fall play: The BOOK OF WILL

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Performances: November 4, 5, and 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm CST

Tickets: $5-$6 Reserved in-person seating

Running Time:  2 hours

*This play contains mature language and is recommended for ages 14 and older.

By Lauren Gunderson

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

This is not a play about William Shakespeare.

This is the untold story about what happens when the world's most famous playwright leaves behind loyal friends but none of the plays he wrote for them to perform. 

This is a story about the strong, feisty women whom history forgot.

This is a story about people who, just like us, find themselves coping with loss, grief, love, and a world that has changed all too quickly.

When Shakespeare's friends decide to gather his scattered masterpieces and bind them together in a book that can be shared with the world, it seems like a crazy idea. But if they want to keep some hack from ruining "Hamlet," a self-serving publisher from pirating the plays, and the clock of time from running out, they'd better undertake their mission with pluck, wit, and hearts full of joy. With hilarity, flirtation, and heartbreak, Elizabethan England is brought into our century as Henry and John pour their hearts into leaving the world a priceless legacy.

DIRECTOR: Maeghan Bishop

SCENE DESIGN/TECHNICAL DIRECTION: Nick Beasley

COSTUME SUPERVISOR: Linnea Hoyos

LIGHT DESIGN: Brett Broadbent

STAGE MANAGER: Camryn Clark

ASST. STAGE MANAGER: Bry McDaniel

Henry Condell - Aidan Kent

John Heminges - Casey Schenk

Richard Burbage - Jaq Donaldson

Alice Heminges - Taylor Moore

Young Hamlet - Noah Hart

Elizabeth Condell - Kate Taddiken

Rebecca Heminges - Raegan Jacobs

Ed Knight - Dayton Hill

Ralph Crane - Griffin Reiff

Ben Jonson - Christian Ryan

William Jaggard - Teddy Decker

Isaac Jaggard - Cade Nelson

Marcus - Calvin Schenk

Emilia Bassano Lanier - Marygrace Liew-Nguye

Anne Hathaway Shakespeare - Madison Torrez

Susannah Shakespeare - Lily Czechanski

Crier/Sir Dering - Jon Schocket

Compositor - Isaac Langley