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ARTISTIC STAFF
Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOM HOFFMAN
Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SUZY KLEIN
Scenic Design/Technical Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOM HOFFMAN
Box Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARB SCHWARTZ
Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CARLY ROETTER
Assistant Technical Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEGAN CARNEY

JEFF CARPENTER

KRISTIN DEINERT
JAKE GANFIELD
TESSA PINKSTAFF

Music Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRYSTAL DAKINS

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

DUKE SENIOR: living in banishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON LOCK
DUKE FREDERICK: his brother, an usurper . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS SCHLETTY
AMIENS: lord attending on the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MITCH RIVARD
JAQUES: lord attending on the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . .MATT THOMSEN
LE BEAU: a courtier attending upon Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OSEI OWUSU
CHARLES: wrestler to Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM HAILER
OLIVER: son of Sir Rowland de Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT LYON
ORLANDO: son of Sir Rowland de Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DVORAK II
ADAM: servant to Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN LITTLE
DENNIS: servant to Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDY ENGA
TOUCHSTONE: a clown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCAS INGLES
SIR OLIVER MARTEXT: a vicar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDY INGA
CORIN: a shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN DAVIS
SILVIUS: a shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RYAN BURKE
WILLAM: a country fellow in love with Audrey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE GILMAN
ROSALIND: daughter to the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMIE TSCHIDA
CELIA: daughter to Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLISON BERG
PHEBE: a shepherdess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SARAH MITTELSTADT
AUDREY: a country wench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA MARTINEZ
First Lord: (Duke Frederick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIELLE KAY
Second Lord: (Duke Frederick).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORRAINA BATTON
Forester: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DARYN WOODSON
First Lord: (Duke Senior). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AMY PRATT
Second Lord: (Duke Senior).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAUREEN PEDERSON
First Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BECKY SUTTER
Second Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRYSTAL DAKINS
SCENE: Oliver's house; Duke Frederick's court; and the Forest of Arden.
Preshow Singers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORRIANA BATTONCRYSTAL DAKINS
JUSTIN DAVIS
MAUREEN PEDERSON
MITCH RIVARD
BECKY SUTTER
DARYN WOODSONRecorder Players: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOLLY HAMLINGKATIE HOYNE
DARYN WOODSONGuitarist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAUREEN PEDERSON
Herald Trumpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIN DEINERT
Flower and Fruit Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLYSSA BELDEN

PRODUCTION CREW

RODNEY BOLDENOW KRISTY DOTY SARAH MITTELSTADT
SARAH BOATWRIGHT JAKE GANFIELD DAVE PECK
BRIAN CARPENTER ABBEY HARTLEY TESSA PINKSTAFF
JEFF CARPENTER JESSICA HOSMER ANNIE PROZELLER
MEGAN CARNEY AMY JACOBSON TIFFANY REA
ANDY CHAMP RYAN KHALU LAURA SENECHAL
KRISTIN DEINERT MYRIAH KINGEN MARTHA THOMPSON
TONY DIES SCOTT MCGREGOR BRYCE WACHTER

SYNOPSIS
Duke Frederick is a usurper reigning over one of the great dukedoms of France from which he has disposed and banished his elder brother, the lawful Duke, who, with a band of loyal friends, takes refuge in the Forest of Arden where they live a carefree, rustic life like that of old Robin Hood.
Each brother has a daughter who is his only heir, and these girls, brought up together from infancy, are devoted to each other. Duke Frederick retains Rosalind, his niece, at his court as companion to his daughter Celia. One day they happen to see a wrestling match between the Duke's champion and a extremely young, inexperienced lad, named Orlando, who comes off the victor. Duke Frederick is greatly pleased with the youth's bravery and skill until he learns that he is the son of close friend of the former Duke. Rosalind, however, is delighted. She has been talking to Orlando, and a romantic attachment between the two has already developed.
Duke Frederick hears that more young noblemen are daily joining the exiles in the forest, and finding the respite from court pomp and intrigue very agreeable. His envy and malice vents itself upon his niece, because she is popular with the people who pity her. He orders her to quit the court, but Celia refuses to be left behind, so they disguise themselves and leave the palace with Touchstone, the court clown. Rosalind appears as a sturdy young countryman and takes the name of Ganymede, while Celia is dressed as a village maiden and is called Aliena. Having taken sufficient money, they at last reach their destination, the Forest of Arden, where they buy the house and sheep of a shepherd and establish themselves contentedly until they can locate Rosalind's father, the senior Duke.
After the wrestling match, Orlando is warned by their old family servant, Adam, that his eldest brother, who has always been cruel and unjust to him, is planning to kill him. Orlando is penniless and friendless, but Adam gives him the five hundred crowns he has saved in his long years of servitude, and begs the young man to flee with him as his companion. They wander about uncertainly, finally reaching the Forest of Arden. Orlando starts off in frantic search for food for the exhausted Adam, and, coming across the senior Duke and his company at dinner under the trees, brusquely demands some of their food. The kindly Duke, upon learning that Orlando is the son of his beloved friend, welcomes both the travellers very heartily.
Orlando, continually pining for Rosalind, write poems on her charms which he fastens on trees where he carves her name, to bear witness to his love. Rosalind finds these poems, and, when she meets Orlando, is dismayed because of her manly disguise, but she quickly invents a plan where she may see him often and test his affection. Talking to him in a arch, boyish manner, she tells him that love is merely a madness and offers to cure him. Orlandoreadily accepts her invitation to visit the cottage daily and talk to her as though she were really Rosalind. She, on her part, seems bent only on proving to him how whimsical and shallow women are, so as to make him ashamed of his love.
One morning, Orlando finds a sleeping man is the forest and recognizes his cruel brother Oliver, who Duke Frederick has sent out to find Orlando and bring him back. Orlando rescues him from attack by a large snake, and from a lioness, but the beast tears his arm badly. Oliver, awakening, sees his brother's struggle for his life, and is overwhelmed with shame and remorse. With tears he beseeches Orlando's forgiveness which is readily granted. Orlando is too weak from his wound to proceed to the cottage, so he sends Oliver with the news of his accident, at which Rosalind faints. Oliver and Celia fall in love with each other at first sight and Orlando arranges with the Duke for a speedy marriage, but he confesses to Rosalind how bitterly he resents his own unhappy state. Rosalind, satisfied that his devotion is strong and lasting, goes, still in her disguise as a shepherd, to the Duke, her father, and assures him she will produce Rosalind by her secret magic on the day of the wedding, if he will consent to her marriage with Orlando. Clad in the rich garments of her rank, she appears before her delighted father and lover, then kneels to ask the Duke's blessing.
It is a joyous, eventful time for others that these two young couples, because with them are also married two pairs, Touchstone, the court clown, and a country maid, together with a young shepherd and shepherdess. As the dancing is about to start, a breathless messenger breaks in upon the party with the exciting news that Duke Frederick, while on his way with an army to exterminate the Forest of Arden colony, had met an old religious hermit who had succeeded in turning him from his purpose. Stricken with remorse, he becomes a recluse, leaving the dukedom to the rightful Duke and his followers.


		~As You Like It~

		~Can you smell the woods, the flowers, and the fresh fields of Arden? It may be hard to imagine a setting more appropriate to this play than the one around us with its grassy hill, surrounding woods, and pond. This is a play for springtime and youth and open-air performance! ~The theme of Shakespeare's romantic play is love in various aspects, but the 'bard' never lets his treatment of the subject drift into absurdity, as so often happened in the romances. He can laugh gaily and happily at the perplexities that love can bring, but he is neither sentimental nor cynical. Even Rosalind in love is able to display a sense of humor about love and lovers, including herself. in this play, Shakespeare is not concerned with profound overtones and cosmic truths. He is writing a play of merriment and good humor, and audiences have liked it from his day until our own.
		May 7, 8, 9 1998 at 6:00 p.m. May 9 and 10, 1998 at 2:00 p.m.
		Overlooking the pond behind the RHS PAC

ARTISTIC STAFF Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOM HOFFMAN Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SUZY KLEIN Scenic Design/Technical Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOM HOFFMAN Box Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARB SCHWARTZ Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CARLY ROETTER Assistant Technical Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEGAN CARNEY JEFF CARPENTER KRISTIN DEINERT JAKE GANFIELD TESSA PINKSTAFF Music Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRYSTAL DAKINS DRAMATIS PERSONAE DUKE SENIOR: living in banishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON LOCK DUKE FREDERICK: his brother, an usurper . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS SCHLETTY AMIENS: lord attending on the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MITCH RIVARD JAQUES: lord attending on the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . .MATT THOMSEN LE BEAU: a courtier attending upon Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OSEI OWUSU CHARLES: wrestler to Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM HAILER OLIVER: son of Sir Rowland de Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT LYON ORLANDO: son of Sir Rowland de Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DVORAK II ADAM: servant to Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN LITTLE DENNIS: servant to Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDY ENGA TOUCHSTONE: a clown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCAS INGLES SIR OLIVER MARTEXT: a vicar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDY INGA CORIN: a shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN DAVIS SILVIUS: a shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RYAN BURKE WILLAM: a country fellow in love with Audrey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE GILMAN ROSALIND: daughter to the banished duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMIE TSCHIDA CELIA: daughter to Frederick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLISON BERG PHEBE: a shepherdess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SARAH MITTELSTADT AUDREY: a country wench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA MARTINEZ First Lord: (Duke Frederick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIELLE KAY Second Lord: (Duke Frederick).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORRAINA BATTON Forester: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DARYN WOODSON First Lord: (Duke Senior). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AMY PRATT Second Lord: (Duke Senior).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAUREEN PEDERSON First Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BECKY SUTTER Second Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRYSTAL DAKINS SCENE: Oliver's house; Duke Frederick's court; and the Forest of Arden. Preshow Singers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORRIANA BATTONCRYSTAL DAKINS JUSTIN DAVIS MAUREEN PEDERSON MITCH RIVARD BECKY SUTTER DARYN WOODSONRecorder Players: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOLLY HAMLINGKATIE HOYNE DARYN WOODSONGuitarist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAUREEN PEDERSON Herald Trumpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIN DEINERT Flower and Fruit Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLYSSA BELDEN PRODUCTION CREW RODNEY BOLDENOW KRISTY DOTY SARAH MITTELSTADT SARAH BOATWRIGHT JAKE GANFIELD DAVE PECK BRIAN CARPENTER ABBEY HARTLEY TESSA PINKSTAFF JEFF CARPENTER JESSICA HOSMER ANNIE PROZELLER MEGAN CARNEY AMY JACOBSON TIFFANY REA ANDY CHAMP RYAN KHALU LAURA SENECHAL KRISTIN DEINERT MYRIAH KINGEN MARTHA THOMPSON TONY DIES SCOTT MCGREGOR BRYCE WACHTER SYNOPSIS Duke Frederick is a usurper reigning over one of the great dukedoms of France from which he has disposed and banished his elder brother, the lawful Duke, who, with a band of loyal friends, takes refuge in the Forest of Arden where they live a carefree, rustic life like that of old Robin Hood. Each brother has a daughter who is his only heir, and these girls, brought up together from infancy, are devoted to each other. Duke Frederick retains Rosalind, his niece, at his court as companion to his daughter Celia. One day they happen to see a wrestling match between the Duke's champion and a extremely young, inexperienced lad, named Orlando, who comes off the victor. Duke Frederick is greatly pleased with the youth's bravery and skill until he learns that he is the son of close friend of the former Duke. Rosalind, however, is delighted. She has been talking to Orlando, and a romantic attachment between the two has already developed. Duke Frederick hears that more young noblemen are daily joining the exiles in the forest, and finding the respite from court pomp and intrigue very agreeable. His envy and malice vents itself upon his niece, because she is popular with the people who pity her. He orders her to quit the court, but Celia refuses to be left behind, so they disguise themselves and leave the palace with Touchstone, the court clown. Rosalind appears as a sturdy young countryman and takes the name of Ganymede, while Celia is dressed as a village maiden and is called Aliena. Having taken sufficient money, they at last reach their destination, the Forest of Arden, where they buy the house and sheep of a shepherd and establish themselves contentedly until they can locate Rosalind's father, the senior Duke. After the wrestling match, Orlando is warned by their old family servant, Adam, that his eldest brother, who has always been cruel and unjust to him, is planning to kill him. Orlando is penniless and friendless, but Adam gives him the five hundred crowns he has saved in his long years of servitude, and begs the young man to flee with him as his companion. They wander about uncertainly, finally reaching the Forest of Arden. Orlando starts off in frantic search for food for the exhausted Adam, and, coming across the senior Duke and his company at dinner under the trees, brusquely demands some of their food. The kindly Duke, upon learning that Orlando is the son of his beloved friend, welcomes both the travellers very heartily. Orlando, continually pining for Rosalind, write poems on her charms which he fastens on trees where he carves her name, to bear witness to his love. Rosalind finds these poems, and, when she meets Orlando, is dismayed because of her manly disguise, but she quickly invents a plan where she may see him often and test his affection. Talking to him in a arch, boyish manner, she tells him that love is merely a madness and offers to cure him. Orlandoreadily accepts her invitation to visit the cottage daily and talk to her as though she were really Rosalind. She, on her part, seems bent only on proving to him how whimsical and shallow women are, so as to make him ashamed of his love. One morning, Orlando finds a sleeping man is the forest and recognizes his cruel brother Oliver, who Duke Frederick has sent out to find Orlando and bring him back. Orlando rescues him from attack by a large snake, and from a lioness, but the beast tears his arm badly. Oliver, awakening, sees his brother's struggle for his life, and is overwhelmed with shame and remorse. With tears he beseeches Orlando's forgiveness which is readily granted. Orlando is too weak from his wound to proceed to the cottage, so he sends Oliver with the news of his accident, at which Rosalind faints. Oliver and Celia fall in love with each other at first sight and Orlando arranges with the Duke for a speedy marriage, but he confesses to Rosalind how bitterly he resents his own unhappy state. Rosalind, satisfied that his devotion is strong and lasting, goes, still in her disguise as a shepherd, to the Duke, her father, and assures him she will produce Rosalind by her secret magic on the day of the wedding, if he will consent to her marriage with Orlando. Clad in the rich garments of her rank, she appears before her delighted father and lover, then kneels to ask the Duke's blessing. It is a joyous, eventful time for others that these two young couples, because with them are also married two pairs, Touchstone, the court clown, and a country maid, together with a young shepherd and shepherdess. As the dancing is about to start, a breathless messenger breaks in upon the party with the exciting news that Duke Frederick, while on his way with an army to exterminate the Forest of Arden colony, had met an old religious hermit who had succeeded in turning him from his purpose. Stricken with remorse, he becomes a recluse, leaving the dukedom to the rightful Duke and his followers.
~PHOTOS~