Much Ado About Nothing

32 Pages·2014·4.81 MB·English

Oct. 23–Nov. 17, 2013
By William Shakespeare
Directed by
George Mount
Much Ado About Nothing Richard II The Importance of King Lear
Oct. 23–Nov. 17, 2013 Jan. 8–Feb. 2, 2014 Being Earnest Apr. 24–May 11, 2014
at Center Theatre at Seattle Center at Center Theatre at Seattle Center Mar. 19–Apr. 13, 2014 at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
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CONTENTS
Oct. 23–Nov. 17, 2013
Much Ado About Nothing A1
By William Shakespeare
Directed by George Mount
By William Shakespeare
Directed by
George Mount
Much Ado About Nothing Richard II The Importance of King Lear
Oct. 23–Nov. 17, 2013 Jan. 8–Feb. 2, 2014 Being Earnest Apr. 24–May 11, 2014
at Center Theatre at Seattle Center at Center Theatre at Seattle Center Mar. 19–Apr. 13, 2014 at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center
at Center Theatre at Seattle Center
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Chicken and Waffles and Outrage
BY BRETT HAMIL
I RECEIVED MY Political Correctness What followed, along with a series of brutal the unreconstructed bigots who rally behind
Enforcement badge last July. I didn’t want it facepalms, was a correspondence in which it—and I’d be damned if I was going to have
and never applied for it, and furthermore, I I attempted to explain how the Confederate anything to do with it now.
consider political correctness an outmoded flag is the most divisive symbol in American “You’re just upset because you saw T. get
pejorative used mostly by angry conservative history and wholly inappropriate for a upset,” the producer said, because T. is black
uncles after several glasses of wine over an comedy-show flyer. The producer countered and I am white.
uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner. But with a) “Some people understand irony” I pulled myself off the show.
sometimes these titles are thrust upon you. and b) Controversy marketing! She said she Depending on who you listen to, comics
I was sitting in the sun nursing a hangover couldn’t afford to print different posters and are unspeakably crass stereotype-and-rape-
with two other comedians, killing time she was on her way to distribute handbills joke-peddlers re-traumatizing victims and
before Saturday’s early show, talking s**t and at the Sub Pop Silver Jubilee. In other words, minorities in dank basements, or they’re
scrolling through Facebook on our iPhones, she was gonna distribute Confederate flags to courageous First Amendment absolutists
when T. did a double-take: “Hey Brett, did Shabazz Palaces fans. making a principled stand for unfettered
you see the poster for that show we’re on next T. quipped, “If someone left that flyer on public discourse. Assert the absolute right
week?” my car, I wouldn’t just throw it away, I’d find of comics to say whatever they want and
T. and I were raised in the South and the person who left it there.” you empower hordes of angry misogynists
booked on a Southerner-themed show for And by the way: All of this occurred the and crypto-racists whose most clever joke
the following Wednesday. The poster for that day of the George Zimmerman verdict. hinges on the use of a roofie or the notion that
show, we now discovered, bore a Confederate Over a series of increasingly contentious everyone working in the kitchen is Mexican.
flag overlaid with a cartoon chicken dancing messages, I described my position. I grew up Lobby for greater sensitivity in language and
on a stack of waffles. in Central Florida, in the swampy NASCAR approach, and you’ll wind up volunteering to
I immediately Facebook messaged the lowlands 15 miles from where Trayvon Martin teach remedial history and entry-level gender
show’s producer: “Yo! You gotta get rid of that was murdered. My high school narrowly politics to people who already think you’re a
Confederate flag. SRSLY.” avoided race riots on several occasions, grandstanding humorless feminist.
Her response came an hour later: “I gave each sparked by a schoolyard display of the “If I’m not offended, I don’t see why you
it a lot of thought. People aren’t that stupid Rebel Flag by some vocal elements of the should be,” the producer told me.
in Seattle…Maybe I should put some black Future Farmers of America. Really. I moved It’s been a rough year for unexamined
people on it so everyone knows it’s not racist.” 3,000 miles to get away from that flag and privilege. The reelection of the first black
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among African Americans. (Having skin
darker than a brown bag could’ve meant
exclusion from institutions, civic groups and
jobs.) That memo directed City employees to
avoid inadvertently referencing a shameful
historical practice.
The story went viral: I saw comic after
comic reposting this article on Facebook and
decrying the death of Free Speech. I rolled
my eyes so hard I thought they might fly out
of my head. How could so many self-styled
freethinkers and nonconformists dictate what
people are allowed to find offensive? How is
that not its own insidious form of censorship?
Our problem isn’t Free Speech. Just about
everyone I know is a microblogger and a
multi-platform media curator with billions of TheaTer/Performance ProducTion
bytes at their disposal. The First Amendment AjAx in irAq By ellen mcLaughlin
is doing just fine, thankyouverymuch. directed by marya Sea Kaminski
What we’re short on these days is
october 17 – 22
empathy. We’re swamped with effortless
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digital communication but lacking in the
analog component that creates real human
corniSh dance TheaTer
connection and compassion. Today’s glut
Your EYEs HAvE FAcEts
of free speech has sparked an inflationary
spiral on empathy, as if empathy were a Site-Specific Performances, choreographed by Salthorse
dwindling national resource that must be november 3 & 9, 1 & 3 pm
conserved and used only for unanimously seattle center skatepark, Fisher Pavilion roof
agreed-upon injustice. “Don’t these nitwits
& international Fountain
in City Hall have anything better to do with
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their time?” is really just another way of
saying, “If I’m not offended, I don’t see why TheaTer/Performance ProducTion
you should be.”
nEvErwHErE
Until I saw that flag on the flyer, I
considered myself generally impervious adapted for the stage by rob Kauzlaric
to offense. As a comic who refuses to take from the novel by neil Gaiman.
things seriously and a white male who’s directed by roger Benington
never personally experienced racism or nov. 6-10
systemic oppression, I often asked myself, cornish Playhouse at seattle center
Who actually gets offended by comedy?
sponsored by seattle center
But if I could be so revolted by the sight of a
symbol from my past that I’d pass up a chance corniSh muSic SerieS
to practice my craft, I’m ready to acknowledge
scrApE
that far greater pain might be conjured up by
nov. 21, 8 p.m.
a brown bag. Or a rape joke. Or whatever it
is that triggers you. For me, it was a cartoon
chicken dancing on a stack of waffles, pasted
onto a flag from a war begun 152 years ago.
That war continues, with rapidly shifting Tickets: cornish.edu/evenTs or call: 1.800.838.3006
front lines, right up to now. n
Brett Hamil is a Seattle comic and writer.
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Bakery Nouveau’s
pistachio,
Le Panier’s lemon.
Macaron Magic
A French confection conjures a momentary dream.
BY LEAH BALTUS
A MACARON IS A SPECIAL PASTRY, part Across Seattle, French pastry chefs turn
sandwich cookie, part meringue. It’s also out a rainbow array of macarons. Le Panier
a little bit of poetry—its rich center and in Pike Place Market purveys a consistent
delicate edges dissolving like a glimpse assortment of classic flavors like hazel-
of ancient mystery, its ephemeral essence nut, chocolate, pistachio and raspberry.
captured between two light cookies and a They’re decent though not otherworldly.
smooth layer of filling. Fillings tend toward the thin side, upset-
Macarons, the French pastry found in ting the essential balance of the macaron’s
shops around Seattle, have nothing to do components.
with American macaroons, the chewy and Bakery Nouveau, which recently expand-
durable heaps of coconut—though both have ed from its West Seattle flagship to Capitol
The Best of
roots that go back to Italy hundreds of years Hill’s 15th Avenue, fills an entire pastry case
ago. The original macaroon was like today’s with macarons, standards alongside twists
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macaron, made of almond-paste meringue, like PB&J, strawberry caramel and cassis
and the Italian word for paste is maccarone, with coffee. Nouveau gets the texture and
which comes from ammaccare, to bruise, balance right, but their macarons overpower
which is what you do to almonds if you’re with eye-crossing sweetness.
Oct 28–Nov 7 | Uptown making paste. Hence the lasting likeness in Ba Bar, a Vietnamese restaurant on 12th
their names. Avenue with a post-colonial French pastry
case, features two or three macaron flavors
Featuring Kenneth Branagh’s
each day. A recent visit presented a vivid
Its rich center and
Macbeth purple cassis with tart ganache and jam
delicate edges filling, as well as an even more tart pas-
Nicholas Hytner’s sion fruit. Sour matched nicely with sweet
Othello dissolve like a in both, but their exteriors were as hard as
eggshells and a bite revealed a gap of air
glimpse of ancient
Danny Boyle’s where meringue should be. A return visit
turned up an option that looked and tasted
Frankenstein mystery.
like brownie and Nutella in the shape of a
macaron. For shame.
Alan Bennett’s
Crumble & Flake on Capitol Hill does
The Habit of Art The outer portion of the French macaron three flavors every day. I tried cherry with
is made of eggs, sugar and almond flour (glu- chocolate, flaunting a ganache filling with a
Rory Kinnear’s ten-free!) and its excellence lies in its precise pocket of cherry jam hiding in the middle; a
Hamlet texture, in the way its delicate cookie shell light and tangy grapefruit with buttercream
gives way to an almost cake-like interior, filling; and a subtle mojito, beautifully
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In his new book, Langdon curated by Joshua Roman
Enso String Quartet (11/6)
Cook delves into the
Northwest’s mushroom Karen Gomyo (2/18)
+ Pablo Ziegler
trail, a seldom-seen world
feat. the Pablo Ziegler
Tango Quartet
straight out of the
Joshua Roman (4/22)
Wild West.
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IT’S JUST ANOTHER WEDNESDAY MORN- puzzle. Variables like weather, topography, slope Pierrot Lunaire + NEW Work (6/24)
ING at the office when Langdon Cook answers aspect, humidity, forest canopy and composi- works by Shpilman, Lustig, Jie and Roman
his cell. Cook is, in fact, at Lincoln Park fishing tion are very important. All these criteria go into sung by Mary Mackenzie and Ensemble
for salmon, but considering that the 46-year-old finding a patch that’s gonna yield mushrooms in
ARTS & CULTURE
Connecticut native is a dogged forager, epicu- commercial quantities. SCIENCE TOWN HALL COMMUNITY CIVICS
rean outdoorsman and prolific writer, he can As someone who considers himself an
GLOBAL RHYTHMS
rightfully count surfcasting as research—even if amateur naturalist, it amazed me that these
he hasn’t caught anything today. guys could go into the woods and find these
Cook’s first book, 2009’s Fat of the Land, quantities. You have to live pretty close to the October 18
was a collection of essays detailing the author’s land to be able to do it. A lot of patches are Quetzal
immersion into the wild foods—from nettles to hand-me-downs that have been known com-
Chicano Rock, Salsa, and R&B
geoducks—found around the Northwest. His mercial patches for years. Patches are getting
second, The Mushroom Hunters, traces the lost via logging and development every year. A November 22
intersecting lives of a handful of commercial good commercial picker will have a Rolodex of JP Jofre
mushroom foragers, revealing the secrets patches in his head.
and the drama of their very singular existence. A more compelling reason [for writing the Classical-Tango Bandoneón
JONATHAN ZWICKEL book] was getting to know the mushroom hunt-
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ers themselves, what made them tick. What it
Both of your books are about foraging. Krar Collective
was like competing for business in this last gasp
What sets them apart?
of Wild West, frontier-style capitalism. It seemed Mind-Blowing Ethiopian Grooves
With Fat of the Land I had a reservoir of stories
like a throwback to olden times.
tumbling around in my head. I wrote that entire February 14 / Valentines Day
book in bed, actually. Our house is tiny and I Have you gotten into mushroom foraging Barefoot Divas
don’t have office space at home. I have one of more intently after writing the book?
those husband pillows and I’d sit propped up on I do a lot of stuff in the outdoors and picking Six women. Six distinct lives.
that in bed and remember 15, 20 years worth mushrooms is right near the top of the list in
March 21
of tales with my foraging buddies and put that terms of my favorite. It’s a treasure hunt. It brings
Harp-O-Rama
down. For The Mushroom Hunters, I had to go out the kid in all of us. Pretty much anyone I take
out into the field, for one thing. I wanted this to mushroom hunting, when they find that first one Featuring Máire Ní Chathasaigh
be firsthand. I didn’t want this to be an “as told they’re so exited and so thankful and they wanna
to” sort of book. I wanted to go out on the mush- do it again. It doesn’t get old. Morel number 344 April 18
room trail and experience it myself and get to is just as satisfying a find as morel number one. Paris Combo
know those people and write from the perspec- The Pacific Northwest is ground zero for wild
Oeuvre-Mingling Jazz and Swing
tive of being right there on the spot seeing it mushrooms. They can be foraged in every state,
happen. but in commercial quantities the real action is in
I was really careful with the narrative in The the Pacific Northwest. That’s just a function of SCIENCE TOWN HALL ARTS & CULTURE COMMUNITY CIVICS
Mushroom Hunters. It’s not just an episodic geography and weather. It’s damp. It seems our Oct. 15
collection of chapters that could be standalone volcanic soils have been helpful too. Shellfish, Inside Art:
essays. There’s a narrative arc in the book. The mushrooms, wild greens, huckleberries. And
main characters are recurring and you go on maybe because of our climate we have a long Inspiration
a journey with them and experience their suc- season for things like miner’s lettuce and fiddle
cesses and failures. ferns and stinging nettles that can be gathered an in-depth look
in commercial quantities here. at what inspires art & artists
Why mushroom hunters?
I’m still just a recreational forager. I have no Laura Castellanos
What these guys are doing struck me as im-
interest into dipping a toe into the commercial Dan Webb
possible. How does one go into the woods
wild food economy. It might demystify the whole Sharon Arnold
and pick 100 lbs. of morels in a day? As a
thing for me if I did. moderated by Sarah Rudinoff
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Welcome
Next On Stage:
from the
Managing Director
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Rosa Joshi
Jan. 8-Feb. 2, 2014
My first encounter with professional theatre is a story, I’ve discovered, shared by
Center Theatre at Seattle Center
several of our staff and actors — a rural student who saw a touring production. There
was no drama program at my school, and I was captivated by the experience. When
a community theatre opened nearby later that year, I soon became involved. First, This lyrical beginning to the War
I became their regular photographer and then went on to do odd jobs, run sound, of the Roses is among the most
usher — anything I could.
moving of all of Shakespeare’s
Part of what drew me in was the magic of stories being brought to life. I believe histories. More poet than
stories are a basic, fundamental human need; that we learn from stories, communicate monarch, Richard II is ill-suited to
through stories, are inspired by stories, come together through the act of storytelling. the role that lineage and legacy
demands of him. Surrounded by
Shakespeare and the classics tell us big stories. Ones of deep love and remorseless
ambitious men who would prey
hatred, of driving jealousy and fierce loyalty, of enduring courage and disgraceful
cowardice. Each story, in this season — Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, The on his vulnerabilities, Richard is
Importance of Being Earnest, King Lear — explores a different aspect of self-awareness toppled from the throne by his
and personal discovery, and the stakes are high, whether it is a political kingdom or cunning and capable cousin,
the kingdom of the heart at risk. And Artistic Director, George Mount has lined up a
Henry. But in the loss of his
team of brilliant directors (Rosa Joshi, Victor Pappas, Sheila Daniels) along with a cadre
worldly power, Richard makes an
of outstanding artists, actors and designers, to bring these stories to life.
unexpected revelation far more
Part of that summer of discovering theatre as a teenager was finding a community important than any kingdom.
that became a second home for me. A summer of being invited in, of being
welcomed, of belonging, of creating stories. That is something important here at
Seattle Shakespeare Company. We come together, as artists and audiences, board and
volunteers and staff, students and teachers, to share these great stories together.
During the past year, our board and staff developed a new strategic plan to guide us
for the future three years. Part of that process, recognizing we’re a changing, evolving ConneCt with us
organization, was to reexamine our core values. Among those values is that we believe
“In fostering a community, both onstage and off, that respects and honors each other’s
contributions as well as encourages interaction between artists and audiences.”
News:
We are honored to share this production and this season of plays with you, and that www.seattleshakespeare.org
you have chosen to be part of the Seattle Shakespeare community. We value you
being here, sharing in these stories, together, and hope, as part of this community,
that they speak to you — and that we will hear from you about your experiences with
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Synopsis:
Note
Much Ado
About Nothing
Don Petro, prince of Aragon, and his
bastard brother, Don John, are guests
By William Shakespeare
of Leonato, the governor of Messina.
Directed by George Mount In their company are Don Pedro’s
friends Claudio and Benedick. Claudio
confesses to Benedick that he is in
Cast design team speCial thanks
Welcome to the start of Seattle Shakespeare Company’s 2013–2014 season, as well as love with the governor’s daughter,
In Alphabetical Order the culmination of our celebration of 20 seasons of Wooden O free outdoor Shakespeare. Hero. Benedick is a confirmed
Scenic Designer Lighthouse Uniform Company The festivities began last May with The Taming of the Shrew, our first indoor Wooden O bachelor but keeps up a bantering
Ursula / Watch Craig B. Wollam Seattle Jazz Repertory Orchestra remount. We continued the marking of this milestone over the summer with fun and relationship with Hero’s cousin,
Zandi Carlson Musicians: fresh productions of The Tempest and Wooden O’s namesake play Henry V. Beatrice. Beatrice and Benedick both
Costume Designer
decry romance and are happiest
Friar Francis / Watch Doris Black Jay Thomas, trumpet Now comes Much Ado About Nothing. Much Ado was the first play Wooden O did for
when engaged in a vigorous verbal
Keith Dahlgren Randy Halberstadt, piano three nights at Mercer Island’s Luther Burbank Park in the summer of 1994. It was done
Lighting Designer Phil Sparks, bass again in the parks for our 10th anniversary (with me as Benedick), and again in 2010 combat with each other.
Don Pedro
Roberta Russell D’Vonne Lewis, drums directed by Sheila Daniels. Don Pedro undertakes to woo Hero
Jim Gall*
Sound Designer Michael Brockman, saxophone for the shy Claudio and to effect
Borachio This play holds a special place in my heart. It is a glorious celebration of wit, love, a match between Beatrice and
Robertson Witmer
Noah Greene friendship and foolishness; of failings and forgiveness; of vulnerability and surrender. Benedick, who he believes, despite all
Composer I think I am so charmed by this play, not only because of the sparkling humor and appearances, are really in love. Don
Messenger / Sexton Michael Brockman Production Sponsors: intelligence of those two bickering lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and not just because John hears about his plans, and plots
Abigail Grimstad of the humor and the heartache in the story, but because of the clever way Shakespeare to destroy everybody’s happiness. He
Choreographer
allows us to enjoy all of that secure in the inevitability of the outcome. It is Much Ado convinces Don Pedro, by a trick, that
Margaret
Crystal Dawn Munkers
About Nothing after all. Hero has been unfaithful to her lover,
Olivia Hartshorn
Properties Designer and so Claudio repudiates her at the
Antonio Marleigh Driscoll In a brilliant turn of dramatic irony, Shakespeare has the culprits of the dastardly scheme altar. Beatrice and Benedick to not
Bill Higham against the lovers arrested the night before the plot is fully hatched. And while the believe the allegations and convince
disruption this deceit brings is painful and poignant, we know that it is just a matter of Leonato of her innocence. They tell
Balthasar produCtion staff
time before all is righted and that even Dogberry’s ineptitude won’t get in the way of a everyone that Hero has died of grief
Justin Huertas final reconciliation. and set out to clear her good name.
Leonato Assistant Stage Manager
It is the great, life-affirming role of comedy to provide some sense of assurance, given Don Pedro’s scheme to bring Beatrice
Peter A. Jacobs* Nina Trotto that so much of our life outside the theatre lacks that comfort. And perhaps I take and Benedick together fares rather
Hero Costume Design Assistant some similar sense of comfort thinking that after twenty years of Wooden O, those free better. By convincing each that they
Brenda Joyner Heather Culver shows in the parks have made a difference to the people who’ve seen them. They have are loved by the other, the two are
certainly made a difference to me. finally able to admit their real feelings.
Conrade Technical Director
Meanwhile, Constable Dogberry and
Christopher Morson Seattle Scenic Studios Enjoy the show.
his night watch have apprehended
Claudio Master Electrician Seasonal support provided by ArtsFund two of Don John’s men as they
Jay Myers Devon Bright George Mount, were overheard discussing their
Verges Key Electrician / Board Operator Artistic Director master’s plot to defame Hero. They
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), are brought before the governor and
Heather Persinger Trevor Cushman founded in 1913, represents more confess the crime. Claudio is horrified
than 45-thousand actors and stage
Dogberry Sound Board Operator managers in the United States. at having caused Hero’s death and
David Quicksall* Sarah Anthony Equity seeks to advance, promote agrees to make amends by marrying
and foster the art of live theatre as
the governor’s niece. After a double
an essential component of our society. Equity negoti-
Don John Wardrobe Head ates wages and working conditions, providing a wide wedding with Beatrice and Benedick,
Nick Rempel Anna Bowen range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Claudio’s bride reveals herself as the
AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with
living Hero, who generously forgives
Benedick Props Artisan FIA, an international organization of performing arts
unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. her faithless husband. As everyone
Matt Shimkus* Kathleen Le Coze www.actorsequity.org celebrates, Don John is arrested and
Beatrice Production Intern awaits his sentencing.
Jennifer Lee Taylor* Abigail Grimstad
The taking of pictures or the making
of recordings of any kind during the
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union Listen to an interview with Artistic Director, George Mount, on the 2013–2014 Season: From Shakespeare Genealogies by
Stage Manager of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the performance is strictly prohibited.
www.seattleshakespeare.org/george-on-2013-2014-season/ Vanessa James
United States.
Susannah Butler
A-2 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY