SHOW DATES & TIMES | August 2 - 26, 2012

Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS | Reservations are strongly advised

Reserved: $35

Children under 16: $15

UCCS Students: FREE

Groups of 10 or more: $25

No children under 5 years old

LOCATION | Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site

Visit the Rock Ledge Ranch website for detailed driving instructions.

Click HERE for directions. THEATREWORKS is located on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Campus in University Hall (near the intersection of Union and Austin Bluffs).

PROLOGUE LECTURE

Stephen Booth

August 4th at 6:00 pm | Rock Ledge Ranch

We have asked the esteemed UC Berkeley professor to visit us in August to help uncover the hidden gems in Love's Labor’s Lost.

Cast listed in order of appearance

King Ferdinand of Navarre . . . . . Kevin Landis*

Longaville, gentleman of Navarre . . . . . Christian O’Shaughnessy

Dumaine, gentleman of Navarre . . . . . Jason Lythgoe

Berowne, gentleman of Navarre . . . . . Sammie Joe Kinnett

Anthony Dull, a constable . . . . . Melvin Grier

Costard, a clown . . . . . Jordan Mathews

Don Adriano de Armado, a Spaniard . . . . . Tom Paradise

Moth, his page . . . . . Scott Autry

Jaquenetta, a dairymaid . . . . . Takiah Coleman

Boyet, lord of the princess . . . . . Benjamin Bonenfant

Princess of France . . . . . Amy Brooks

Maria, attending the princess  . . . . . Kristina Magnuson

Katherine . . . . . Carmen Vreeman

Rosaline . . . . . Tracy Hazas*

Holofernes , a schoolmaster . . . . . Michael Demaree

Nathaniel, a curate . . . . . Robert Rais*

Forester . . . . . Steve Wallace

Marcadé, a messenger . . . . . Steve Wallace

* Member of the Actors’ Equity Association

Artistic Staff & Crew

Director . . . . . Murray Ross

Assistant Director . . . . . Jeff Flygare

Set Design . . . . . Murray Ross

Lighting Design . . . . . Jane Spencer

Master Electrician . . . . . Amanda Eno

Costume Design . . . . . Ashley R. Gamba

Cutter Draper . . . . . Kristin Hinds

Hats . . . . . Harvy Santos

Props Master . . . . . Roy Ballard

Stage Manager . . . . . Kevin Kreczko 

Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . Lauren Eastlack

Interns . . . . . Alex Samuels, Michelle Sharpe

Scenic painter . . . . . June Scott-Barfield

Scene shop and run crew volunteer . . . . . Terry Harrison

From Murray Ross, director

WHEN THE PLAY BEGINS . . .

We are in the garden in the court of Navarre, a kingdom in the north of Spain. The King and his three companions, Berowne, Dumaine and Longaville, are about to sign an oath which pledges them all to three years of serious study. During this time they have agreed to read, diet, cut down on their sleep and see no women. Their heroic and disciplined scholarship will make their court known throughout the world. After some skeptical comments by Berowne, the oath is signed. Then comes news that the Princess of France, with three attending ladies, has arrived on a diplomatic mission demanding the return of Aquitaine, a territory currently held by Navarre . . .

ABOUT THE PLAY

Love’s Labor’s Lost was probably written around 1595, and it belongs to a group of plays also written about this time: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Richard II. All four plays share a high degree of lyrical verse, and much of it is rhymed.  The play was quite well known in its time, but after the Puritans closed the theaters in 1642, it was not staged again for nearly 200 years. In the 20th century, Love’s Labor’s Lost was rediscovered, and it is now performed with some regularity throughout the world. Its language is extravagant and highly patterned, spoken by gifted and eccentric characters who are in love with words. It is also a play about some smart silly boys who fall in love, just after promising they wouldn’t, and some lively ladies who are the recipients of poor hospitality and ardent wooing. Navarre is indeed a little wonder of the world, full of merriment, love and the sweet smoke of rhetoric.