Set in the present day, this classic tale is flipped on its head to examine love and trust, truth and lies and fake news, and unwilling middle-aged romance through the unsparing lens of the digital camera.
Dates: May 28, 29, 30, 2021
Time: Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Pacific; Sunday, 2 p.m. Pacific
Location: Live Stream
Tickets: Free/Pay-What-You-Will
Want a recipe for hilarity and disaster?
Take one audience favorite about love and trust, truth and lies, gossip, fake news, and unwilling romance.
Dissolve one relationship in acidic social media.
Mix in:
One battle of the sexes between two middle-aged and decidedly anti-relationship folks;
A sister bitterly opposed to her brother
One matchmaking prince with delusions of love-godhood
One romantic war hero
Three modern young women
Two politically-minded sisters
One pastor; and
One Neighborhood Watch who will ensure your safety, whether you want them to or not!
4. Pour into a Zoom box.
5. Bake for 120 minutes.
Much Ado About Nothing:
A perennial audience favorite showing love and relationships from two sides - a trusting love that breaks under the pressure of lies and mistrust and a humorously cynical antagonism which grows stronger as it passes through the deceit of well-intentioned friends and relations.
Take a look through the unsparing lens of the digital camera at a production of Much Ado About Nothing reframed with strong women at the center; explore relationships between brothers and sisters, mothers and daughters, men and women; powerful personalities and the possibility of love in later life and the impact of social media, on what we think we know about the world and how we know the people in it.
Pay-What-You-Will
The Shattered Glass Project offers all plays for free or pay-what-you-will. This price structure allows all audience members to support the artists at the level at which they are able.
Cast
In order of appearance
Leonato - Carolynne Wilcox
Balthasar/Hannah - Sadie Gingold
Beatrice/Verges - Rebecca O’Neil
Hero - HanaSara Ito
Antonio/Friar Francis - Monique Aldred
Margaret/Georgie - Marissa Wyll
Don Pedro - Nolan P. Chapa
Benedick/Conrade - Bob Downing
Claudio - Ivan Guillermo
Don John/Dogberry - Molly Hall
Borachio - Hannah Coleman
Creative Team
Director - Rebecca O’Neil
Associate Director/Text Coach - Wiley Basho Gorn
Choreographer - Molly Hall
Stage Manager - Maycee McQuin
Streaming Manager - Caitlin McCown
Sound Designer - Alison Kozar
Composer - Sadie Gingold
Scenic Designer - Bella Rivera
Costume Designer - Sydney Haas
Graphic Designer - Lara Kratz
Marketing Intern - Hang Chen