Liba Vaynberg is a busy, busy woman. Earlier this year, she starred in our production of Bekah Brunstetter's The Oregon Trail. Last month her solo show Scheiss Book was remounted at Dixon Place after a sold out run at the United Solo Festival. Now she is appearing in Arden/Everywhere: The "As You Like It" Project, a contemporary reframing of the famous Shakespeare's comedy. Liba is awesome. Shakespeare is awesome. That's too much awesome in a show to miss it!
October 8 -28, 2017
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10010
A Little About The Show
A good and gentle leader has been overthrown in a coup. His daughter must run away or be killed. She disguises herself as a man in order to protect herself while she searches for safety. In a world of political instability where brother is plotting to kill brother, people from all walks of life are trying to escape danger and make a life in exile in the woods.
As You Like It is a play redolent with themes of exile, yet often in production they take a backseat to its love story. Still rooted in Shakespeare’s text, the radical shift of “Arden/Everywhere” comes from taking seriously the stakes of the characters’ circumstances and making that the spine of the story. By bringing questions of exile and dislocation to the fore, the project re-imagines this familiar story filled with beloved characters, making it new and essential for a contemporary audience.
Cast:
- Helen Cespedes* (Rosalind)
- Anthony Cason (Orlando)
- Liba Vaynberg* (Celia)
- Dennis Kozee* (Touchstone)
- Tommy Schrider* (Jaques)
- Kambi Gathesha* (Oliver/Silvius/First Lord)
- Kenneth De Abrew* (Charles and Corin)
- Dikran Tulaine* (Dukes)
- Indika Senanayake* (Phebe/La Belle/Adam)
- Alessandra Mesa (Audrey)
- Ali Arkane (Ensemble/William)
- Jorge Pluas (Ensemble)
- Anton Kurdakov (Ensemble)
- Denisse J. Jimenez (Ensemble)
- Murodilla Fatkhullaev (Ensemble)
- George W. Tarr (Ensemble)
Creative:
- Written by William Shakespeare
- Directed by Jessica Bauman
* actors appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association