Four young noblemen absent themselves from society, in order to focus entirely on their studies.
They even take a monastic oath: No girls! All books! But when the Princess of France turns up with three young ladies, how long will the men’s resolve hold up? Director Amanda Dehnert (2017’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE) infuses Shakespeare’s delightful comedy with an original pop/rock score (by Dehnert and Andre Pleuss) that gives full voice to the heart-pounding experience of being young and in love.
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Story
In LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST, the comedy centers on four young men who fall in love against their wills. The men, one of them the king of Navarre, pledge to study for three years, avoiding all contact with women. When the Princess of France arrives on a state visit, the king insists she and her ladies camp outside the court. Even so, each young man falls in love with one of the ladies.
Meanwhile, Don Armado, a Spanish soldier, falls for a servant girl, Jacquenetta. Costard, an illiterate local, mixes up two letters he is to deliver, one from Armado to Jacquenetta and the other from Berowne, one of the king’s companions, to Rosaline, one of the French ladies.
The men confess they are in love, and devise a pageant for the ladies, who set a trap for them by exchanging identifying markers. When word comes that the princess’s father is dead, the ladies reject the men’s proposals as rash and impose a year’s delay before any further wooing.
Summary Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library.
Cast & Creative
Sir Nathaniel Duane Boutté*
Moth Timothy Bright
Dull Carl Howell*
Dumain Lennon Xin Wen Hu CC
The Princess of France Phoebe Lloyd CC
Jaquenetta Melissa Mahoney*
Holofernes Sean McNall*
Maria Emily Ota*
Longaville Francis Pàce-Nuñez CC
Costard Luis Quintero*
Sir Adrian O. Dearmaddow Kurt Rhoads*
Rosaline Antoinette Robinson*
Katharine Mayadevi Ross CC
Ferdinand, King of Navarre Omar Shafiuzzaman*
Berowne Stephen Michael Spencer*
Boyet Nance Williamson*
by William Shakespeare
Directed and adapted by Amanda Dehnert
Original music by Amanda Dehnert & André Pluess
Props Designer Buffy Cardoza
Costume Designer Jessica Shay
Sound Designer Ken Travis
Lighting Designer Reza Behjat
Voice Coach Alithea Phillips
Stage Manager Colt Luedtke*
Casting Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis)
Key Art Ligature Creative
Let us once lose our oaths to find ourselves, Or else we lose ourselves to keep our oaths.
Lord Berowne, Love's Labor's Lost
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CAST
Duane Boutté*
Archbishop of Canterbury, The King of France, Erpingham (Henry V) and Sir Nathaniel (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Timothy Bright (CC)
Cambridge, Bedford (Henry V) and Moth (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Carl Howell*
Nym, Constable, Williams (Henry V) and Dull (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Lennon Xin Wen Hu (CC)
Gloucester, Orleans (Henry V) and Dumain (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Phoebe Lloyd (CC)
French Ambassador, Court, York (Henry V) and The Princess of France (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Melissa Mahoney*
Montjoy, Hostess Quickly, Jamy (Henry V) and Jaquanetta (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Sean McNall*
Chorus, Boy (Henry V) and Holofernes (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Emily Ota*
King Henry (Henry V) and Maria (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Francis Pàce-Nuñez (CC)
Bardolph, Bates, Salisbury (Henry V) and Longaville (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Luis Quintero*
Pistol, Bourbon (Henry V) and Costard (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Kurt Rhoads*
Exeter, Monsieur Le Fer (Henry V) and Sir Adrian O. Dearmaddow (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Antoinette Robinson
King Henry Understudy (Henry V) and Rosaline (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Mayadevi Ross CC (CC)
Grey, Governor of Harfleur, Queen of France (Henry V) and Katharine (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Omar Shafiuzzaman*
Westmoreland, Gower, Princess Katherine (Henry V) and Ferdinand, King of Navarre (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Stephen Michael Spencer*
Scroop, Dauphin, Macmorris (Henry V) and Berowne (Love’s Labor’s Lost)
