USI Theatre continues its 2024-25 season with As You Like It and pre-show lecture

University of Southern Indiana Theatre continues its 2024-25 season with As You Like It by Willam Shakespeare. The production will run Thursday through Sunday, November 21-24. USI Theatre will also host a pre-performance lecture with Dr. Chuck Conaway, Professor of English, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, November 24 in the University Center Rooms 2217 and 2218. USI Society of Arts and Humanities members and the public are invited to this lecture at no charge. A reception with snacks and refreshments will follow the 2 p.m. performance.

Directed and adapted by Christia Ward, As You Like It is a comedic Shakespearean play about love, identity and transformation. Rosalind, the daughter of the exiled Duke Senior, is banished from the court by her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick. Disguised as a young man named Ganymede, she flees to the Forest of Arden with her cousin Celia, who assumes the guise of Aliena. In the forest, Rosalind encounters Orlando, a young man who has fallen in love with her and convinces him to woo “Ganymede” to win her love. As various romantic entanglements unfold, identities are mistaken, and characters wrestle with love and self-discovery. The play ends in reconciliation, with multiple marriages and the restoration of Duke Senior to power, celebrating love in its many forms and the joy of self-acceptance.

As You Like It will feature USI students Cooper Craig, Via Ryan, Brecken Maddox, Ethan Hoover, LillyBea Ireland, Jade Griffy, Rayn Miller, Will Monroe, Chloe Kummer, Michael Woywood, Madalyn Cottrell, Morgan Ray, Reagan Roray, Javin Sonheim and Sayge Ramos.  Danielle Scott 15’, USI Theatre alumna, will also play a role.

USI Theatre will be using reserved seating, and ticket buyers can choose their own seats when purchasing online at https://usitheatre.universitytickets.com/ or by calling the box office at (812) 465-7110. Tickets are $2 for USI students, $10 for USI employees, $4 for non-USI students (student ID required), $10 seniors (60+) and $12 for adults. Tickets are free to USI students with ID one hour before each performance begins based on availability. Shows begin at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinee.

New this season is the option to purchase Season Tickets for USI Theatre’s three mainstage performances. By choosing at least two of the shows, patrons can save $1 off the regular admission price. Tickets are also now on sale for the rest of the 2024-25 season. Join USI Theatre next semester for 35mm: A Musical Exhibition and The Taming in February followed by Pippin: The Musical in May.

For more information, contact the box office at (812) 465-7110 or theatre.management@usi.edu. Follow USI Theatre on Facebook at USITheatre and Instagram at @USI_Theatre.