Measure for Measure

I co-directed Measure for Measure for the Wellesley College Shakespeare Society. Performed with at a historically women’s college, this interpretation starred (our version of) frat boys using fast paced ad-libs to produce a provocative, accessible, self-aware, unorthodoxly costumed, bawdy comedy. A Shakespeare lover but not purist, rehearsals looked like encouraging actors to ad lib, telling actors to please stop thrusting, incorporating modern physicality and language into scenes, reconsidering how the thrusting actually would make a lot of textual sense, etc. Shakespeare is powerful, raw, funny, and I believe that having a play that is adaptive and anachronistic only enhances this.

📍 Wellesley College Shakespeare Society

Co-directors: Sabina Sethi Unni and Laura Cassetty
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Technical director: Jenny-Marie Stryker
Composer: Sabina Sethi Unni
Stage manager: Hannah Hicks
Assistant stage manager: Paige Calvert
Sound designers: Val Gardner
Costume designers: Kailey Pire and Sophie Tew
Lighting design: Isaac Zerkle w/ assistance from David Towlun
Set designer: Laurel Wills
Performers: Lily Jackson, Kim Burton, Brigitte Demelo, Lara Brennan, Marcela Olivas, Kailey Pire, Fani Ntavelou-Baum, Jenny-Marie Stryker, Megan Ruppel, Avery Restrepo, Sophie Tew, Anna Canzoneri, Paige Calvert, Sidikha Ashraf
Documentation: Colleen Morgan
Producer: Wellesley College Shakespeare Society