The Public Theater Free Shakespeare in the Park Much Ado About Nothing Central Park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last century, where the heat of summer ignites the fevered passions of lovesick ladies in corsets and pining gentlemen spying from the verandah. Three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien directs this delightful skirmish of wit between two self-declared bachelors tricked by their mischief-making friends into falling in love against their will and in spite of their own hearts.
In addition to the previously announced Lily Rabe (Beatrice) and Hamish Linklater (Benedick), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will feature Steel Burkhardt (Balthasar); Austin Durant (Friar Francis, Sexton); John Glover (Leonato); David Manis (Antonio, Verges); Kathryn Meisle (Ursula); Ismenia Mendes (Hero); Brian Stokes Mitchell (Don Pedro); John Pankow (Dogberry); Pedro Pascal (Don John); Eric Sheffer Stevens (Borachio); and Zoë Winters (Margaret). The non-equity ensemble includes Matt Bittner, Alex Breaux, Paco Lozano, and Matthew Russell