Production History
September 2011
Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
The cast included Johanna Getting, Elizabeth Chappel, Jorge Azcárate, Tonya Lynn, David Grande, Katherine Bodner, Stanley Graham, Adam Huff, and Natalie Moretti.
Director: Tommy Costello | Artistic Director: Jennifer Tober
Stage Manager: Emily Burst | Assistant Director: Alan
Irvine
Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Leah Cassella | Dramaturg:
Deirdre O'Rourke
Scenographer: Amanda Leslie | Props Designer: Sara-Anne Lee
Costume Designer: Sarah Benedict | Sound Designer/Cellist: Ryan
McMasters
Fight Choreograper: Tonya Lynn | Cellist: Rachel Smith
This show ran for four weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, playing at Frick Park (2 weekends), Arsenal Park, and Allegheny Commons West Park.
Press: Trib preview, Trib review, WRCT review.
September 2010
Much Ado about Nothing
by William Shakespeare
The cast included Ricardo Vila-Roger, Laurel Schroeder, Allison Wagner, Rosh Raines, Adam Pribila, Tonya Lynn, Cara Kierzkowski, Alex Lindsay Roth, and Eric James Davidson. Alternates: George Hampe, Charlie Brown.
Director: Melissa Hill Grande | Artistic Director: Jennifer Tober
Assistant Director: Tommy Costello | Stage Manager: Emily Kolb
Costumes: Rachel Parent | Props & Poster Design: Sara-Anne Lee
ASL Interpreters: Heather McNeish & Lori Carlson Milcic
This show ran for four weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, playing at Frick Park (2 weekends), Mellon Park, and Allegheny Commons West Park.
Much Ado about Nothing poster (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Review: Gordon Spencer, WRCT
September 2009
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
The cast included Douglas Baker, Laura Lee Brautigam, Eric James Davidson, Joanna Getting, Anna Gilchrist, Adam Hoak, Andrew Huntley, Emily Kolb, Sara Lamb, Tonya Lynn, Kaitlin Mausser, Michelina Pollini, Gabriel Proietti, Rosh Raines, Adam Rutledge, and Deanna Tangeman.
Director: Melissa Hill Grande | Artistic Director: Jennifer Tober
Dance Choreographer: Kaitlin Mausser | Costumer: Rachel Parent
This show ran for four weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, playing at Frick Park (2 weekends), Mellon Park, and Kennard Playground.
October 2008
TWELFTH NIGHT, or, What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Director: Helen M. Meade | Artistic Director: Jennifer Tober
Fight choreography: Tonya R. Lynn | Costumes: Cat Aceto and Celina Ferencz
With Allison Fatla (Viola), Bryan Jackson (Sebastian), Valentina Benrexi (Olivia), Adam Rutledge (Orsino), Shaun Starke (Sir Toby), Dana Babal (Feste), and Joanna Getting, Melissa Tolner, Andrew Philip Roos, Gretchen Breslawski and Jon Poli.
This show ran for four weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, playing at Frick Park (2 weekends), Mellon Park, and Kennard Playground.
October 2007
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Lofty Durham
Fight choreography by Tonya Lynn
With Gretchen Breslawski, Clare Fogarty, Parag S. Gohel, Benjamin Greenstone, Christon Nicole Herring, Jessica Kennedy, Angela Kowalski, Tonya Lynn, Adam Rutledge, Jillian Vitko, and Heather Wiederstein.
This show ran for four weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 3 PM, playing at Frick Park (2 weekends), Mellon Park, and Kennard Playground.
Macbeth Artwork: Carl Keifer
October 2006
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
With Patrick Berger, Jessie Bishop, Mark Chaitin, Jeffrey Chips, Michael DeRensis, Amadeo Fusca, Joanna Getting, Quantia Mali, Christopher Maxwell, Joseph McGranaghan, Travis McGunigle, Jeralynn Miller, Gwen Morton, Molly Beth Seremet, David Seremet, John Steffenauer, Meg Stiles.
Founder & director: Jennifer Tober
Asst director: James Wong
This show ran for two weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, in Frick Park near the Blue Slide playground.
November 2005
AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare
Founder & director: Jennifer Tober
This show ran for two weekends, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 PM, in Frick Park near the Blue Slide playground.
Bring Your Own Bard
The BYOB reading series is an informal scene night in which professional actors and non-actors alike take a crack at their favorite Shakespeare pieces. The series began in 2009.