The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by
William Shakespeare
Directed by John Gronbeck-Tedesco
Take William Shakespeare's words and characters, plunk them down in the "Happy Days" diner, and you'll have an idea what the University of Kansas Theatre's production of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is all about. Shakespeare's 1592 comed, the opening production in The University Theatre's 2002-03 season, is a lively look at the foolishness and fickleness of young love. Spattered with puns and dazzling word play, this comedy is an Elizabethan celebration of male friendship as the most rewarding of relationships.
Director:
John Gronbeck-Tedesco, professor of theatre and film and associate dean of
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Scenic & Costume Designer: Beth Collins,
graduate student, Sanderstead, England.
Lighting Designer: Elinor Parker, graduate
student, Lawrence, KS.
Dialect and Diction Coach: Amy Sue Fall,
lecturer in theatre and film.
Cast
Duke: 
Bob
Dorsey, senior, Lansing, KS
Proteus: Andrew
York, sophomore, Wichita, KS
Valentine: Christopher
Wheatley, junior, Lawrence, KS
Eglamour: Travis
Ashmore, freshman, Chapman, KS
Outlaw: Zachariah
D. Chamberlain, junior, Easton, KS
Outlaw: Scott
Johnson, junior, Lawrence, KS
Speed: I.
Alexander Wolfson, senior, Omaha, NE
Launce: David
Kobzantsev, senior, Overland Park, KS
Crab: Moppy,
a 10-year-old "designer dog"
Thurio: Jeffrey
Thomas Gockel, freshman, Tulsa, OK
Panthina: Eryn
Hamer, senior, Prairie Village, KS
Antonia: Summer
Eglinski, sophomore, Lawrence, KS
Julia: Christina
Schafer, senior, Leawood, KS
Sylvia & Lucetta: Mo
Perry, senior, Eden Prairie, MN
Lucetta & Sylvia: Theresa
Buchheister, junior, Manhattan, KS
Hostess, Outlaw, Servant, Acrobat: Amber
Renee McIntosh, senior, Peabody, KS
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Jeffrey Thomas Gockel as Thurio and Mo Perry as Sylvia Photo
Christina Schafer as Julia and Andrew York as ProteusPhoto |
I. Alexander Wolfson as Speed, Eryn Hamer as Panthina, and Travis Ashmore as Eglamour Photo |
Christopher Wheatley as Valentine and Mo Perry as Sylvia |
