The Duke of Vienna allows Angelo to rule in his stead, and a novice named Isabel must plead for her brother’s life. One of Shakespeare’s “problem plays,” Measure for Measure asks, what happens to the body politic when a permissive government is replaced by a punitive one? What makes a just society? Does one follow the leader? The church? The letter of the law? Or can these forces harmonize together? Set in the not-too-distant future, Measure for Measure is a play for our times.
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Stacey Cabaj
Presented on July 10–12, 8pm, Drollinger Family Stage
Cast
James Nicolson as Abhorson
Gregory Charles Jones* as Angelo
Avery Abell as Barnardine
Cordelia Wetmore as Child
Quinn DeVries as Citizen (Understudy to Duchess)
Mateo Tomas Hercules Gonzales as Citizen
Kennedy Lorena Powers as Citizen (Understudy to Mistress Overdone)
Bubba Proctor as Citizen (Understudy to Claudio)
Nicholas Trafton as Citizen (Understudy to Angelo)
Derrick LeMont as Claudio
Jennifer Robbins* as Duchess
Evan Flores as Elbow
Rebekah Walendzak Slepski as Escalus
Taiga Masuya as Father
Arthur Allison as Froth
Meagan Prahl* as Isabella
Noura Rahali Smith as Juliet
Rachael DeBoer as Lucio
Jadan Vines as Mariana (Understudy to Isabella)
Sara Bunge as Mistress Overdone
Iago Lashua as Pompey
Andrew Solari as Provost
*Appears by permission of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States
Production Team
Director: Stacey Cabaj
Assistant Director: Lacy Hornick
Dramaturg: Jenn Gerould
Properties Design Assistant: Izzy Kellett
Costume Assistant: Ché Lowery
Technical Director: F. Jason Sheppard
Master Electrician: Rob Hillig
Sound Mixing: Maya Samarasena
Sound Mixing A2: Anton Dionisio
Assistant Stage Manager: Celine Athan
Music Writer: James Nicholson, Kennedy Lorena Powers
Assistant Master Electrician: Isabelle Warden
Student Assistant: Claire Rogan
Deck Crew: Aaron Andris, Emily Ede, Maia Ward
Light Board Operator: Ella Crandall
Sound Board Operator: Hannah Ko
Shakespeare on the Bluff Staff
Artistic Director: Kevin Wetmore
Social Media Manager: Lacy Hornick
Theatre Department Senior Administrator: Katie McFarland
CFA Associate Director for Academic Communications: Abigail Davis
Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts: Bryant Keith Alexander
Special Thanks To:
Dean Bryant Keith Alexander, Leon Wiebers, Abigail Davis, Katie McFarland, Andrea Odinov, Tammie Merheb-Chavez, Brannan Family, Cecilia Adams, Brandon Hinke and Actors Equity Association, Catharine Dada, Channing Lindsay, Claire Rogan, Eva Guillory, Jennifer Gerould, Karol Gonçalves, Katharine Noon, Kinetic Lighting, Lacy Wetmore, LMU Marketing and Communications, Marc Valera, Nenad Pervan, LMU Public Safety, the Walsh family, Wesley Chew, and our many supporters and donors who help keep Shakespeare on the Bluff free to the public, offering family entertainment to our neighbors in Westchester, Inglewood, Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, the entire Westside and beyond!
Thank you!
