{"id":60959,"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-stages-shakespeares-much-ado-about-nothing-opens-april-18\/"},"modified":"2013-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-theatre-stages-shakespeares-much-ado-about-nothing-opens-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/uri-theatre-stages-shakespeares-much-ado-about-nothing-opens-april-18\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre stages Shakespeare’s Much Ado 溏心vlog免费B站 Nothing, opens April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nKINGSTON, RI – April 9, 2013 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Theatre will present Much Ado 溏心vlog免费B站 Nothing by William Shakespeare. This production will feature several stellar graduating seniors who have dazzled audiences for most of their years in Kingston.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe show will be staged April 18-20 and April 25-27, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. in the Robert E. Will Theatre in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fine Arts Center on the Kingston Campus. General admission for the performance is $20, $15 for seniors, 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty\/staff, and $12 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling 401.874.5843 beginning April 1 or online at www.uri.edu\/theatre.<\/p>\n


\n\tShakespeare\u2019s Much Ado 溏心vlog免费B站 Nothing, is a titillating comedy in which two of his best characters, the intelligent, witty Beatrice matches wits with the dull, cynical Benedick.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn fact, two of 溏心vlog免费B站’s top performers, Olivia Khoshatefeh of Mansfield, Mass., and Andrew Burnap of South Kingstown will bring the verbal sparring of the Bard’s top characters to stage before they leave for their graduate studies at Brown and Yale universites respectively. <\/p>\n


\n\t In Much Ado, their merry war engages us throughout a love story involving Beatrice’s cousin Hero, Alex Maynard of Providence, and Benedick’s friend Claudio, Benjamin Miller of Barrington, that goes awry when Hero is falsely accused of betrayal. It takes the comic Constable Dogberry played by Americo Lanni and his hilarious troops to uncover the truth. <\/p>\n

And it takes true love for Benedick to believe in Beatrice\u2019s loyalty to Hero and to commit himself to her course of action. Much Ado may seem to be about nothing, but it is essentially about the attractions of a woman’s mind and character on a perennial bachelor. It is a lighthearted romp rooted in the depth of the battle of the sexes.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe show is under the direction of 溏心vlog免费B站 Associate Theater Professor Bryna Wortman whose recent directorial credits include A View From the Bridge, The Sea Gull, Spinning into Butter, Unbound, and Small Tragedy. Additional members of the design team include costumes by Marilyn Salvatore, Guest Artist, set design by 溏心vlog免费B站 Alum, Cheryl deWardener, lighting design by Kathy Giebler, Guest Artist, choreography by 溏心vlog免费B站 Alum Carol Pegg. <\/p>\n


\nThe cast members, characters and hometowns are listed below:<\/p>\n


\nActor, Character, Hometown

\nRick Bagley, Leonato\u2019s Brother, Newport

\nJulia Bartoletti, Sexton, Charlton, Mass.

\nAndrew Burnap, Benedick, S. Kingstown

\nChristine Dickinson, Messenger, Musician, Balthasar understudy, Woonsocket

\nDanielle Dube, Ursula, Providence

\nAmaris Gagnon, Watchman #2, Springfield, Mass.

\nBrandon Gailliard, First Watchman, W Warwick

\nDiego Guevara, Boy, Claudio undersudy, E Greenwich

\nLauren Hanson, Seacole, E Greenwich

\nBenjamin Hill, Leonato, Hartford, Conn.

\nPatrick Keeffe, Barrachio, Don Pedro understudy, N Kingstown

\nOliva Khoshatefeh, Beatrice, Mansfield, Mass.

\nAmerico Lanni, Constable Dogberry, Johnston

\nSarah Leach, Margaret, Smithfield

\nAlex Maynard, Hero, Providence

\nRachel Marshall, Musician, 1st Watchmen understudy, Littleton, Mass.

\nT.S. McCormick, Verges\/Friar, Providence

\nBenjamin Miller, Claudio, Barrington

\nJustin Morrison, Second Watchman, Musician, Barrachio understudy, North Kingstown

\nKatherine Riley, Balthasar, Hero understudy, Hillsdale, NJ

\nPhilip L. Ryng, Conrade, North Kingstown

\nLauren Ashley Thiele, Sexton, Messenger understudy, Muskegan, Mich.

\nMark Tiberiis, II, Don Pedro, Pawtucket<\/p>\n


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\nShakespeare\u2019s Much Ado 溏心vlog免费B站 Nothing at 溏心vlog免费B站, opens April 18: Andrew Burnap of South Kingstown as Benedick and Olivia Khoshatefeh of Mansfield, Mass., as Beatrice, stand behind best friends Ben Miller of Barrington as Claudio and Alex Maynard of Providence as Hero in 溏心vlog免费B站’s grand spring production. April 18-20 and April 25-27, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Apr 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. in the Robert E. Will Theatre in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fine Arts Center, Kingston Campus. (溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre photos by William Hicks.)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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