As You Like It
American Players Theatre, Spring Green 5950 Golf Course Road, Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588
Michael Brosilow
Sola Thompson, Samantha Newcomb and Elizabeth Ledo, from left, in 'As You Like It.'
Sola Thompson, Samantha Newcomb and Elizabeth Ledo, from left, in 'As You Like It,' American Players Theatre, 2026.
APT launched its 2026 repertory season on June 6 with As You Like It, and the Shakespeare mainstay also will be the final outdoor performance for the year. It’s a silly into-the-woods comedy, with a woman masquerading as a man and then finding her true love (male); confusion abounds, and as this is a comedy, all is set right in the end. Read Katie Reiser's review here. Performances at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 and 6 p.m. Oct. 4; tickets at americanplayers.org. (There's also final performances this weekend for The Matchmaker and The Two “Gentlemen” of Verona.)
media release: By William Shakespeare
Directed by Laura Rook
Rosalind and Celia are best friends and cousins. But when Celia’s father, the Duke, begins to see Rosalind as a threat to his daughter’s future prosperity, the two women prepare disguises (with Rosalind pretending to be a boy named Ganymede) and escape to the Forest of Arden. Meanwhile, Orlando, a young gentleman who had previously fallen for Rosalind, is also forced to flee to that very same forest. There, he meets “Ganymede,” who promises to teach him how to woo Rosalind. All that plus a band of merry forest-dwelling misfits make for a great Shakespearean comedy.
In repertory, 6/6-10/4.
