We're pleased to announce the cast and production staff for The Merry Wives of Windsor!

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steve Tobin
Produced by Kaelynn Bedsworth
Performance dates: February 22 - March 23, 2019

Let me now take you to a time and place - not of the doublets, corsets and pumpkin pants of Ye Olde England - but of the shoulder pads, big hair, and Izod shirts of the bedroom community of 1980s Windsor....Connecticut.  The well-to- do Page and Ford families are beset by problems typical of the upwardly mobile classes.  The Pages have a daughter that has fallen in love with the “wrong sort”; - not the Doctor or Lawyer that mom and dad prefer.  The Fords are just trying to keep up with their neighbors and fit in. Until....  Falstaff enters.  This down-on- his luck Wall St. trader has completely missed the Bull Market and is looking for other sources of income.  He hatches a plan to ensnare Mrs. Ford AND Mrs. Page in a love trap, and extort money from them in order to re-bankroll his former lifestyle.  But the “Real Housewives of Windsor Connecticut” find out and devise all sorts of tricks and torments for Falstaff...  Meanwhile, the Pages’ daughter hatches plots of her own to get the man she wants.  Set in the free-wheeling, conspicuous consumption driven, suburban lifestyle of the 1980s, This Shakespearean comedic farce will feature all the music, fashion, and cultural references of the 1980s, but with the language and characters that we love.  Shakespeare and Shtick.  After over a 20-year absence from Colonial Players...The Bard is Back!

The Cast

The Production Staff

Mark Allen as Sir Hugh Evans Richard Atha-Nicholls as Nym Paul Banville as Robert Jean Berard as Mistress Quickly Tom Bethards as John Brian Binney as Master Ford Rosalie Daelemans as Bardolph Matt Leyendecker as Falstaff Rebecca Downs as Mistress Ford Bill Fellows as Dr. Caius Brian Klose as Fenton Jeff Mocho as Master Page Mary MacLeod as Host Izzy Messina as Robin Edd Miller as Justice Shallow Richard Miller as Slender Erica Miller as Mistress Page Lesley Miller as Ensemble Sherri Millan as Ensemble Tori Scalfaro as Jane Rugby Drew Sharpe as Pistol / Simple Emma Wilansky as Anne Page

Director: Steve Tobin Assistant Director: Sarah Irving Production Assistant: Diana Tobin Producer: Kaelynn Bedsworth Assistant Producer: Courtney Spikes Stage Manager: Ernie Morton Assistant Stage Manager: Nell Codner Play Consultant: Judi Wobensmith Costume Designer: Amy Atha-Nicholls Lighting Designer: Alex Brady Lighting Programmer: Wes Bedsworth Props Designer: Connie Robinson Props Assistant: Christine Campbell Set Designer: Edd Miller Sound Designer: Richard Atha-Nicholls Choreographer: Lindsay Zetter Lead Carpenter: Ted Yablonski Line Coach: Andy McLendon Dramaturg: Sadie Funk