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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends, It is with great pride that I welcome you to this evening’s performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Over the past 21 years, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s performances of Free Shakespeare on the Common have cultivated a loyal and enthusiastic following. For thousands of you, attending these performances has become a beloved annual tradition, a once-a-year theatrical experience shared with close friends and family.
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I founded Commonwealth Shakespeare Company with the passionate belief that everyone should have access to the arts. During Shakespeare’s time, theatre was a part of everyone’s life; but today, theatre, and the arts in general, can feel unattainable due to soaring ticket prices. Our signature program, Free Shakespeare on the Common, is presented free of charge for the entire community - upwards of 75,000 people each summer. By eliminating the financial barriers to entry, we have shared the joy of live theatre with more than one million people over the past 21 years. But, as we all know, nothing is “free.” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is a small theatre company with an annual budget of just over $1 million, and each performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost costs over $25,000 to present. We not only have to build the sets, create the costumes and pay our performers, we also have to transform an otherwise empty field of grass into a functional outdoor theater from scratch each season. We must bring in everything from dressing rooms and port-a-potties, to generators and fencing. In order to keep our high-quality productions free to the public, we depend on the generosity of our wonderful donors and supporters. With a contribution of $20, you can help us continue to perform Shakespeare as it was meant to be—live, outdoors, and for the people. Thank you for joining us in continuing our important mission. I hope you have a wonderful night and enjoy Love’s Labour’s Lost! All the best,
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The 21st Season of Free Shakespeare on the Common Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Production of
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Steven Maler Lead sponsor:
July 20 – August 7, 2016 │ Tues – Sat @ 8pm │ Sun @ 7pm │Matinee: August 6 @ 3pm ASL Interpreted Performances: Sat July 30 @ 8pm & Fri August 5 @ 8pm (Raindate: Sun August 7 @ 7pm) Audio Described Performances: Sun July 21 @ 7pm & Thu August 4 @ 8pm (Raindate: Sun Aug 7 @ 7pm) Open Captioned Performance: Fri July 29 @ 8pm
Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Movement and Choreography Production Manager Production Stage Manager
Scott Bradley** Nancy Leary** Eric Southern** Dave Remedios** Yo-El Cassell Leslie Chiu Kevin Schlagle*
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States ** Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE
Steven Maler, Founding Artistic Director Abigail Rollins, General Manager This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events.
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SYNOPSIS: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST As the play opens, the King of Navarre demands that his fellow lords and scholars—Berowne, Longaville, and Dumain—abstain from food, sleep, and women for three years to pursue their studies. Berowne argues that these rules are too strict, and devised punishments too severe, noting that the Princess of France and her ladies will soon arrive at court. The King deems this a necessary exception and they sign the oath. Shortly after, the King punishes the fool Costard; the King received a letter from the Spaniard, Don Armado, detailing that Costard was consorting with Jaquenetta, a country wench whom Armado loves. The Princess arrives with Rosaline, Maria, Katherine, and her attendants, only to find that she will not be allowed to enter the gates of Navarre, but rather must make camp in the surrounding field. When the King and lords arrive, she confronts him about their treatment. During this exchange, the men become taken with the women and before exiting, each ask Boyet, a courtier to the Princess, for the name of the woman he fancies. Boyet then informs the Princess that the King is in love with her. Armado proposes to free Costard from his punishments if he delivers a love letter to Jaquenetta, and orders his page, Moth, to retrieve Costard. Similarly, Berowne asks Costard to deliver a letter to Rosaline. The Princess and her ladies go for a hunt. Costard arrives to deliver Berowne’s letter to Rosaline but accidentally passes on Don Armado’s instead. Sir Nathaniel (the curate), Holofernes (the school master), and Dull (the constable), argue over the age of the hunted deer. Jaquenetta and Costard arrive, asking these men to read aloud Armado’s letter. To their surprise, it is another misdelivered letter, this time from Berowne. The King and his men are endeavoring to write poems to their loves, all while keeping their feelings secret from one another. They each are overheard, and Berowne accuses them all of treason. Much to his dismay, however, Costard and Jaquenetta enter with his letter to Rosaline. Berowne argues that, by hiding their emotions, the men have pushed themselves further from their academic goals; therefore, the King abolishes the oath. INTERMISSION After dinner, Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel gossip about Don Armado’s before he himself enters with Moth and Costard, announcing that the King wants them to prepare a play. They decide upon a pageant of The Nine Worthies. At their tent, the women describe the letters and gifts they have received from their lovers, continuing to mock their silliness. Boyet enters and tells them of the men’s plan to disguise themselves as Muscovites to further their wooing. Hearing this, the Princess tells the women to wear masks and switch identities. The men arrive and Rosaline, acting as the Princess, asks them what they want. The men perform a Russian dance, and, one by one, profess their adoration. The “Muscovites” depart and later return as themselves. The women reveal they knew all along and explain that they had been playing their own trick. The play-within-a-play of The Nine Worthies begins, and the courtiers heckle the actors. Mid-performance, Costard reveals that Jaquenetta is pregnant by Don Armado, and the two prepare to duel. Mercade, a messenger, arrives with the news that the Princess’ father has died. As a result, the women must return to France. The men implore their lovers to stay; however, the Princess and her ladies insist that the men live as hermits for a year and one day to prove their love. Berowne notes that this is not a typical “happy ending.” The actors of The Nine Worthies perform the play’s final song as the couples bid one another adieu. 8 Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Steven Maler is Founding Artistic Director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Director of the Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College. CSC Free Shakespeare on the Common productions include King Lear, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Henry V, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, and Romeo & Juliet, and to kick off CSC’s 20th Anniversary Season in September 2014, Shakespeare at Fenway (the first performance of Shakespeare held in a MLB ballpark). In collaboration with Boston Landmarks Orchestra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring the Overture and Incidental Music of Felix Mendelssohn and a concert staging of Kiss Me, Kate, both at the DCR’s Hatch Shell. Other works include Robert Brustein’s The Last Will (World Premiere, The Modern Theater); Peter Eötvös’s operatic treatment of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America (U.S. Premiere); Turn of the Screw (New Rep); Santaland Diaries and Porcelain (SpeakEasy); Top Girls and Weldon Rising (Coyote Theatre); and The L.A. Plays by Han Ong (A.R.T.). Accolades include: Norton Awards for Best Production, Twelfth Night (CSC); Outstanding Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC); Best Production, Suburbia (SpeakEasy); Best Solo Performance, John Kuntz’s Starf***ers, (also winning “Best Solo Performance Award” at New York International Fringe Festival); and Honorable Mention for Excellence in Directing for his New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Anthony Rapp’s Without You, which has been seen around the world. In 2016, he received the Norton Award for Sustained Excellence for his work bringing free Shakespeare for Boston for 21 years. His feature film The Autumn Heart, starring Tyne Daly, was in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. He is a graduate of the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ABOUT COMMONWEALTH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is dedicated to bringing the works of William Shakespeare in vital and contemporary productions to the people of Boston and to exploring Shakespeare’s plays with the Boston community in innovative and creative ways. Best known for its annual free performances on Boston Common, CSC also presents several free play-reading events during the year—Theatre in the Rough, Shakespeare & Law, and Shakespeare & Leadership. The Company fulfills its educational mission with training programs for both pre-professional actors through its Apprentice Program and early-career actors through CSC2. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is the Theatre in Residence at Babson College.
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CAST
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Don Armado....................................................................................................Remo Airaldi* King of Navarre.........................................................................................Justin Blanchard* Berowne.........................................................................................................Jason Bowen* Costard..............................................................................................................Larry Coen* Princess of France..........................................................................................Jennifer Ellis* Rosaline..........................................................................................................Obehi Janice* Moth...................................................................................................................Ray O’Hare Sir Nathaniel...................................................................................................Mark W. Soucy Holofernes.................................................................................................Fred Sullivan, Jr.* Boyet....................................................................................................Brandon Whitehead* Maria...............................................................................................................Jes Bedwinek Jaquenetta.................................................................................................Rachel Belleman Forester........................................................................................................ Anthony Cason Katharine.......................................................................................................Margaret Clark Longaville..........................................................................................................Dalton Davis Ensemble...........................................................................................................Marisa Gold Mercade..................................................................................................Cameron Gosselin Dumain........................................................................................................Nash Hightower Dull.................................................................................................................Arisael Rivera Ensemble.......................................................................................................Grace Trapnell Ensemble........................................................................................................Matthew Tyler First Gentleman ....................................................................................................Colin Wulff Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.
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Remo Airaldi* (Don Armado) has appeared in six previous productions with CSC, including Twelfth Night and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He appeared in over sixty productions at the American Repertory Theater, including Lilly’s Revenge, Cabaret, Endgame, Oliver Twist (also at Theatre for a New Audience and Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Island of Slaves (IRNE Award—Outstanding Actor), The Miser, Henry IV and V, Waiting for Godot. Other credits: Sweeney Todd and My Fair Lady (Lyric Stage), Exposed (Boston Playwrights Theater), Mistero Buffo (Poets’ Theater), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Central Square Theater), The King of Second Avenue (New Rep), Real, Eight by Tenn, No Exit (Hartford Stage), and productions at La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Cirque du Soleil, American Conservatory Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Prince Music Theater, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Serious Fun Festival, Moscow Art Theatre, and Taipei International Arts Festival. He is Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Media at Harvard University and was the Monan Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston College. Justin Blanchard* (King of Navarre) is thrilled to be making his CSC debut. He first appeared on Broadway in Journey’s End (2007 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play). Other New York shows include The Changeling and The Witch of Edmonton with Red Bull Theater; Into the Woods with Fiasco Theater at the Roundabout; Macbeth at Theatre for a New Audience; and the title roles in Hamlet and Henry V at New York Classical Theatre. 14 Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s
Regional: Fiasco Theater (Iachimo, Cymbeline tour), Long Wharf (world premiere, A Civil War Christmas), Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (Iago, Othello), Shakespeare Theatre of D.C., McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Rep, New London Barn, and ten shows at Trinity Rep. Television and Film include roles in Law & Order: SVU (NBC) and Marie Curie (PBS). Justin is a graduate of the Brown University-Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program. Jason Bowen* (Berowne) Off-Broadway and regional credits include My Mañana Comes (Playwright’s Realm), As You Like It, Black Odyssey (Denver Center Theatre Co.), The Lake Effect (TheatreWorks Palo Alto), June Moon (Williamstown Theatre Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Ruined (La Jolla Playhouse/ Huntington), Raisin In The Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (IRNE Award), Prelude To A Kiss, A Civil War Christmas (Huntington), Twelfth Night, Othello, The Duchess of Malfi, The Tempest (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Groundswell (Lyric Stage Co.). TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Braindead, What’s Your Number. Special Awards: Best Actor - Boston Magazine, 2012.
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of Tennessee Williams’ plays. Recently played Toad in the musical A Year With Frog and Toad at Wheelock Family Theatre. Co-writer of Epic Proportions on Broadway. Larry is the recipient of four Elliot Norton Awards from Boston Theater Critics Association. Coen is Artistic Director of City Stage Co. of Boston. Jennifer Ellis* (Princess of France) is thrilled to work with CSC again! Jen was most recently seen in Shear Madness (Off-Broadway), Carousel (Reagle Music Theatre), and the Lyric Stage Company’s award-winning My Fair Lady (Elliot Norton & IRNE Award). NYC: New World Stages, Sibiline Shakespeare, Project Rushmore. National Tour:
A Christmas Carol. Regional: SpeakEasy, Gloucester Stage, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Central Square Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, New Rep, Peterborough Players, Stoneham, Huntington. Elliot Norton Award: My Fair Lady, Wonderful Town, IRNE Award – My Fair Lady. The Most Happy Fella, ArtsImpulse Award: Far From Heaven. Love to my family and to Ben. @jen_ellis JenEllis.net Obehi Janice* (Rosaline) is an award-winning actress, writer, and comedian. She is the TCG Fox Foundation Resident Actor at Company One Theatre. A graduate of Georgetown University, Obehi was named “Boston’s Best Actress” by The Improper
Larry Coen* (Costard) CSC credits: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Many productions with Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans, Beau Jest, Lyric Stage, Speakeasy Stage and Huntington. Performed three World Premieres
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Bostonian in 2014. Recent credits include We’re Gonna Die (Company One/A.R.T), An Octoroon (Company One/ArtsEmerson), Mr g (Underground Railway Theater) and FUFU & OREOS (Bridge Repertory Theater). She also works in film and TV and as a voice actress in video games, radio, and commercials. She is beyond excited to make her CSC debut. www. obehijanice.com. Ray O’Hare (Moth) is thrilled to be making his CSC debut! Recent roles include Gold in The Wild Party with Moonbox Productions, Grimsby in Disney’s The Little Mermaid with Fiddlehead Theatre and Dale Harding in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (BroadwayWorld Boston Best Actor Nomination). He also originated the role of the dastardly General Manager in both the Club Oberon and ImprovBoston productions of T: An MBTA Musical. Past vocations include graveyard tour guide and toy demonstrator for FAO Schwarz. Love to Jamie. Mark W. Soucy (Sir Nathaniel) performed in CSC’s King Lear last summer as The Duke of Albany. Other local roles include John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Moon in The Real Inspector Hound, Norman in The Dresser, and Travis in Crossing Brooklyn for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Award from the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters. Mark served as Development Manager at New Repertory Theatre, among other roles, from 1994-2010.
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Fred Sullivan, Jr.* (Holofernes) For CSC: Bottom, Jacques, Ageon, Brabantio, Menenius, Parolles, 1st Gangster (Kiss Me Kate at the Hatch Shell), Malvolio, and Gloucester. Fred is a 33 season resident actor at Trinity Rep. Highlights of 120 productions: Falstaff, Jamie Tyrone, Harold Hill, Oscar Madison, Joe Pitt, Alfie Doolittle and Captain Hook. Norton award for Jaques in CSC’s As You Like It and IRNE for Walter Burns in Trinity Rep’s His Girl Friday. Rothko in Red and Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Gamm Theatre where Fred’s resident director (25 productions). Also acted at Berkley Rep, Dallas Theatre Center, NJ Shakespeare, Ocean State Theatre Co., and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Fred teaches acting at RISD and Gamm. Celebrating 10th summer with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company! Brandon Whitehead* (Boyet) returns to CSC having last played Fool in King Lear. He just finished playing Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors for the brand new Tantrum Theatre in Ohio. Other recent credits include Mike Francisco in Breaking Legs at Ocean State Theater, Gordon in Neville’s Island at Stoneham Theatre, Inspector Hubbard in Dial M for Murder also at OSTC, and Val in Laughter on the 23rd Floor at New Century Theater. Whitehead has also worked regionally with Seattle Repertory Theater, Intiman, ACT, and many others. Some of his recent film and television credits include A Bit of Bad Luck, 21 and Over, and Leverage.
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CSC2 is a company of actors that works with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company on an extended basis. The ensemble is built of twelve, non-equity, early-career actors with some professional experience. CSC2 works both as a cohort, learning from a diverse cast of their peers, and also alongside CSC’s professional company in a variety of productions, including their own production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented in May 2016 at Babson College’s Sorenson Center for the Arts, and this production of Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Jes Bedwinek (Maria u/s Princess of France) is a New Yorkbased actor and comedian recently seen on Broadway... and Houston, trying to find the entrance to the B train. NYC: Grusome Playground Injuries (Times Square Arts Center), New Dance Theatre’s Asylum (Emerging Artists Festival), Achilles & The River (Reading - MTC), Blood Red Roses (CityShow), Monster Party (TinyRhino Festival). Regional: Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Olivia in Twelfth Night (Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival), The Foreigner (MPAC), Spring Awakening (Promethean). Film/TV: “Hunting Season” on Logo.tv. Jes has worked with the Moscow Art Theatre at ART and The Second City in Chicago. MFA from The New School for Drama. www.jesbedwinek.com Rachel Belleman (Jaquenetta u/s Rosaline) is ecstatic to join CSC this summer after recently moving to Boston! Other area credits include Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Person/Greta in the bilingual, international tour of Del Agua Al Polvo (Brown Box Theatre Project), Courtney in Triple Word Score (Car Shorts), and Hero/Aphrodite in Love of the Nightingale (Hub Theatre Company). She holds a B.A. in Musical Theatre from James Madison University. Love to my family and Margaret. www. rachelbelleman.com
Anthony Cason (Forester u/s Boyet & Costard) is ecstatic to join the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company team after performing with CSC2 earlier this year in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom). Some of his favorite credits include: Belize in Angels In America: Part 1, Mickey in After The Fall, and Peter in At Home At The Zoo. Regional: Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale (Lincoln Amphitheater), The 39 Steps, The Fantasticks (Fritche Theatre). TV/ Film: The Breaks (VH1). Anthony would like to thank his family and friends for their support, and Steve for this wonderful opportunity. Margaret Clark (Katharine u/s Moth) is thrilled to appear in her second production with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Previous credits include Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Carol in Oleanna (UmbrellaArts), Miss Plum in Trumpet of the Swan (Wheelock Family Theatre), Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (Brown Box Theatre), Annie in Spinning (Solas Nua), and Sarah in Translations (Bad Habit). She will next appear in The Silver Lining, a world premiere with Bad Habit Productions. She received her BFA in Acting from Emerson College, and additional training at Shakespeare & Company and The American Shakespeare Center.
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Dalton Davis (Longaville u/s Berowne) is very excited to be making his Shakespeare on the Common debut with this spectacular show! Classically trained, Dalton is a resident of New York where he studies Shakespeare under the direction of Eddie Lew. Some of Dalton’s recent works include: Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Glen Cooper in Rumors, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mark in The Wayside Motor Inn, and Tartuffe in Tartuffe. Dalton wants to thank Eddie Lew for all the time and effort he has invested in him in addition to his parents for all of their constant support. Enjoy the show! Contact Dalton at: davistdalton@gmail.com or www.backstage. com/daltondavis Marisa Gold (Ensemble u/s Maria) is delighted to be returning to Commonwealth Shakespeare Company after having completed the Apprentice Program last summer. Recent Boston credits include: Snug/Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), the title role in Macbeth directed by Nora Long (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Apprentice Showcase), Corrie in Barefoot in the Park (Moonbox Theatre Company), and Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Newton Theatre Company). Cameron Gosselin (Mercade u/s Holofernes) is excited to be making his Shakespeare on the Common debut. Previous credits include Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Brown Box Theatre Project), Laertes in Hamlet, Banquo in Macbeth, and Don Pedro in Much Ado 18 Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s
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About Nothing, all with the Bay Colony Shakespeare Company. Non-Shakespearean credits include Griever in Blue Window, Katurian in The Pillowman, Erik Larsen in Enigma Variations. Cameron is a graduate of Muhlenberg College where he received a BA in Theatre with a focus on acting. Nash Hightower (Dumaine u/s King Ferdinand) is a graduate of Emerson College’s BFA program. Previous credits include: Ether Dome (Huntington Theatre Company), The Parade (Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival), Thoroughly Muslim Millie (Gold Dust Orphans), And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens (Peregrine Theater Company), Falsettoland (TEST Theater Company), Now the Jerk is Somewhere Else Again (Goethe Institute of Boston), Not, Not, Not, Not Enough Oxygen (Whistler in the Dark), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare in the Pub), and Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Now!). He has also written plays for ShotzBoston and Newfest at Emerson, as well as being a stage carpenter and tech intern for the Lyric Stage Company, TEST Theater Company, The Paramount Stage, as well as production design for independent film sets in the Boston area. Arisael Rivera (Dull u/s Don Armado) is pumped to be returning to the Boston Common for a second year. Recent theatre credits include Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Friar Lawrence in Romeo & Juliet with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Other credits include Narrator/Arsonist in LA Lights Fire with rskital Productions, and Butch in Educational, Career Relevant... with NPTC. When he’s not on stage he can be seen on his laptop writing the next great web series or at comedy
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club’s waxing poetic about his love of hamburgers. He wants to thank his family, both old and young, for their endless support. Follow him on twitter: @ari_sael_riv.
pany’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Oberon/ Theseus. Regional: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Other credits: Stanley in Brighton Beach Memoirs with Highlands Summer Theater; Orin Dennis in Children of a Lesser God with Chabot College; Kip in Columbus Day with Wheeler Productions. Film: J.D. in The Sex Movie; Cappuchino in Killer Bean Forever; Oliver in Gypsy Boys.
Grace Trapnell (Ensemble u/s Katherine) is thrilled to be returning to CSC after completing the Apprentice program in 2013. Recent regional credits Colin Wulff (First Gentleman include Blood Wedding (Apolu/s Longaville & Dumaine) is a linaire), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Now!), New York actor, having moved A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vermont Shakethere this September after respeare Company), and The Two Gentlemen of cently graduating from Oberlin Verona (Commonwealth Shakespeare ComCollege with a BA in Theater. pany). Grace hails from Charlottesville, Virginia, and holds a BA in Theatre from the University He is very excited to work on a second show with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. of Vermont. Previous credits include Orlando in As You Like Matthew Tyler (Ensemble u/s It (Oberlin Summer Theater Festival), Puck in A Sir Nathaniel) Graduated from Midsummer Night’s Dream (Southern ShakeNYU’s Tisch School of the Arts speare Festival), Juror 3 in Twelve Angry Men with a BFA in Acting. He most (AlphaNYC), and Osvald in Ghosts (Oberlin). recently appeared in Com- He’d like to thank his cast and crew for a wonmonwealth Shakespeare Com- derful summer.
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CSC APPRENTICE PROGRAM
The CSC Apprentice Program is an intensive summer training program for young professionals who are actively pursuing a career in theatre. Besides invaluable training, CSC offers a unique opportunity to work alongside theatre professionals on a truly massive scale. Our summer programming reaches over 75,000 audience members every year, and our Apprentices are an integral part of each successful season, as staff, company representatives, and as performers. Classes include voice, movement, and text, as well as monologue coaching, several masterclasses, and other activities.
The Academy Showcase
The Apprentice Program culminates with two showcase performances, offering audiences a chance to come celebrate the work of the Summer Academy students and to see more Shakespeare! All performances are free. Cymbeline Directed by A. Nora Long Shakespeare’s fairy-tale vision of a young girl’s struggle with an evil step-mother, false accusations, and a gender-bent expedition to a war between nations. • 7/29 at 7pm Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College, Wellesley, MA
2016 CSC Apprentice Program Company Mckenzie Bergan Saint Michael’s College
Alexandria Hassan Dean College
Andrew Prensky Tufts University
Arianna Bonito Montclair State University
Jamil Joseph East Stroudsburg University
Jared Reinfeldt Boston College
Delaney Clark Bucknell University
Sam Marchiony Oberlin College
Jenny Shubi Fitchburg State University
Caroline Cromwell Drew University
Brittany Martel SUNY New Paltz
Samantha Simone Columbia University, MFA
Rachel Durante Goucher College
Devin May Indiana University
Joseph Tyler Middlesex Community College
Braley Degenhardt University of Connecticut
Cassidy McCartan University of Rhode Island
Sarah Vasilevsky Suffolk University
Kate Falk New York University
Blair Nodelman Tufts University
Elaine Weatherby Oklahoma City University
Nathaniel Flachs Salve Regina University
Maurice Palmer University of Nevada Las Vegas
Suzi Weisberg Point Park University
Benjamin Gutman Cape Cod Community College
Courtney Plati Salem State University
• 7/31 at 1:30pm Boston Center for the Arts Black Box, Boston, MA • 8/4 at 6:30pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA • 8/7 at 7pm Newton-Hyde Center, Newton, MA Measure for Measure Directed by Jennie Israel Vienna has fallen into disarray and debauchery. Can a noble nun and a disguised Duke work for good to turn around the lives of its citizens and reexamine the meaning of true justice? • 7/28 at 7pm Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College, Wellesley, MA • 7/30 at 1:30pm Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theater, Boston, MA • 7/31 at 7pm Newton-Hyde Center, Newton, MA • 8/5 at 6:30pm Menotomy Park, Arlington, MA
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PRODUCTION STAFF
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Leslie Chiu Production Manager
Andrew Andrews Show Run Master Electrician
Seághan McKay Associate Production Manager
Kelly Lipsey Assistant Master Electrician
Kevin Schlagle* Production Stage Manager
Aryn Colonero, Jonathan Rooney Follow Spot Operators/Electrics Interns
Jeremiah Mullane Assistant Stage Manager Jamie Carty Stage Management Intern Ian Thorsell Prop Artisan Jessica Rechin Stage/Site Supervisor Charlie Brewer, Rachel Canowitz, Margaret Pinnow Production Assistants/Run Crew BeNT Productions, Inc. Scenic Build and Installation Gifford Williams Assistant Lighting Designer Graham Edmondson Master Electrician
Hight Output, Inc. Lighting Equipment Brian McCoy Chief Sound Engineer Nell Robinson Assistant Sound Engineer/A2 Nathan Bixby Sound Intern McCoy Audio, Talamas Broadcast Equipment Sound Equipment Margaret Koerber Wardrobe Supervisor Theona White Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
Rebecca Price, Robin Piatt Stegman Wardrobe Interns Boston University Theatre Costume Shop Penney Pinette Costume Shop Manager Sarah Karten, Sara Marhamo, and Laura McCarthy Stitchers Michael Gottke, David Norcott, Adam Norcott Consultants and Permits Kara Kelly-Martin Accessibility Consultant Stephen Reinstein Audiences Services Manager Karalyn Hutton Assistant Front of House Manager Elizabeth Carmichael and Carson Moreira-Rego Audience Services Interns
ARTISTIC STAFF Steven Maler Director
Eric Southern** Lighting Designer
Monica Giordano Assistant Director
Scott Bradley** Scenic Designer
Dave Remedios** Sound Designer
Marissa Friedman Dramaturg
Nancy Leary** Costume Designer
Yo-El Cassell Movement and Choreography
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
** Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE
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Scott Bradley** (Scenic Designer) For Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: The Tempest, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It. On Broadway, premieres of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars (Tony Nomination and Drama Desk Award for best set design), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Drama Desk Award for best Set Design). Recent openings: A View from The Bridge (Seattle Rep), The Crucible (Cleveland Playhouse), Brownsville Song (Long Wharf Theater), Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), ChapattiI (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Alan Ackbourne’s new play Things We Do For Love (Delaware Rep). Currently designing His Eye is on the Sparrow (Portland Center Stage in Oregon). Notable productions: world premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness (Seattle Rep), Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, and The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci by Mary Zimmerman, both Lucille Lortel nominations (Second Stage). Television: Set designer for Late Night with David Letterman. Film: Production designer for Ang Lee’s Pushing Hands. Graduate of The Yale School of Drama 1986.
Yo-El Cassell (Movement & Choreography) Resident Choreographer of CSC, is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and recipient of the Lotte Kaliski Award for Gifted Artists. Off Broadway: Moonlight Interior. With Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Othello, Corialanus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kiss Me Kate, and Symphonic Shakespeare with Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Many productions with American Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, New England Conservatory, Boston Opera Collaborative, and Nantucket Dreamland Theatre. He has taught at Boston Ballet, Skidmore College, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University Dance Department, and served as the Student Engagement Manager for ArtsEmerson. Yo-El also teaches for CSC’s Apprentice Program and serves as movement curator for Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Recently, he was appointed Head of Movement for Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. Yo-el extends a dedication to his wife, Melodie and son, Keaton. www.yo-el.net
Leslie Chiu (Production Manager) has been a stage manager and production manager in the theater industry for over twenty years. Currently the Director of Production at Brandeis University’s Department of Theater Arts, her most recent credits include Production Manager for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s productions of Othello (2010) and All’s Well That Ends Well (2011), Associate Production Manager for CSC’s Coriolanus (2012) and The Two Gentleman of Verona (2013), and Production Stage Manager for the Off-Broadway show Blue Man Group (Boston). Leslie received her MFA in Stage Management from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music and her BFA In Theatrical Design/Technology from Florida State University. Nancy L. Leary** (Costume Design) is an award winning costume designer whose vivid and visionary work for opera and theatre spans several decades. She has worked on multiple projects with Boston Lyric Opera and productions with distinguished directors David Schweizer and Sam Helfrich. Other costume design credits include: Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Weston Playhouse, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, The Julie Harris Stage (WHAT), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, ART Institute at Harvard, and Chamber Repertory Theatre. Recent awards include an IRNE for costume design of Into the Woods at New Repertory Theatre and an Elliot Norton for her contribution to the production of Permanent Collection. She is a professor of Costume Design and Production at Boston University School of Theatre.
David Remedios** (Sound Designer) has previously designed Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s 2014 production of Twelfth Night (IRNE Award nomination), The Last Will, Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Othello. Recent credits include Rhinoceros (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Violet and Mothers and Sons (SpeakEasy Stage Company); I and You (Merrimack Rep & 59E59); The Winter’s Tale (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Buyer & Cellar (Lyric Stage); Broken Glass (New Repertory Theater); The Flick (Gloucester Stage); Ulysses on Bottles (Israeli Stage); Out of the City (Merrimack Rep, IRNE Award nomination); and Women in Jeopardy! (Geva
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WHO’S WHO: PRODUCTION STAFF Eric Southern** (Lighting Design): New York: Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons), Steve (New Group), Rimbaud in NY (Civilians, BAM), The Few, The Correspondent (OBIE Award) (Rattlestick Theater), Buyer and Cellar (London, New York, & National Tour); Collected Stories with David Lang (Carnegie Hall); Play/Pause with Susan Marshall and David Lang (BAM Next Wave Festival), Paul’s Case (Urban Arias, Prototype Festival). He has extensive work internationally with the award winning 600 Highwaymen. Kevin Schlagle* (Production Stage Manager) re- Also: Atlantic Theater Company, Baltimore Centerturns to the Common after previously working on stage, The Guthrie Theater, Pittsburgh Symphony King Lear and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Other Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Hudson local theatre credits include the Huntington Theatre Valley Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Opera, PortCompany, American Repertory Theater, New Reper- land Center Stage, Commonwealth Shakespeare tory Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His Company, The Arden Theater, The Magic Theater, opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Westport Country Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Op- Playhouse, Kansas City Rep. BFA, MFA: NYU. era, and New England Conservatory. BFA in Stage Management from Boston University.
Theatre Center and Cape Playhouse). Other regional and local credits include Huntington Theatre, Studio Theatre, Portland Stage, Theatre for a New Audience, American Repertory Theatre, among many others Upcoming projects include Home of the Brave (Merrimack Rep); MIT’s Moving Day! Centenary Celebration; Freud’s Last Session (New Rep); Orlando (Opera House Arts); and Not Medea (Contemporary American Theater Festival). Remediosssound.com.
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CSC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF Board of Directors
David Friedman, Chair Joan Moynagh, Secretary Scott Utzinger, Treasurer Anika Agarwal, Jarrett Barrios, Christy Cashman, Nancy Gertner, Irwin Heller, Tad Heuer, Will Lyman, Steven Maler, Sam Mazzarelli, Kier McDonough, Beth Myers, Scott Oran, Susan Poduska, Bryan Simmons
Staff
Artistic & Education Steven Maler, Artistic Director Adam Sanders, Associate Artistic Director Yo-el Cassell, Resident Choreographer Victoria Townsend, Artistic Programs Coordinator Administration Abigail Rollins, General Manager Joanna Rothman, Director of Development Julia Ashton, Development Associate Noah Pilchen, Development Intern Stephen Reinstein, Audience Services Manager Joanne Barrett, PR Consultant
Christine Covino, Marketing Associate Ashley McDermott, Marketing/PR Intern Jeffrey Cleven at Holland & Knight, LLP, Legal Representation Steven Kleinberg, Bookkeeping Julian Friedman at Friedman, Hurwitz & Aliber, Accountant
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A Welcoming Common for All: The Common Access Initiative
CSC SPONSORS AND PARTNERS Commonwealth Shakespeare Company deeply appreciates the generous sponsors and partners who support the 21st Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare on the Common. Lead Sponsor
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is committed to providing a welcoming environment for our Free Shakespeare on the Common performances through our access and inclusion programs. The Common Access Initiative, funded by the Liberty Mutual Foundation, will feature on-site accessibility services to patrons with mobility impairments as well as those who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired. The staff at CSC are dedicated to welcoming and serving patrons of all abilities. Our Services
Media Sponsors
Sponsors & Partners
• American Sign Language (ASL) – Interpreted Performances • Audio-Described Performance • Sound Enhancement Devices Available • Braille and Large-Type Programs Available
Gordon’s Fine Wines & Liquors
• Accessible Seating reserved in several free seating locations around the Common • Accessible Seating available in CSC’s Friends Section for a donation of $60
The Krupp Foundation
Accessible Performances American Sign Language Interpreted Performance with Christopher Robinson and Sabrina Dennison
Sat, July 30 @ 8pm Fri, August 5 @ 8pm (Raindate: 8/7 @ 7pm)
Audio-Described Performances with Alice Austin
Sun, July 31 @ 7pm Thu, August 4 @ 8pm (Raindate: 8/7 @ 7pm)
Open Captioned Performance Provided by C2
Fri , July 29 @ 8pm
The Kevin C. Kynock Foundation for the Arts
SPECIAL THANKS
Kerry Healey, Michael Johnson, Mary Rose, Lindsey Cunningham, and Babson College - Jon Abbott, Nancy Dieterich, Jeanmarie Roberts, and WGBH - Tricia Barnes and Comcast - Ellen Schned and Ovation - Klare Shaw and Liberty Mutual - Commissioner Christopher Cook, Paul McCaffrey, Ranger Reggie Sampson, Lou Chianca and the Boston Parks & Recreation Department - Senator Eric Lesser - Paul Grogan, Allyson Esposito, Michelle Hinkle, and The Boston Foundation - Kara KellyMartin, Christopher Robinson, and Boston University Office of Disability Services - Johnny Kontogiannis
Our Partners We would like to thank our partners in access and inclusion: Boston University Office of Disability Services, Perkins School for the Blind
and the Trustees of Boston University - Brandeis University Department of Theater Arts - Chris Tedford -
CSC seeks to partner with additional community organizations to make Free Shakespeare on the Common more easily accessible. For special accommodations or information for your organization, please contact Audience Services Manager Stephen Reinstein at sreinstein@commshakes.org. For more complete information, visit CSC’s website at www.commshakes.org.
- Mark Lorenzo and Maggie McCauley and BabsonARTS - April Ropes - Barry Sneirson and Print and
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Andrew Brilliant - Julie Burros - Jeffrey Cleven - Phil Crohan, Nate Little, and Massachusetts Convention Center Authority – David Gordon and Gordon’s Boston – Kennedy Elsey and Mix 104.1 - Nile Hawver Media Solutions - Melissa Wagner-O’Malley - Ernesto Galan - John Cini and High Output - Eric Frishman and United Staging & Rigging - Brian McCoy and McCoy Audio - Emily Procknal, Carolyn Sullivan, and The Boston Globe - Vittorio Jattan and Earl of Sandwich - and Jason Sweeney and Ben & Jerry’s Visit the Love’s Labour’s Lost webpage: commshakes.org/love 29
COMMONWEALTH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY SUPPORTERS Your support helps us to fund our core programming, which includes Free Shakespeare on the Common, our productions as the Theatre in Residence at Babson College, and our educational programs. Thank you to our theatre and Shakespeare enthusiasts for helping us keep all of our programs and productions free for all. We also want to thank those of you who purchased tickets to our gala and performances that also contribute to our over $1 million annual budget. The following donations were received during our current fiscal year (October 1, 2015 to July 4, 2016). We do our very best to provide a comprehensive list of donors. If we have inadvertently left a friend off this list, please contact our Director of Development, Joanna Rothman, at 617-426-0863 or info@commshakes.org. $50,000 and up Anonymous Bloomberg Philanthropies $20,000 - $49,999 Anika Agarwal and Amit Gupta* Massachusetts Cultural Council $10,000-$19,999 The Boston Foundation Christy and Jay Cashman Sheila and Irwin Heller* Meryl A. Kessler and Scott I. Oran The Krupp Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation Anastasia and Will Lyman Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Joan Moynagh and Adam Sholley* National Endowment for the Arts $5,000-$9,999 Cabot Corporation Kerry Healey* Bruce T. Herring Highland Street Foundation Ashley, Wesley, and Paul Karger* Michele and Howard Kessler Steve Maler and Anthony Liquori* Susan and Bill Poduska* Scott Utzinger* $1,000-$4,999 Minnie Ames and Brian Hirschfield Arcus Foundation Jarrett Barrios Ettore Biagioni Boston Cultural Council Boston Private Bank & Trust Company* Marianne and Chris Cooper Mary F. Dockray-Miller and Michael Miller The Honorable Stephen P. Driscoll
Anita Feins and Steven Lampert Gail Flatto Ret. Hon. Nancy Gertner and John Reinstein Alexandra and David Gordon, Gordon’s Fine Wine & Liquors of Boston* William Grote Adrianna and Tarek Hassan Pamela and John Humphrey Cerise Jacobs William R. Kelley Jr. The Kevin C. Kynock Foundation for the Arts Shannon Monaghan and Tad Heuer Jenny Netzer and Ellis Seidman Jeryl and Stephen Oristaglio Lily Poduska Ameek Ashok Ponda and Samia M. Kirmani Paul F. Saba Wendy Shattuck and Sam Plimpton Spring Sirkin Jessica and Colin Stokes The Tianaderrah Foundation Frank Wisneski and Lynn Dale* Patricia and Hon. Douglas Woodlock Caroline and Alan Wu/Wu Rosen Associates $500-$999 Janet Bailey Kelly Boullet Bob Bowers Patrick and Ellen Centanni Priscilla Douglas Karin and Charles Dumbaugh Ellen Resnick Franco and James Franco Candy Gold Kurt D. Gress and Samuel Parkinson Karen Kaufman Jone LaBombard The Mansur-Ryan Charitable Fund Katie and Onnie Mayshak
Thomas O’Dowd Suzanne Priebatsch Lisa M. Rebello and Steve Woolfson Ashley Wisneski and Will Heward John Wolfarth Hon. Rya Zobel $250-$499 Janet Bragg Eric Belsley Nina and Donald Berk Steven Boyd C.C. Chapman Martha Coakley Bob Cullum Doris R. Downey Glenda Fishman Linda Green Barbara Wallace Grossman and Steve Grossman Patrick Harney Jennifer L. Hochschild and C. Anthony Broh Kristin Holmes Margaret Iwobi Martha and Michael Keating Edgar Knudson Anja Kola and Kieran McDonough Eric Lass Raymond Noveck John Parisi Deedee Phillips and Charlie Marz William Rawn Linda Reimels Joanna Rothman Wayne Saltsman * designates inclusion of an April 16, 2016 gala table sponsorship
To learn more or a make a donation:
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IMPORTANT AUDIENCE INFORMATION SEATING OPTIONS - If you didn’t bring your own and don’t want to sit on the ground, we offer the following seating options: • Rent a Lawn Chair: $5 rental fee (+ a $5 refundable deposit). • Reserve a Chair in the Friends Section: Available for a $60 donation made in advance online (commshakes.org) or over the phone (617-426-0863). A limited number of chairs may be available at select performances without a reservation for $75. Visit the Information Tent to the left of the stage for availability and more information. • Buy a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company blanket: Water resistant and great for taking on picnics and future Free Shakespeare on the Common performances. Available for $30 at our Merchandise Tents on either side of the stage. FOOD OPTIONS – In addition to satisfying your snack cravings, a portion of each sale goes to support Free Shakespeare on the Common: • Water and Candy: Available for $2. Sold by CSC staff and volunteers circulating throughout the audience and at the tents on either side of the stage. • Ben & Jerry’s: Ice cream truck is located behind the Bandstand. • Food Trucks: Trucks will be parked behind the Bandstand at the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening performances. PARKING Parking is available in the Boston Common Garage. Be sure to pick up a discount coupon from one of the CSC tents or from an usher to receive $1 off your parking. These coupons are provided by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA). CSC receives $2 from the MCCA each time a coupon is used. RESTROOMS Portable toilets are located near the tennis courts. THE GREENSHOW CSC’s Greenshow features actors from its Apprentice Program. Traditionally, a Greenshow is the prelude to an evening’s performance, meant to prepare an audience for the main event. Our Greenshows are performed periodically in the two hours before curtain right in the audience by our Apprentice Ambassadors. They are fun, lively, and appropriate for the whole family; a great way to learn more about Love’s Labours Lost. Feel free to ask our Ambassadors any questions you might have about the play, CSC, or Shakespeare! MERCHANDISE Hoodies, T-shirts, blankets, water bottles, and other items are available for purchase at the CSC tents on either side of the stage. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit CSC. SUPPORTING FREE SHAKESPEARE ON THE COMMON CSC needs YOUR help to continue offering Free Shakespeare on the Common to Boston audiences for years to come. If every audience member contributed just $5, we could fund next year’s production in its entirety. Give Online: Visit www.commshakes.org/support-us Give In-Person: Leave a donation of any amount at any of the CSC tents before or after the performance. Ushers will also collect donations just before showtime. To donate using a credit card, visit the Information Tent. STAY CONNECTED TO CSC • Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @commshakes. • Sign up for our e-newsletter at commshakes.org or from our Facebook page. 34 Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s
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