As You Like It at Carrollwood Players Theatre

Carrollwood Players Theatre presents 

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

A CWP Black Box Classical Comedy 

Directed by Brooke West

May 16th - 25th, 2025

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Sundays at 2 p.m.

A pastoral comedy with major themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice.

As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden.

In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveler Jaques, who speaks one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches ("All the world's a stage") and provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play, always observing and disputing the hardships of life in the country.

Presented with the support of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

Authors

• William Shakespeare