As You Like It: A Rowdy Retelling for the Serious Shakespearean

As You Like It: A Rowdy Retelling for the Serious Shakespearean adapted by Johanna McKay

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Productions (6)
Comedy
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45 - 60 minutes
4 W, 13 M,  (12-28 actors possible: 4-28 W, 6-23 M)
Set: Minimal.

Shakespeare's classic comedy of romance and mistaken identity is adapted to rhyming couplets in this more modern and fast-paced take on the original. Frederick has usurped the dukedom from his older brother. Their daughters, Rosalind and Celia, are best friends, and when one is banished from court, they both flee to the Forest of Arden, disguising themselves as country folk. But they're not the only ones fleeing to the forest! Soon this refuge becomes a haven for the lessons of love, complicated by disguise and circumstance -- but ending happily despite everything.

Pricing Information

Min. Performance Fee* $55
Standard Edition $11.99
Stage Manager Edition $24.99
Archival Video License $75

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Play Details

Shakespeare's classic comedy of romance and mistaken identity is adapted to rhyming couplets in this more modern and fast-paced take on the original. Frederick has usurped the dukedom from his older brother. Their daughters, Rosalind and Celia, are best friends, and when one is banished from court, they both flee to the Forest of Arden, disguising themselves as country folk. But they're not the only ones fleeing to the forest! Soon this refuge becomes a haven for the lessons of love, complicated by disguise and circumstance -- but ending happily despite everything.

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 45 - 60 minutes
  • 4 W, 13 M,  (12-28 actors possible: 4-28 W, 6-23 M)
  • Set: Minimal.
  • Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-447-9

Production History

APR 27, 2023 - APR 28, 2023
Transfiguration School
Tarrytown, NY United States
Transfiguration School Tarrytown, NY United States
APR 28, 2018 - APR 29, 2018
Melrose HS
Melrose, MA United States
Melrose HS Melrose, MA United States
NOV 15, 2012 - NOV 16, 2012
Foster High School
Tukwila, WA United States
Foster High School Tukwila, WA United States
AUG 18, 2012 - AUG 18, 2012
Idyllwild Fine Arts Camp
Idyllwild, CA United States
Idyllwild Fine Arts Camp Idyllwild, CA United States
APR 11, 2012 - APR 12, 2012
Sierra Madre Middle School
Sierra Madre, CA United States
Sierra Madre Middle School Sierra Madre, CA United States
AUG 01, 2004 - AUG 31, 2004
Idyllwild Fine Arts Camp
Idyllwild, CA United States
Idyllwild Fine Arts Camp Idyllwild, CA United States
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