For 2022, SRO Teen Ensemble will stage a fast-paced adaptation of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It. The play follows the story of two cousins, Rosalind and Celia, as they flee the oppressive upper-class society of their family within the royal court to follow their own passions into the Forest of Arden. This year, students will meet the added challenge of moving Shakespearean verse out of the Tudor period and into the totally tubular 80s. Inspired by the women who shaped modern rock and the wild styles of our favorite hair metal bands, the Forest of Arden will become a sticky-floored concert venue and the courts transform into a yuppie-packed board room. All the world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players, dude; so join us as we jam out to the bodacious bars of the Bard.

The experience concludes with three performances of As You Like It, on July 31 at 7:00 p.m., August 1 at 7:00 p.m., and August 2 at 7:00 p.m. No tickets are required. Please donate what you will at the gate.