BWW News: SATE to Present Unique Staging of AS YOU LIKE IT
By: Chris Gibson
Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (SATE) presents its first production to bridge between two seasons, As You Like It will carry SATE from its Season of Mistaken Identity to its Season of Adaptation, a season dedicated to the act of adapting. Productions for SATE's Season of Adaptation will be announced in early 2016.
In February 2016, SATE will adapt Shakespeare's beloved pastoral comedy As You Like It and set the story of Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, Jacques, and Touchstone amidst the Depression-era Ozark forests, complete with original, Old-Time tunes played live by the cast and Jason Scroggins, of the local band, The Foggy Memory Boys. Old-Time music features playing styles that pre-date bluegrass, emerging from the string band tradition stretching back to the early years of United States history. SATE's adaptation takes place in 1929 when Union Electric began to buy-out farm property to create what is now the Lake of the Ozarks. Duke Senior, one of the usurped land owners now lives in the forest with her farm hands. Duke's daughter, Rosalind, has determined to find and live with her mother in the forest along with her cousin, Celia and friend, Touchstone. Along the way and disguised as a boy, leading to her mistaken identity as Ganymede, she meets and falls in love with Orlando, another usurped land-owner. Learning the Ozark ways of life from the locals, Rosalind, Orlando, Celia, and Duke find love, music, and a home among the trees of an Ozark forest.
SATE presents As You Like It February 3-13 (Wednesdays-Saturdays), at 8:00pm, at The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Drive.
SATE's performing ensemble includes Mollie Amburgey, Michael Amoroso, Cara Barresi, Will Bonfiglio, Tonya Darabcsek, Katie Donnelly, Wendy Renée Greenwood, Rachel Hanks, Kevin Minor, Jason Scroggins, Rachel Tibbetts and Alyssa Ward. As You Like It is directed by Ellie Schwetye. Costume design by Elizabeth Henning with photography by Joey Rumpell and graphic design by Dottie Quick.
Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased with cash, check or at Brown Paper Tickets.
Please call (314) 827-5760, email info@slightlyoff.org or visit the SATE website at slightlyoff.org for more information. $15 tickets for seniors, students and artists. There are two Pay-What-You-Can performances on Thursday, February 4 and Thursday, February 11.
SATE's production of As You Like It is made possible by funding from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission.
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