Theater
As You Like It
World Premiere
Produced by BAM, The Old Vic & Neal Street Productions
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sam Mendes
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.
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