[NEohioPAL] UA Theatre Program Presents Shakespeare's As You Like It

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*Date: September 16, 2013*
   From:     School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration

               The University of Akron



Contact:  Joanna Hunkins, (330) 972-7895 or

 Administration.arts at gmail.com



*Shakespeare Comedy Onstage at UA this Fall*

Akron, OH, September 16, 2013 — The University of Akron (UA) Theatre
Program presents *As You Like It* by William Shakespeare at Sandefur
Theatre in Guzzetta Hall, 139 Buchtel Ave.

Adapted and directed by UA Theatre Professor James Slowiak, performances
are October 31-November 2 at 7:30pm, November 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. and November
3 and 9 at 2 p.m. Slowiak is the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Artist
in Theatre Award from the Akron Area Alliance.

*As You Like It* is a witty and provocative comedy. Rosalind, one of
Shakespeare’s most sublime creations, is raised at the court of Duke
Frederick with her cousin Celia.  Rosalind falls in love with a young man
named Orlando, but before she can even think twice about it, she is
banished by the Duke.  Celia goes with Rosalind, now disguised as a boy
named Ganymede, and Touchstone, the court's fool, to the Forest of Arden.
What follows is an elaborate scheme devised by the cross-dressing Rosalind
to find out the verity of Orlando's supposed passion for her and to further
capture his heart.  As one critic points out:  “As You Like It, with its
cross-dressed heroine, gender games and exploration of sexual ambivalence,
its Forest of Arden and melancholy Jacques, speaks directly to the
twenty-first century.”



Slowiak is directing two nine-person casts, one all male and one all
female.  The two casts will display an exceptional physical and vocal
virtuosity in performing a variety of roles, switching hysterically between
genders, ages, and class.  The female cast will perform on October 31,
November 2,and 8 at 7:30 and November 9 at 2pm.  The male cast will perform
on November 1, 7, and 9 at 7:30pm and November 3 at 2pm.



See both casts and receive a $2 discount for the second show.  Or come in
costume to any performance the first weekend and receive a $2 discount.

Tickets for *As You Like It* are $12 general admission; $10 for seniors and
UA faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for students. Discounts are available
for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call (330) 972-7895 or
visit http://www.uakron.edu/dtaa.



-- 
Graduate Student
University of Akron
Graduate Assistant, Arts Administration
Phone: (330) 972.7895
Email: administration.arts at gmail.com
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