010 season preview by 77 Square's Lindsay Christians.
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