THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF SONOMA

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by Glenn Havlan

DEC 2006
8 performances at the Randall Museum Theatre and the Eureka Valley Recreation Center Auditorium

Shakespeare's early comedy about love, friendship, treachery and redemption. We set the play in Alta California before the gold rush, in the days of the great rancheros of the early 19th Century.

A slight adaptation of the original text with only the place names changed, we told the story of two friends and the betrayal of that friendship by one of them in his attempt to steal away a beautiful lady even as he is pursued by the girl he left behind. An amusing tale, some lovely verse and some of the best moments in Shakespeare (Julia's "Letter Scene," Launce's comic monologues with his dog) are all here in this oft-neglected work.

COMPANY:
Kristin Anundsen
Richard Bischoff
Amy Boulanger
Felix Cabrera
Paul Dana
Elise Everett
Maria Graham
Randel Hart
Glenn Havlan
John Hull
Abhi Katyal
Eric Nelson
Robin Pomerance
Paul Rodrigues
Tony Rovello
Michael Clay Smith
LynnStofle
Jocelyn Truitt
Mason Waller