Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will commence its 2014-15 season with Shakespeare's battle of the sexes, The Merry Wives of Windsor, presented in rotating repertory with Boublil and Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical epic, LES MISERABLES (September 26 - November 9, 2014). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the 'Merry Wives' cast in action below!
Tracy Young, who most recently directed Great Lakes Theater's acclaimed productions of The Imaginary Invalid and The Taming of the Shrew, will return to direct the company's season-opening production of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the wise wives of Windsor in one of Shakespeare's most raucous comedies. With an ego as big as his voracious appetite, Falstaff conspires to woo the two wealthiest married ladies in town and pocket their riches. However, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page devise a scheme of their own to teach him a well-deserved lesson in Wooing 101. Join us and feast on a hilariously magnificent treat of monogamously artful deceit.
Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni
Actor Aled Davies (center, as Falstaff) takes center stage as his motley 'entourage,' comprised of Alex Syiek (left, as Pistol), Brandyn Day (behind, as Nym) and Stephen Mitchell Brown (right, as Bardolph), shares a laugh
Actors Mickey Ryan (left, as Simple) and Pedar Benson Bate (right, as Mr. Abraham Slender)
Actors Keri Rene Fuller (left, as Rugby) and Tracee Patterson (right, as Madame Quickly)
Actors Jodi Dominick (left, as Mrs. Margaret Page) and Laura Welsh Berg (right, as Mrs. Alice Ford) star in the title roles
Actors Jodi Dominick (left, as Mrs. Margaret Page) and Laura Welsh Berg (right, as Mrs. Alice Ford)
Actors Lynn Robert Berg (left, as Mr. Frank Ford) and Ian Gould (right, as Mr. George Page)
Actor Aled Davies takes center stage as Falstaff
Actor Lynn Robert Berg (right, as Mr. Frank Ford in disguise) describes his plan to Aled Davies (left, as Falstaff)
Actors Brian Sutherland (left, as Mr. Robert Shallow), M.A Taylor (center, as Mr. Hugh Evans) and Ian Gould (right, as Mr. George Page)
Actor Aled Davies (as Falstaff) attempts to woo Laura Welsh Berg (as Mrs. Alice Ford), one of the wise wives of Windsor
Actor Aled Davies (as Falstaff) attempts to woo Laura Welsh Berg (as Mrs. Alice Ford)
Actor Laura Welsh Berg (as Mrs. Alice Ford) proves that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach� when she shares a delicious pastry with Aled Davies (as Falstaff)
Actor Sam Wolfe (center, as Mr. Fenton) pleads his case to Jodi Dominick (left, as Mrs. Margaret Page) while the bride in question, Clare Howes Eisentrout (right, as Miss Anne Page) observes
Actors Jodi Dominick (left, as Mrs. Margaret Page) and Laura Welsh Berg (right, as Mrs. Alice Ford) star in the title roles
Actors Aled Davies (center, as Falstaff) shares the spotlight with the wise wives of Windsor, Laura Welsh Berg (right, as Mrs. Alice Ford) and Jodi Dominick (right as Mrs. Margaret Page)
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