As You Like It

As You Like It

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Beth Lopes

June 18 - September 6, 2025
Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre
Sponsored by Jeffery R. and Katie C. Nelson Family Foundation
Rosalind has a problem. Disguised as a boy, she goes to Arden to find her father. But her disguise has also fooled her beloved Orlando, who now asks the “boy” to help him woo the woman of his dreams––none other than Rosalind herself! What’s a girl (or boy) to do? Find out in this rollicking frolic of confused courtship and beautiful poetry.

Lead Artistic Staff

Director––Beth Lopes
Assistant Director––Bailey Rodriguez
Stage Manager––Martinique M. Barthel^
Assistant Stage Manager––Sarah Hudson
Production Assistant––Midge Makowski

Scenic Designer––Apollo Mark Weaver
Costume Designer––Bill Black
Lighting Designer––Shannon McKinney
Sound Designer/Original Music Composer––Lindsay Jones
Music Director––Andrew Flasch
Dramaturg––Isabel Smith-Bernstein
Voice/Text/Dialect Coach––Jeremy Sortore
Fight Director––Geoffrey Kent
Intimacy Director––Sacha Comrie
Choreographer––Trey Plutnicki

Cast
In order of appearance

Jacques, a traveler––Cassandra Bissell^
Rosalind, daughter to Duke Senior––Kayland Jordan^
Celia, Rosalind’s cousin, daughter to Duke Frederick––Kat Lee
Orlando, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys––Gabriel W. Elmore
Oliver, his elder brother––Christopher Joel Onken^
Old Sir Rowland, their father––Patrick Vest
Duke Frederick, the usurping duke––Goeffrey Kent^
Duke Senior, the exiled Duke, brother-in-law to Duke Frederick––Chauncy Thomas^
Touchstone, a court Fool––Walter Kmiec^
Adam, servant to Oliver––Chris Mixon^
Charles, a wrestler at Duke Frederick’s court––Lavour Addison^
LeBeau, a courtier at Duke Frederick’s court––Laura Brennan
Amiens, lord attending Duke Senior––Blake Henri
Corin, a shepherd––Patrick Vest
Silvius, a shepherd––Elijah Eliakim Hernandez
Audrey, a goat-keeper––Kathryn Tkel^
Phoebe, a shepherdess––Nicole Eve Goldstein
William, a country youth––Lavour Addison^
Courtiers, in Duke Frederick’s court––Taya Christiansen†, Nicole Eve Goldstein, Blake Henri, Elijah Eliakim Hernandez, Pixie Isabel Merkley†, Kathryn Tkel^
Foresters, in attendance to Duke Senior––Taya Christiansen†, Nicole Eve Goldstein, Pixie Isabel Merkley†, Kathryn Tkel^

Understudies

Laura Brennan—Jacques; Taya Christiansen†––Courtier/Forester; Emma Cox†––Rosalind/Audrey/Courtier/Forester; Austin Fronk†––Amiens/Courtier; Blake Henri––Charles/Forester/William; Elijah Eliakim Hernandez––Orlando; Loren Jones––Duke Senior; Pixie Isabel Merkley†––Celia/Phoebe/Courtier/Forester; AJ Newbury†––Oliver/Silvius/Courtier; Frank Oden––Adam/Old Sir Rowland/Corin/Duke Frederick; Patrick Vest––LeBeau; Graham Ward*––Touchstone

^ Member of Actors’ Equity Association

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    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 8:00 pm
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Content Advisory

One of Shakespeare’s beloved light-hearted romantic comedies. It is suitable for all audiences, although some sexual puns and innuendo are present, along with themes of betrayal, exile, and gender disguise, and the display of some mild violence.

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