Due to Popular Demand: 'As You Like It' Extended!

 
Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce additional dates for William Shakespeare's As You Like It directed by William Brown. The production will run through Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.
 
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players…" Shakespeare's wildly beautiful romp through the forest of Arden brings to life some of the most romantic scenes ever to be scribed for the stage, while throwing in a dynamic twist of gender politics. In order to test the veracity of Orlando's love for her, Rosalind disguises herself as a man and attempts to convince him that his love for her is merely an illusion. A duke and his merry men in exile, the melancholy Jacques, a love sick shepherd and the shepherdess who spurns him all swirl around the potential lovers, shaping the evening into this most perfect of comedies.
 
Title:                   As You Like It
Written by:         William Shakespeare
Directed by:       William Brown
Featuring:          Tracy Michelle Arnold, Kevin Asselin, William Brown, Carey Cannon, David Dastmalchian, Tim Gittings, Joel Hatch,                              Carol Kuykendall, Nancy Moricette, Eric Parks, Marcus Truschinski, and Larry Yando

 
Dates:               Regular run: through April 13, 2008
                         Extension: Wednesday, April 16-Sunday, April 20
 
Schedule:          Tuesdays & Wednesdays:        7:30 p.m.
                         Thursdays & Fridays:               8:00 p.m.
                         Saturdays:                                4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
                         Sundays:                                  2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

 
There will be no performance on Tuesday, April 15 or the evening of Sunday, April 20, 2008.
 
Special events:  Post-show discussion:  April 1, 2008         
 
Location:           Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe
Tickets:             Regular run: $45 for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening performances; $50 for Sunday evenings                             $55 for  Fridays and Sunday matinees and $58 for Saturdays (both performances). Weekday matinees are $45. 

 
Box Office:  The Box Office is located at 376 Park Avenue, Glencoe; 847-242-6000; www.writerstheatre.org
 
 
 
Writers' Theatre is a professional company focusing on the word and the artist, with the playwright at the center of its mission. The 16-year-old company produces classic scripts and cultivates new works including literary adaptations, second productions and rarely or infrequently produced works of classic writers, invigorating them with new energy and a new approach. For its first 12 years, Writers' Theatre performed in the anteroom of "Books on Vernon" at 664 Vernon Avenue in Glencoe.  In the fall of 2003, the company opened its new 108-seat thrust stage performance venue at 325 Tudor Court, continuing its tradition of bringing audiences face to face with literature's greatest creators and creations in an intimate environment.
 
The company continues to produce works in both spaces, maintaining an intimate theatrical experience for audiences while growing annual attendance to more than 30,000.  In the past seven years, the subscriber base has grown almost 250%, from 1,500 in 2000 to more than 5,200 in 2007. With an operating budget of more than $3 million, Writers' Theatre is supported by a staff of 16 fulltime employees and a 27-member Board of Trustees.