2008 Woodie Awards
"As You Like It" wins the match
Courtney Bruner/Online Reporter
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: in Review(s)
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Wrestling meets Shakespeare in an all out match in "As You Like It".
In this play, love is the theme as Rosalind (played by Bailey Murphy) and Orlando (played by Rich Aguilera) fall in love after a wrestling match.
The plot thickens as Rosalind is banished to the forest where by Duke Frederick (played by Ryne McCormick), her uncle. She escapes with her cousin Celia (played by Aubrey Wiggs) and dresses as a boy.
Being banished, of course, causes problems and the lovers must work it out before the end of the play.
This might seem like any other production of a Shakespeare comedy.
However, director Jean Wolzski adds a new twist to this classic tale. It is set like a modern WWE wrestling match.
The actors sport red and black leather costumes and other characters wear outfits that a heavy metal fan would wear.
These costumes added a little humor and wonder to the production. Audience members were shocked when the first characters walked out in these getups.
Even the hair and make-up added to the wrestling. Karen Eisenhour and Fay Vayner did a great job of using big, spiky hair and heavy make-up to add to the feel of a heavy metal band.
Wrestling was not only in the costumes and makeup, but in the set (designed by David Wolski) as well.
Scraps of wire, rope, and cloth hung from the ceiling around the arena-style theatre. This was a slightly strange addition to the set.
It did not quite fit with the rest of the theme and seemed rather thrown together. However, the padded stage fit perfectly with the theme.
No shoes were worn as characters walked through many entrances in bare feet. It was a nice change from high heel wearing women that clomp across the stage.
Aguilera changes his moods smoothly in the play. He starts as an angry brother fighting his older (played by Andrew Sutherland) and later turns into a lovesick teenager when he meets his love.
He portrays both very well and is very believable even through the complicated Old
In this play, love is the theme as Rosalind (played by Bailey Murphy) and Orlando (played by Rich Aguilera) fall in love after a wrestling match.
The plot thickens as Rosalind is banished to the forest where by Duke Frederick (played by Ryne McCormick), her uncle. She escapes with her cousin Celia (played by Aubrey Wiggs) and dresses as a boy.
Being banished, of course, causes problems and the lovers must work it out before the end of the play.
This might seem like any other production of a Shakespeare comedy.
However, director Jean Wolzski adds a new twist to this classic tale. It is set like a modern WWE wrestling match.
The actors sport red and black leather costumes and other characters wear outfits that a heavy metal fan would wear.
These costumes added a little humor and wonder to the production. Audience members were shocked when the first characters walked out in these getups.
Even the hair and make-up added to the wrestling. Karen Eisenhour and Fay Vayner did a great job of using big, spiky hair and heavy make-up to add to the feel of a heavy metal band.
Wrestling was not only in the costumes and makeup, but in the set (designed by David Wolski) as well.
Scraps of wire, rope, and cloth hung from the ceiling around the arena-style theatre. This was a slightly strange addition to the set.
It did not quite fit with the rest of the theme and seemed rather thrown together. However, the padded stage fit perfectly with the theme.
No shoes were worn as characters walked through many entrances in bare feet. It was a nice change from high heel wearing women that clomp across the stage.
Aguilera changes his moods smoothly in the play. He starts as an angry brother fighting his older (played by Andrew Sutherland) and later turns into a lovesick teenager when he meets his love.
He portrays both very well and is very believable even through the complicated Old
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