Although the king forces the young Count Bertram to marry orphaned Helen, he cannot make him love her. Only by completing an impossible task can Helen win that affection she longs for. This production, updated to 1940s France and Italy on the eve of World War II, casts a sideways light and forces us to question the ages-old maxim that all’s well that ends well.

Artistic Staff

Director—Melinda Pfundstein
Scenic Designer—Linda Buchanan
Costume Designer—Lauren T. Roark
Lighting Designer—Stephen C. Jones
Sound Designer/Original Music Composer—Joe Payne
Music Director—Brandon Scott Grayson
Dramaturg—Isabel Smith-Bernstein
Voice and Text Coach—Philip Thompson
Fight Director—Paul Dennhardt
Intimacy Director—Caitlyn Herzlinger
Choreographer—Cassie Abate
Stage Manager—Martinique M. Barthel†

Cast

Countess of Rossillion, mother to Bertram—Yvette Monique Clark†
Bertram, count of Rossillion—Philip Orazio
Lafeu, an old lord—Rob Tucker†
Helen, a gentlewoman protected by the Countess—Kendall Cafaro
Paroles, a follower of Bertram—Kevin Kantor†
E. Dumaine—Anatasha Blakely
G. Dumaine—Jeremy Thompson
King of France—Anthony Heald†
Attendant to the King—Sophia K. Metcalf
French Lords—Maurice-Aimé Green, André Spathelf-Sanders, Braedon Young
French Lady—Whitney Black‡
Renalda, a steward—Stephanie Lambourn†
Lavatch, a clown—Michael Doherty†
Duke of Florence—Rob Tucker†
Soldiers—Whitney Black‡, Maurice-Aimé Green, Stephanie Lambourn†, André Spathelf-Sanders, Braedon Young
Diana—Amara Webb
Mariana—Elise Thayn‡
Widow of Florence—Arizsia Staton
Isbel, a page—Elise Thayn‡
Citizens—Stephanie Lambourn†, Arizsia Staton, Elise Thayn‡, Amara Webb
Musician—Sophia K. Metcalf
Ensemble—Whitney Black‡, Anatasha Blakely, Yvette Monique Clark†, Maurice-Aimé Green, Stephanie Lambourn†, Sophia K. Metcalf, André Spathelf-Sanders, Arizsia Staton, Elise Thayn‡, Jeremy Thompson, Amara Webb, Braedon Young

Understudies

Cherita Armstrong†— Countess of Rossillion; Bailey Blaise—E. Dumaine/Widow of Florence/Citizen; Whitney Black‡—Renalda/Soldier/Citizen; Philip Brown—Lavatch; Nicholas Denhalter‡—G. Dumaine; Steven Jensen—King of France/Citizen; Freedom Martin—Bertram; Sophia K. Metcalf—Paroles; Darci Ramirez—Helen/Attendant to the King/ Diana/ Mariana/ Isbel/ Citizen/ Musician; André Spathelf-Sanders—Lafeu/Duke of Florence; Braedon Young—French Lord/ Soldier; Brandon Zicker—Soldier/French Lord
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless an announcement is made prior to the performance.

†Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

‡Appearing courtesy of the Southern Utah University Fellowship Program.

The director and fight director are working on contract with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenery, costume, sound, and lighting designers are represented by the United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE.

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