
As You Like It

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Orlando (Liam Quealy) serenades his disguised love Rosalind (Lakeisha Renee) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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The company of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Cousins and best friends Rosalind (Lakeisha Renee) and Celia (Melanie Brezill) stick together in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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The clown Touchstone (Kayvon Khoshkam) falls hard for the shepherdess Audrey (Lachrisa Grandberry) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Phoebe (Heidi Kettenring) sets her sights on another to the dismay of the love-sick Silvius (Michael Daniel Dashefsky) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Jaques (Deborah Hay) contemplates the nature of life in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Orlando (Liam Quealy) and Rosalind (Lakeisha Renee) lock eyes from across the ring, observed by Touchstone (Kayvon Khoshkam), LeBeau (Deborah Hay), and Charles (Austin Eckert) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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Rosalind (Lakeisha Renee) find that love is all she needs in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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The Forest Lords of Arden (left to right: Austin Eckert, Jeff Kurysz, Adam Wesley Brown, Michael Daniel Dashefsky, Kurt Schweitz) jam to the hit song of The Beatles in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, in the Courtyard Theater, October 6–November 21, 2021. Photo by Liz Lauren.