WAUKESHA – University of Wisconsin-Waukesha theater director, Mark Lococo has selected the cast for the campus fall production of the William Shakespeare classic, The Comedy of Errors. It will be performed Fridays and Saturdays, November 3, 4, 10, and 11, and Sunday, November 5 in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University Dr, Waukesha. The Friday and Saturday shows will be at 8:00 p.m., and the Sunday performance at 2:00 p.m.
One of his earliest plays, The Comedy of Errors frequently is considered one of Shakespeare’s funniest as well. Comic complications ensue when two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, wind up in the same town and find themselves in a marital jigsaw puzzle. Filled with slapstick, romance, and mistaken identity, the play remains one of the Bard’s most popular and widely produced farces.
Assuming the character roles are:
- Arnold Cifax, Jr., Milwaukee, as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
- Jeff Smerz, West Allis, as Egeon, a merchant of Syracuse
- Joel R. Ivalis, Wind Lake, as Antipholus of Ephesus
- Marques Schwartz, Sussex, as Antipholus of Syracuse
- Mara Josette King, Waukesha, as Dromio of Ephesus
- Laurel J. Freeman, Milwaukee, as Dromio of Syracuse
- Casey Yiannackopoulos, Muskego, as Balthazar, a merchant
- Taylor J. Hammerling, Waukesha, as Angelo, a goldsmith
- LeAnne Pomeroy, Sussex, as a merchant and friend of Antipholus of Syracuse
- Kelly Banach, New Berlin, as another second merchant
- Scott Condella, Waukesha, as Dr. Pinch, a schoolmaster and conjurer
- Eve Roller, Waukesha, as Adriana, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus
- Beth Ratas, Menomonee Falls, as Luciana, sister of Adriana
- Lori Kay Glowinski, Waukesha, as Emilia, abbess of Ephesus
- Karin Rondeau, Muskego, as Luce, servant to Adriana
- Marion Ecks, Wauwatosa, as a courtesan
Several of the students also will take the roles of jailer, officers, other attendants and townspeople.
All seating is reserved. Tickets are $7.00 for adults and $6.00 for students and senior citizens. For ticket information, phone the ticket office at UW-Waukesha at (262) 521-5212. |
