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The Curtain Theatre of Mill Valley, CA presented
Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona
Directed by Steve Beecroft

PLAYERS
ENSEMBLE ............................................................................ Steve Beecroft
EGLAMOUR, OUTLAW, ENSEMBLE ........................... Marc Berman
ENSEMBLE ............................................................................ Faryn Thomure
PANTINA, OUTLAW, ENSEMBLE ................................ Kim Bromley
PROTEUS ................................................................................ Nelson Brown
SPEED ...................................................................................... Heather Cherry
SYLVIA ............................................................................ Gillian Eichenberger
JULIA ....................................................................................... Isabelle Grimm
DUKE OF MILAN ................................................................ Glenn Havlan
THURIO (CRAB in some performances) ........................... Jamin Jollo
VALENTINE .......................................................................... Nic Moore
LUCETTA, OUTLAW, ENSEMBLE ............................... Michele Sanner Vargas
ANTONIO, THE HOST ...................................................... Mark Shepard
SERVANT, OUTLAW, ENSEMBLE ................................ Abigail Wissink
LAUNCE .................................................................................. GreyWolf
CRAB, the dog ......................................................................... Banjo

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR ........................................................................... Steve Beecroft
CHOREOGRAPHY/FIGHT/PRODUCTION ............ Steve Beecroft
MUSIC DIRECTOR ............................................................ Don Clark
SET DESIGN ........................................................................ Steve Coleman
COSTUME DESIGN ......................................................... Jody Branham
COSTUME ASSISTANTS .......................... Lisa Claybaugh, Sondra Schwartz
PROPERTIES ................................................. Michele Delattre, Janelle Ponte
STAGE MANAGER ......................................................... Diane Pickell-Gore
ASST STAGE MANAGER ............................................... Lisa Immel
HOUSE MANAGER ........................................................... Nic Meredith
ASSISTANT HOUSE MANAGER .................................. Trish Hueber
DRAMATURG ...................................................................... Peter Bradbury
WEB PRODUCER ............................................................... Greg Wilker
PHOTOGRAPHY .............................................................. Russell Johnson
POSTER DESIGN ............................................................... Mark Shepard

THE BAND: Don Clark (guitar/mandolin); Michele Delattre (concertina);
Hal Hughes (fiddle/percussion); Jo Lusk (flute)

DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Many people have asked me why I wanted to direct this play. Initially, it was the beauty of its poetry that drew me in. But when I delved more deeply into this, one of the Bard’s earliest plays, I found, not just beautiful poetry and prose, but great comedy, deep characters and serious issues as topical today as they were in 1593. Two Gents is no light soufflé comedy. While it has lots of humor which we try to bring out to the full, it also has real elements of tragedy - in this case the fall of a seemingly noble man due to a central character flaw - inconstancy. In terms of message, the play starts out seeming to propagate the male friendship myth so actively written about at the time by the likes of Montaigne, Lyly, Spencer and Eylot. But it ends up exploding it. Instead of extolling the superiority of the male character and male friendship, in Two Gents it is the women who are by far the more honorable, constant and thoughtful characters. This is true to my view of Shakespeare as a proto-feminist vastly ahead of his time. (Just look at the strength and resourcefulness of the female characters he creates in his plays: Rosalind, Beatrice, Hermione, Viola, Helena, etc.)

To this mix we add the Curtain Theatre’s special sauce of original music,
choreography and fight action. So strap yourself in and prepare for a wild adventure of fun and pathos, betrayal and redemption, and, yes, a bit with a dog - all brought to you by the truly wonderful group of actors, musicians and artists that make the Curtain Theatre their home. Enjoy the show!
– Steve Beecroft, August 2022

Nic Moore produced and edited this video of Two Gentlemen of Verona. Many thanks to Nic and his production company Theatre Vision ‪@theatrevision4378‬