STEUBENVILLE, OH— The Franciscan University Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. 

“Sweet are the uses of adversity,” says Duke Senior. A great attitude, right? The man is banished from his dukedom and living in the woods with a few faithful friends, and he chooses to embrace these circumstances and see “good in everything.”

As You Like It explores many truths: the destructive nature of jealousy, the power of forgiveness, and the good that can come from viewing hardships as opportunities.

Production team

Stage Manager: Jessie Jasko

Assistant Stage Manager: Adrianna Teodoro

Light Board Operator: Jessie Jasko

Sound Board Operator: Rose Zakrzwski

House Managers: Grace McKeegan, Emma De La Cruz

Prop Manager: Ava Quaale

Props Assistant: Hannah Frank

Costume Construction: Adalyhn Roberts, Luisa Pacas, Violet Canton, Magdalene Krezeczkowski

Set Construction: Rose Reese, Joe Blanton, Adalyhn Roberts, Michael Chomick, Jessie Jasko, Anna Keeton, Evelyn Cox, Ava  Quaale

Publicity Manager: Jessie Jasko

Cast

Duke Senior, a banished duke: Josh Bidleman

Duke Frederick, his usurping brother: John Paul Montgomery

Rosalind, daughter of Duke Senior: Ava Quaale

Celia, daughter of Duke Frederick: Sally Doty

Lady attending D. Frederick/Sir O. Mar-text: Grace Kohane

Lord attending Duke Frederick/Forester: John Hornbek

Oliver, oldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys: Chance Wilson

Orlando, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys: Michael Chomick

Amiens, lord attending Duke Senior: Lily Yglesias

Jaques, lord attending Duke Senior: Julian Ricketts

Le Beau, a courtier attending Duke Frederick: Hannah Tautkus

Charles, a wrestler in the court: Nicholas Carpentier

Adam, an aged servant: Katie Benson

Dennis, a servant of Oliver: Larissa McInnis

Touchstone, the Clown: Joseph Blanton

Corin, an old shepherd: Luke Hernandez

Silvius, a shepherd, in love with Phoebe: Nathanael Check

Phoebe, a shepherdess: Hannah Frank

Audrey, a country wench: Genevieve Bede

Foresters: Summer Derwald, Larissa McInnis,Eleanor O’Hagan, Katy Olsen, Claire Weiland