Much Ado About Nothing

DISCOVER…WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY?

For Beatrice and Benedick, wit is a full-contact sport, and each is happy to throw some elbows, believing themselves to above something as trivial as “love.”  But would they really be pushing back if they weren’t…fighting against something? Their friends sure see right through all their bickering and sparring into what is hiding in their hearts. Sometimes a stubborn soul just needs that proverbial kick in the pantaloons to get out of their own way.

Set against the backdrop of soldiers returning home from World War II, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is fun and funny, but sharply aware of the “battle of the sexes” and the twists and turns in how our society values women, this adaptation by Claire Martin is going to have you laughing, crying, swooning, swaying, and reflecting all in one.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING grabs the audiences by the heartstrings as we all DISCOVER…WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY?

WHY SEE THIS SHOW?

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING set the blueprint for the modern romantic comedy, and to be able to celebrate that with a modern audience hundreds of years later is still so exciting to us here at Woodstock Arts! The heightened speech of Shakespeare only serves to make the “will-they-won’t-they” romance of Benedick and Beatrice all the more exhilarating. The comedy of being set-up and betrayed and set-back-up by your closest friends, of denying that you’re in love when that’s all that you want – and so much more! This production is also going to explore the dynamics of when women are placed into positions of power in war-time, and what happens when the men return? How does that shift the power dynamics? What does it all mean!

WHO IS THIS SHOW FOR?

This show is a perfect fit for anyone who has loved any Shakespeare classics we’ve done in the past – or for those who loved the barbed romance of last year’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE, for those who love strong women placed into sudden positions by wartime like DECISION HEIGHT, or those who loved the screwball comedy of ANYTHING GOES.