Performance Dates
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Opening Performance
William Shakespeare’s farce gets a joyful spin from Jocelyn Bioh (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), dropping the debaucherous Falstaff into the melting pot of modern Harlem. Short on cash, Falstaff pursues the purses of two sharp-witted West African wives. As their proud husbands’ suspicions rise, the wives cook up a scheme to shame the would-be homewrecker and prove that “wives may be merry, and yet honest too” in this “spirited, sharp, and silly” (Variety) celebration. Taylor Reynolds (Fat Ham) makes her STC directorial debut in the play’s regional premiere.
Production Information
Show Type
Comedy
Shakespeare or Classic
Approximate Running Time
90 minutes
Cast
Performer
Role
Slender, Pistol
Doctor Caius
Mama Quickly
Mister Ford
Madam Ford
Ensemble/Nafi
Mister Ford
Madam Page
Fenton/Simple
Pastor Evans
Falstaff
Shallow
Anne Page
Ensemble
U/S Madam Ekua Page, Mama Quickly, Ensemble/Nafi
U/S Madam Nkechi Ford
U/S Anne Page, Fenton/Simple
U/S Falstaff
U/S Mister Nduka Ford
U/S Slender/Pistol, Doctor Caius, Ensemble
U/S Mister Kwame Page, Shallow, Pastor Evans
Creative Team
Playwright
Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Choreographer for plays
Sound Designer
Composer
Lighting Designer
Wig & Hair Designer
Voice and Dialect Coach
Adapted By
Adapted From
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Dramaturg