As You Like It

Part of the 2010 Spring Season and The Bridge Project

Jan 12—Mar 13

World Premiere

Produced by BAM, The Old Vic & Neal Street Productions

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sam Mendes

“A joy to watch”—The New York Observer

“It’s unlikely we’ll see a more insightful, more luminous performance all year”—The New York Post on Juliet Rylance

“Sam Mendes’ direction charms with fresh and frolicsome ideas”—Bloomberg.com

“Jaques is played with sly and subtle wit by the terrific Stephen Dillane”—The New York Times

Last spring, The Bridge Project launched its inaugural season at BAM with an outstanding ensemble of American and British actors in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard. Following its successful debut in New York, the critically-acclaimed company, led by Tony and Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (Broadway’s Cabaret, and the films American Beauty and Revolutionary Road), embarked on a world tour, delighting audiences in cities including Singapore, Madrid, Auckland, Athens, and London.

Year two of The Bridge Project promises another stellar transatlantic lineup and an intriguing pairing of two Shakespeare plays as Mendes and company explore outcasts, power, and magical lands with their world premiering productions of the comedy As You Like It and The Tempest, considered to be Shakespeare’s last play.

Featured actors include:
Michelle Beck (Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Twelfth Night, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Cyrano de Bergerac)
Christian Camargo (Broadway’s All My Sons, the film The Hurt Locker)
Tony Award-winner Stephen Dillane (Broadway’s The Real Thing, HBO’s John Adams)
Obie Award-winner Alvin Epstein (Broadway's The Three Penny Opera, BAM's Endgame)
Obie Award-winner Ron Cephas Jones (Broadway’s Gem of the Ocean, Donmar’s Jesus Hopped the A-Train)
Juliet Rylance (Theatre for a New Audience’s Othello, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre’s The Winter’s Tale)
Thomas Sadoski (Broadway’s reasons to be pretty and Reckless)

BAM Harvey Theater
Approx 185min with intermission

Subscription tickets:
$28, 52, 68, 76
$20, 44, 60, 68 (Jan 12—28, Tue—Thu only)

Full price:
$35, 65, 85, 95
$25, 55, 75, 85 (Jan 12—28, Tue—Thu only)

*Jan 26—30 at 7:30pm
Jan 31 at 3pm
Feb 2—6 at 7:30pm
Feb 7 at 3pm
Mar 2—5 at 7:30pm
Mar 6, 7, 13 at 2pm


The complete acting company is as follows: Ashlie Atkinson (Phoebe), Jenni Barber (Audrey), Michelle Beck (Celia), Edward Bennett (Oliver)*, Christian Camargo (Orlando), Stephen Dillane (Jaques)*, Alvin Epstein (Adam), Jonathan Lincoln Fried (Le Beau), Richard Hansell (Amiens)*, Ron Cephas Jones (Charles the Wrestler), Aaron Krohn (Silvius), Anthony O'Donnell (Corin)*, Juliet Rylance (Rosalind)*, Thomas Sadoski (Touchstone), Michael Thomas (Dukes Frederick and Senior)*, Ross Waiton (William/Boatswain)*

*Indicates British member of company

Edward Bennett, Stephen Dillane, Richard Hansell, Anthony O'Donnell, Juliet Rylance, Michael Thomas, and Ross Waiton are appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association. Ashlie Atkinson, Jenni Barber, Michelle Beck, Christian Camargo, Alvin Epstein, Jonathan Fried, Ron Cephas Jones, Aaron Krohn, and Thomas Sadoski are appearing with the permission of UK Equity, in corporating Variety Artistes' Federation, pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors' Equity Association for its assistance of this production.


Set Design by Tom Piper
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Paul Pyant
Sound by Simon Baker
Composed by Mark Bennett
Hair & Wigs by Tom Watson
Casting by Nancy Piccione and Maggie Lunn
Choreography by Josh Prince

International Tour Producer: Claire Béjanin

Review: New York Post on Juliet Rylance as Rosalind in As You Like It
“We’re only in January, but it’s unlikely we’ll see a more insightful, more luminous performance all year.”

Review: Bloomberg.com applauds Sam Mendes
“It is Mendes’s direction that charms with fresh and frolicsome ideas.”

Review: The Huffington Post on As You Like It
“As You Like It is a natural crowd-pleaser and the production at BAM rises to the traditional Shakespearean hilarity.”

Review: Backstage praises As You Like It
“The Bridge Project, Sam Mendes' company featuring British and American artists, opens its second season at BAM with an insightful and lyrical production of ‘As You Like It.’”

Review: Theatermania on Sam Mendes and As You Like It
“Uniting the disparate plot lines is another challenge of the play and in Mendes' lucid production, they seem to fit together perfectly.”

Review: Brooklyn Daily Eagle on The Bridge Project’s As You Like It
“The ensemble cast provided for a thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable show.”

Article: The New York Times feature on Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance
“The married couple talks to The New York Times about performing together for the first time on stage”

Article: Vogue.com's “People Are Talking About: Ten Cultural Resolutions for 2010”
“… two plays that explore the sometimes thorny bond between fathers and daughters, As You Like It and The Tempest.”

Article: Time Out New York features The Bridge Project’s Stephen Dillane
"Stephen Dillane—consummate British actor and thinking person’s heartthrob…”

Article: The New York Times on Stephen Dillane
“The Week Ahead” highlights the industrious Dillane

Article: The New Yorker on The Bridge Project
As You Like It and The Tempest are featured in the magazine’s Winter Preview

Interview: Time Out New York talks to The Bridge Project’s Ron Cephas Jones
“Jones…earns that hackneyed critical plaudit, ‘riveting.’”

Article: The Village Voice features Sam Mendes in “Voice Choices”
“America and England join hands for Sam Mendes”