HARTFORD, CT — Hartford Stage, in conjunction with the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s Neighborhood Studios, has announced the cast for Breakdancing Shakespeare: As You Like It, which includes a pair of Wethersfield High School students.
The cast of Breakdancing Shakespeare: As You Like It includes Isaiah Artis, 15, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, as Oliver; Patrick Beebe, 15, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, as Duke Senior; Kalonji Daley, 15, University High School of Science and Engineering in Hartford, as Silvius; Kateri Fitzsimons, 14, Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School in Hartford, as Adam; Hartford resident Auna Foster, 16, Wethersfield High School, as Celia; Tamara Graham, 16, Bloomfield High School, as Duke Frederick; Asaundra Hill, 18, a Bloomfield High School graduate entering Howard University in the fall, as Touchstone; Emily Langin, 14, Simsbury High School, as Rosalind; Madison Lynch, 14, Simsbury High School, as Forest Dance Company Member; Yashmere Moore, 14, Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy (CIBA) in East Hartford, as Corin; Alana Morgan, 18, a Global Communications Academy (Hartford) graduate entering Drexel University in the fall, as Jacques; Diego Pichay, 16, South Windsor High School, as Orlando; Noah Pichay, 14, South Windsor High School, as Forest Dance Company Member; Hartford resident Shantall Teran, 15, Wethersfield High School, as Forest Dance Company Member; Jamieson Vick, 14, East Granby High School, as Audley/Forest Dance Company Member; Emma Webb, 18, a Canton High School graduate attending the University of Connecticut, as Phebe; and Travis Wroten, 15, R.J. Kinsella Magnet School in Hartford, as La Beau.
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is the story of a diverse cast of characters thrown together by misfortune into a desolate place where they find they are nevertheless able to grow friendship, love, and forgiveness. The cast of Breakdancing Shakespeare will create a modern hip-hop telling of this 400-year-old story complete with Shakespeare’s original text and contemporary music/dance.
Source: https://patch.com/connecticut/wethersfield/wethersfield-students-cast-hartford-stage-production