In Rehearsal

Greetings from the SDSU Experimental Theatre, where we are rehearsing As You Like It!

Since this rendition of AYLI is set in a drag club (aptly titled "Duke's Deep Woods"), everyone has donned their rehearsal heels! Woohoo!

Look closely for cast members in heels- our "drag queens!"

The cast is hard at work putting the play on its feet. Not only are they dealing with notoriously intimidating Shakespearean text, they are testing out new blocking (stage directions). They're doing great!

Peter Cirino directs the cast in the faux wedding sequence from AYLI, Act IV. "Come, sister, you shall be the priest, and marry us. Give me your hand, Orlando!"

Scroll down on the blog to see the kind of work actors have been doing to familiarize themselves with Shakespeare's text. Doing Shakespeare is not so scary, after all. Shakespeare is for everyone! 

"No, no, Orlando; men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. I will be more jealous of thee than a Barbary cock-pigeon over his hen, more clamorous than a parrot against rain, more new-fangled than an ape, more giddy in my desires than a monkey."

Without further adieu, ladies and gents, we present to you... Rosalind, Lion-Tamer!

Silvius anxiously stands by as Rosalind fends off a feisty Phoebe.
(Left to right: Kevin Sattler, Katie Rich, Kate Clements)

Can you see the resemblance?

Stay tuned for more shenanigans and updates from the AYLI rehearsal room, coming soon!