Event

As You Like It

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's performing ensemble includes Mollie Amburgey, Cara Barresi, Will Bonfiglio, Tonya Darabcsek, Katie Donnelly, Rachel Hanks, Kevin Minor, Jason Scroggins, Rachel Tibbetts, Alyssa Ward and Chris Ware. As You Like It is directed by Ellie Schwetye. The stage manager is Kristen Strom. Lighting design by Bess Moynihan and costume design by Elizabeth Henning. The musical director is Jason Scroggins. Set design by Bess Moynihan and Ellie Schwetye. Set construction by Jon Hisaw with photography by Joey Rumpell and graphic design by Dottie Quick.

SATE's production of As You Like It is made possible by funding from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission