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As You Like It
A musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery
Music and lyrics by Shaina Taub
Directed by Bill English
Music Direction by Dave Dobrusky
Choreography by Nicole Helfer
“Utterly delightful! This production is a pleasure from start to finish.” – East Bay Times
“Buoyant, touching and raffishly subversive!” – San Francisco Chronicle
“A celebration of love … performed by the cast with so much humor and heart.” – The Mercury News
PLAY DETAILS
Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery’s rollicking and poignant musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a dream-like tale of faithful friends, feuding families and lovers in disguise, featuring an original folk-pop score. Forced from their homes, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind, and niece Celia escape to the Forest of Arden, a fantastical place of transformation, where all are welcomed and embraced. Lost amidst the trees, the refugees find community and acceptance under the stars.
THE CAST
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
![Duke Senior (Michael Gene Sullivan) revels in the community found in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/048A3115-scaled/3851251740.jpg)
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Rosalind (River Navaille) feels constrained by their role in society, encircled by court members (l to r: Renee Rogoff, Jillian A. Smith, Sophia Alawi, Emily Dwyer) in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8026/3643510670.jpg)
![Rosalind (River Navaille) watches as her uncle Duke Frederick (Will Springhorn Jr.) speaks with his daughter Celia (Abigail Esfira Campbell) about banishing Rosalind from court in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8141/4049744292.jpg)
![The Ardenites led by Jaques and Duke Senior (Center: Deanalís Arocho Resto and Michael Gene Sullivan) extoll about the virtues of their forest community in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8193/2995946786.jpg)
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Exiles find community in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8207/3147005237.jpg)
![Papa (Göran Norquist) and Mama Corin (Renee Rogoff) encounter newcomers to the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8226/2840920449.jpg)
![Exiles find community in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8230/788727206.jpg)
![Orlando (Nikita Burshteyn) invades the forest community of Arden (l to r: Ezra Reaves, Emily Dwyer, Jillian A. Smith) in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8234/1540579312.jpg)
![Touchstone (Nicholas Yenson), Rosalind (River Navaille) disguised as Ganymede, and Celia (Abigail Esfira Campbell) disguised as Aliena read Orlando's love notes in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8249/2221883131.jpg)
![Orlando (Nikita Burshteyn - center) sings a love song to his crush Rosalind, accompanied by back up De Boys dancers (l to r: Emily Dwyer, Jillian A. Smith, Johann Santiago Santos, and Annie Dick), as Jaques (Deanalís Arocho Resto - background) watches in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8292/3637547350.jpg)
![Orlando (Nikita Burshteyn) encounters Rosalind (River Navaille) in disguise as Ganymede in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8324/3120010887.jpg)
![William (Johann Santiago Santos) and Andy (Ezra Reaves) dance together in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8375/3478161402.jpg)
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Oliver (front left: Ryan Torres) is summoned into court by Duke Frederick (Will Springhorn Jr. – center back), viewed by (l to r: Renee Rogoff, Jillian A. Smith, Johann Santiago Santos) in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8434/43935894.jpg)
![Celia (Abigail Esfira Campbell - left) and Rosalind (River Navaille – right) find an injured Oliver (Ryan Torres - center) in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8458/3601944831.jpg)
![Andy (Ezra Reaves) and Touchstone (Nicholas Yenson) sing a love ballad accompanied by backup dancers in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8490/700400619.jpg)
![Couples (l to r: Sophia Alawi, Emily Dwyer, River Navaille, Nikita Burshteyn, Abigail Esfira Campbell, and Ryan Torres) pair off in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8529/2885548431.jpg)
![Silvia (Sophia Alawi), Orlando (Nikita Burshteyn), Andy (Ezra Reaves), and Oliver (Ryan Torres) expound on the joys of love in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8543/509969710.jpg)
![Couples (l to r: Ezra Reaves, Nicholas Yenson, Sophia Alawi, Emily Dwyer, Abigail Esfira Campbell) embrace in a quadruple wedding ceremony in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8596/1464875185.jpg)
![Couples embrace in a quadruple wedding ceremony in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8617/218741867.jpg)
![Common ground is found in the Forest of Arden, including (left to right) lovers Celia (Abigail Esfira Campbell) and Oliver (Ryan Torres), estranged brothers Duke Frederick (Will Springhorn Jr.) and Duke Senior (Michael Gene Sullivan) and Nikita Burshteyn (Orlando) and River Navaille (Rosalind) in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8635/2436941628.jpg)
![All are welcome in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8640/1998479140.jpg)
![All are welcome in the forest of Arden in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8648/1415647293.jpg)
![Jaques (center: Deanalís Arocho Resto) tells the Ardenites that "all the world's a stage" in San Francisco Playhouse's musical version of "As You Like It," performing now through January 14, 2023.](https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/DSC_8669/141139362.jpg)
Photos by Jessica Palopoli.
THE MUSICIANS
THE CREATIVE TEAM
ABOUT THE CREATORS
SHAINA TAUB
Raised in the green mountains of Vermont, Shaina Taub is a New York-based songwriter and performer. She has the won the Jonathan Larson Grant, the Fred Ebb Award and the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award and has an ongoing concert residency at Joe’s Pub. Taub has starred in her musical adaptations of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and As You Like It at the Public Theater’s Delacorte in Central Park, commissioned for their groundbreaking Public Works initiative. She’s currently writing a musical about the American women’s suffrage movement and she’s writing lyrics for the upcoming musical of The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Sir Elton John. Taub’s work was featured in Lincoln Center’s American Songbook concert series and she recently made her Carnegie Hall debut performing her music with the New York Pops. She wrote songs for and co-starred in Bill Irwin and David Shiner’s Old Hats, directed by Tina Landau at the Signature Theatre and A.C.T. She earned a Lucille Lortel Award nomination as Mary in the off-Broadway run of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and appeared in the original cast of Hadestown at New York Theatre Workshop. Her songs have been performed by Audra McDonald and Sutton Foster, and she wrote the theme song for Julie Andrews’ Netflix series Julie’s Greenroom, performed by Sara Bareilles. Her two albums, Visitors and Die Happy are available at www.shainataub.com.
LAURIE WOOLERY
Laurie Woolery is a latine director, playwright, community activist and citizen artist who is works at the intersection of art, civic engagement, and radical inclusion. She is the Director of Public Works at The Public Theater, a program that seeks to engage the people of New York by making them creators and not just spectators. For the Public Theater, she co-created and directed As You Like It, The Tempest and TROY. Other directing credits include Promenade (Encores! Off-Center), Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle (OSF/Yale Rep), El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith (Yale Rep), The Tenth Muse by Tanya Saracho (OSF), Electricidad by Luis Alfaro (CTG), Dream Hou$e by Eliana Pipes (Alliance, Long Wharf, Baltimore Stage) Imogen Says Nothing by Aditi Kapil (Yale Rep) to name a few. She produced the documentary Under the Greenwood Tree and curated the national public art project The Seed Project. Laurie is a founding member of The Sol Project, and a proud recipient of the Fuller Road Fellowship for Women Directors of Color, a 2020 United States Artist recipient and the 2021 Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities. www.lauriewoolery.com
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