Production Date: 2012

Scenic and Lighting Design: Phillip Franck

Costume Designer: Alexandra Sargent Capps

Producer: Vanderbilt University

Director: Terryl Hallquist

Playwright: William Shakespeare (1599)

Conceptual Approach: We limited our costume color palette to the Vanderbilt  colors of black, gold, and white, to allow the students watching to personally connect to and engage with the production.

Short Play Synopsis: This comedy highlights the verbal banter between Beatrice and Benedick, and the development of their seemingly unlikely love story that plays out as Hero and Claudio woo each other, creating a comparison and contrast between mature and youthful love and lust.