“As You Like It” by William Shakespeare
Campus location: W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
Dates and Times: October 29-31 & November 5-7 at 8pm
Directed by Steve Braddock

An astutely funny pastoral comedy, As You Like It runs the gamut of the comedic canon, combining cross-dressing and slapstick with gentle satire and sparkling, witty conversation.  

As You Like It follows the lively exploits of banished Rosalind and her quest for true love amid the schemes of two warring brothers.  In the untarnished and idyllic Forest of Arden, Rosalind, disguised as a gentleman farmer, stumbles upon an extraordinary assemblage of characters, including a fool, a malcontent traveler, her own exiled father, and the cast-out young man she loves.

The play, which contains some of Shakespeare's loveliest poetry, including “All the world’s a stage”, provides a glimpse into the contrasts between the court--bristling with envy and rivalry--and the compassionate harmony of the forest, allowing us to recognize our own human foibles by considering the romantic versus the realistic, and by laughing at the excesses of love.

Tickets are $15 general; $10 senior; and $4 for all students and the Le Moyne community. For more information, call (315) 445-4523. Reservations suggested.