STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs this adventure story that examines how far one will go to obtain the object of her heart’s desire. In Shakespeare’s moving comedy, Helena wants Bertram, and Bertram wants anything but marriage. With resourceful deception and ample persistence, our heroine Helena overcomes one obstacle after another. Marsha Mason, star of stage and screen (four-time Academy Award nominee), makes her STC debut in our romantic season opener.
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Bev Appleton*
First Elder Lord
Michael Bakkensen*
Parolles
Nick DePinto*
Dumaine the Elder
Conrad Feininger*
Second Elder Lord/Duke of Florence
Daniel Flint
Interpreter/Ensemble
Adam Green*
Lavatch
Kevin Hasser
Ensemble
Russell Jonas
Ensemble
Marsha Mason*
Countess of Rossillion
Natalie Mitchell*
Diana
Caitlin O’Connell*
Widow Capilet
Barbara Pinolini*
Mariana/Reynalda
Charity Pomeroy
Ensemble
Tony Roach*
Bertram
John William Schiffbauer
Ensemble
Miriam Silverman*
Helena
Ted van Griethuysen*
King of France
Kristen Varvaris
Ensemble
Paxton Whitehead*
Lafew
Scott Woltz
Ensemble
Kevin Woods
Ensemble
Danny Yoerges
Dumaine the Younger
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
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Michael Kahn
Director
Court Watson
Scenic Designer
Robert Perdziola
Costume Designer
Charlie Morrison
Lighting Designer
Adam Wernick
Composer
Martin Desjardins
Sound Designer
Karma Camp
Choreographer
Ellen O’Brien
Voice and Text Coach
Jenny Lord
Assistant Director
Akiva Fox
Literary Associate
Joseph Smelser*
Stage Manager
Benjamin Royer*
Assistant Stage Manager
Anne Nesmith
Wig Designer
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“Lively comedy…springs brightly, joyfully to life.”
Washington City Paper
“Featherweight charm …suitably stuffed, as we’d expect, with humor, wit, and poetry.”
DC Theatre Scene
“…a well-polished, amiable excursion…”
Theater Mania
“««««”
Metro Weekly
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