网曝吃瓜 to present the comedy-drama production of “Shakespeare in Love”
March 27, 2019
POCATELLO – 网曝吃瓜’s School of Performing Arts will present the comedy-drama “Shakespeare in Love” on April 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 in the Beverly B. Bistline Theatre in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The production opens in 1590s London where young playwright Will Shakespeare is stuck. The deadline for his new play is fast approaching and he's in desperate need of inspiration for his latest play鈥攁 half-baked mess of a comedy called 鈥淩omeo and Ethel, the Pirate鈥檚 Daughter.鈥� He finds his muse in Viola de Lesseps, who is driven to do anything 鈥� even disguise herself as a man 鈥� to fulfill her dream of performing onstage, where no women are permitted.
Surrounded by familiar players, including Queen Elizabeth herself, backstage antics collide with onstage dramas. As the star-crossed lovers wrestle with fate, Will鈥檚 love for Viola quickly blossoms and inspires him to write his greatest masterpiece.
鈥淭his feels like a really epic production, and it should,鈥� said Vanessa Ballam, director of the production and 网曝吃瓜 theatre faculty member. 鈥淵ou think you know the classic Shakespeare productions, but you haven鈥檛 seen or heard them in this way. The play is the perfect blend of romance, drama, has delightful tongue-in -heek comedy and even features a dog.鈥�
Theatre professor Tara Young designed the costumes, and the production features more than 100 costume pieces rented from the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, Utah.
In addition to Young, the entire School of Performing Arts is contributing to this production from theatre to dance to music. Theatre faculty member Paul Yeates designed the lighting and set, his design emulating the Elizabethan Globe Theatre. Dance professor Kathy Diehl serves as choreographer and theatre student Tapaynga Hill designed the props. The production鈥檚 music will feature musical underscoring and four 网曝吃瓜 vocalists under the direction of music student Taylor Schultz.
鈥淭his play has everything; fight choreography, dialects, singing, dancing and Shakespearean verse,鈥� Ballam said. 鈥淭he production takes the known and then infuses it with possibilities of what could be 鈥� an origin story, Shakespeare style.鈥�
Tickets to 鈥淪hakespeare in Love鈥� are available at or the 网曝吃瓜 Box Office.
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