The Comedy of Errors
March 9
April 16, 2023
CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted & directed by Barbara Gaines
Studio scenes by Ron West
The Play
In her final production as artistic director, Barbara Gaines revisits her signature interpretation of Shakespeare’s riotous comedy with newly rewritten scenes penned by Second City veteran Ron West. An eccentric group of stage and screen actors gather on a London movie set in 1940 to film the play as much-needed comic relief for the troops. Backstage antics and hilarious complications abound as Antipholus and Dromio search for their identical twins, lost since infancy. Over three decades with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Gaines has directed sixty productions, including nearly all of Shakespeare’s thirty-eight plays and six world premieres—and now imprints her legacy with this joyful comedy.
Audio Description: Sun, April 2 • 2:00 p.m.
described by Jason Harrington
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Open Captioning: Wed, April 12 • 1:00 & 7:30 p.m.
captioned by c2
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ASL Duo-interpretation: Fri, April 14 • 7:30 p.m.
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The Players
Creative Team
Barbara Gaines Director
James Noone Scenic Designer
Mieka van der Ploeg Costume Designer
Ken Posner Lighting Designer
Lindsay Jones Composer & Sound Designer
Richard Jarvie Hair & Make Up Designer
Larry Yando Verse Coach
Charlotte Rivard-Hoster Music Director
Peter G. Andersen Associate Director
Gregory Geffrard Intimacy Director
Bruce A. Young Fight Choreographer
Kathy Logelin Dialect Coach
Martine Kei Green-Rogers Dramaturg
Courtney Abbott Assistant Intimacy Director
Katrina Herrmann Production Stage Manager
Elisabeth Schapmann Assistant Stage Manager
Cast
Breon Arzell David/Angelo
Adia Bell Fanny/Merchant
Melanie Brezill Alice Boggs/Luciana
Lillian Castillo Marian/Courtesan
Dan Chameroy Phil Sullivan/Antipholus of Ephesus
William Dick Charles Chittick/Second Merchant
Kevin Gudahl Brian Hallifax/Dromio of Ephesus
Ora Jones Doris/Aemilia/Abbess
Bill Larkin Eddie Philpot/Dr. Pinch
Ross Lehman Dudley Marsh/Dromio of Syracuse
Michael E. Martin Tom/First Officer
Steve McDonagh Cyril/Nell
Russell Mernagh Patch/Balthasar
Susan Moniz Veronica Marsh/Adriana
Robert Petkoff Emerson Furbelow/Antipholus of Syracuse
Maya Vinice Prentiss Priscilla/First Merchant
Greg Vinkler Admiral Philpot/Egeon
Bruce A. Young Monty/Duke Solinus
Isabella Abel-Suarez Understudy
Michael Joseph Mitchell Understudy
Ian Reed Understudy
Jonathan Schwart Understudy