Photo Flash: Synetic Theater's AS YOU LIKE IT Opens Tonight

Synetic Theater will continue their 2015/16 Season with their 12th "Wordless Shakespeare" adaptation, AS YOU LIKE IT. Press opening will be tonight, December 12 at 8 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!

All the world's a stage for our 12th silent Shakespeare adaptation, AS YOU LIKE IT! The witty and resourceful Rosalind, along with her devoted cousin Celia, are forced to flee their lives of luxury for an unfamiliar world - the bleak streets of a rusted urban wasteland. Their grim exile is transformed once Rosalind encounters the lovelorn Orlando, who fails to recognize the object of his affections in disguise! Synetic's purely physical interpretation of AS YOU LIKE IT promises to be a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of traditional gender roles, societal class, and love with visual imagery and original music that will be hard to forget. This production will not have dialogue.

Paata Tsikurishvili is the Founding Artistic Director and CEO of Synetic Theater. A native of the Republic of Georgia, he is an innovative, award-winning international artistic director, director and educator with more than 20 years of experience fusing the classical elements of drama, movement, dance, mime and music.

Choreographer Irina Tsikurishvili is a 32-time Helen Hayes Award nominee for both choreography and acting and has won the Award for Outstanding Choreography eight times. She is a co-founder of Synetic Theater and choreographed and starred in over two dozen productions. Her choreography was also featured in the 2013 film Swan Song.

This production is recommended for ages 12 & up. The show runs Dec. 9, 2015 through Jan. 17, 2016 at Synetic Theater, Crystal City, VA - 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA 22202, playing Wednesday - Saturday, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00 p.m. Tickets: $35 and up. Student tickets start at $15. Senior citizens and military receive $5 off. Group discounts are available. Box Office: 866.811.4111 or www.synetictheater.org.

Photo Credit: Johnny Shryock

Taylor Robinson as Rosalind and Philip Fletcher as Orlando

Taylor Robinson as Rosalind and Philip Fletcher as Orlando

Taylor Robinson as Rosalind and Philip Fletcher as Orlando

Philip Fletcher as Orlando and Taylor Robinson as Rosalind

Taylor Robinson as Rosalind and Philip Fletcher as Orlando

Taylor Robinson as Rosalind and Philip Fletcher as Orlando