Columbia University School Of The Arts Presents AS YOU LIKE IT

Columbia University School of the Arts will present Mikhaela Mahony's (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2019) production of As You Like It.

In exile - sent away into the cold and snow, a strange assortment of people fight to stay warm. To seek hope. To find home.

Welcome to the Forest of Arden.

As You Like It tells the story of Arden's newest citizens, as they choose laughter in spite of fear, community in spite of solitude, and love. Love against all odds.

FEATURING: Alton Alburo*, Patrick Dunning, Tamara Geisler, Lee Havlicek, Greg Hermann, Artem Kreimer, Kyle Leibovitch, David H. Littleton*, Eamon Murphy, Joe Muzikar*, Jessica Niles, Malcolm Opoku, Mallory Osigian, Al Pagano*, Cheryl Pickett, Sean Stokes*, and Hiro Takashima.

* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer Dimo Hyun Jun Kim, Dramaturg James Monaghan, Production Stage Manager Patricia Garvey*, 1st Assistant Stage Manager Hadley Armstrong, 2nd Assistant Stage Manager KAIT MAHONEY, Assistant Director Talia Feldberg, Set Designer Ao Li, Costume Designer Nicole Slaven, Lighting Designer Dallas Estes, Sound Designer Matt Coggins, Prop Master Zach Marlin, Fight Choreographer Alex Gould, Company Manager Amy Hong, and Graphic Designer Anchuli Felicia King.

* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

As You Like It will run for a strictly limited engagement at The Lenfest Center for the Arts at 615 W. 129th St. Performances are March 6-9, at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee Saturday, March 9.

Tickets: $15 General Admission/ $5 Seniors/ FREE with any Student ID (enter code: "AYLISTUDENT").

Ticketing Info: https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/events/directing-thesis-you-it

Director: Mikhaela Mahony

Mikhaela Mahony is a director of theatre, opera, and film. She believes in new contexts for old forms. She creates intimate spaces to experience classical music and texts anew, celebrating and interrogating humanity's capacity to change. Past credits include Abby Rosebrock's Dido of Idaho (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Verdi's Rigoletto (Chautauqua Institution), and Alanna Coby's Tiny Errors at the End of the Millennium as part of The Syndicated Festival. Summer, her debut as a film director, was an official selection at the Buffalo International Film Festival and FilmColumbia in Chatham, NY. Most recently, Mikhaela directed Ted Rosenthal's new jazz opera, Dear Erich, with New York City Opera. She also helped develop a multi-media exploration of the artist Tina Modotti, and created a new adaptation of Sigmund Romberg's operetta The Student Prince, with a book collaged from the silent film of the same name, the play Old Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, and her own writing. She is a frequent collaborator with the playwrights at EST/Youngblood and a volunteer artist with the 52nd Street Project.

About Columbia University School of the Arts:

The Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University School of the Arts presents a season of thesis acting and directing productions as well as a festival of new plays by emerging playwrights each year. The Theatre Program at the School of the Arts offers MFA degrees in: Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Dramaturgy, Stage Management, and Theatre Management & Producing. For more information about the Theatre Program, visit

http://arts.columbia.edu/theatre.

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