The Two Gentlemen of Verona at The Fern Shakespeare Company

Love, and a bit with a dog.

Is all really fair in love and war? Shakespeare tackles this age old question in his first comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Proteus only has eyes for his hometown sweetheart, Julia. But on a trip to Milan, he gets one look at the lovely Silvia . . . and dumps Julia in a heartbeat. One problem: Sylvia is in love. . . with Proteus’s best friend Valentine! Stir in some bandits, an outraged father and a sour-natured dog, and it’s friend versus friend in a ridiculously comedic tale of romantic rivals.

Although it is Shakespeare’s first comedy, it is a perfect example of how human nature simply does not change. In our current era where toxic masculinity has become acceptable behavior, we as a society must learn from our past and question the status quo.

What does it take to accept the love that has been in front of you all along? Can we learn from our mistakes and move forward? Fern Shakespeare takes this opportunity to ask these very difficult questions and explore the deeper levels of this deceptively simple comedy.

Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 7:00PM and Sundays AT 2:00PM at The Slate Theatre, 815 Seattle Blvd S, Inside the Inscape Arts building (The Old Immigration Building).

'Two Gents' is Directed by The Fern Shakespeare Company's Managing Artistic Director Jessica Fern Hunt and stars:

Fox Rain Matthews: Proteus
Matt Gilworth: Valentine
Melanie Hampton: Julia
Angélica Duncan-Basile: Silvia
Janet Holloway-Thomas: Speed
Doug Graham: Launce
Will Lippman: Thurio
Colleen Davis: Lucetta
Sean Taylor: Duke of Milan & Sir Eglamore
And the Theatrical Debut of Dame Miss Wiggles: Crab the Dog

Two Gents is stage managed by Kait Mahoney and Sarah Kelly Beeson serves at lighting designer