As You Like It
February 1, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
ABOUT THE PLAY: The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival is proud to present its production of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT. Banished from her kingdom, the resourceful Rosalind and her friends escape to the forest where they are free to explore new identities, friendships, and love in this delightful romantic comedy.
AS YOU LIKE IT is a beloved and iconic Shakespearean comedy. Though most of the play takes place in the forest, the play is structured like a ‘city comedy’, as the audience is introduced to character after character, each interesting and endearing. Like nearly all early modern plays, As You Like It features music, but the quantity of music and the larger cast size implies that this piece was designed for court performance. It is speculated that this was performed before the court of Queen Elizabeth I in her Richmond Palace in 1603. It is also speculated that this play was the inaugural performance at the newly constructed Globe Theatre in 1599, alongside plays like Henry V and Julius Caesar. We are excited to share this joyous comedy with Royal Palm Beach and with several student groups around Palm Beach County.
PRODUCTION DETAILS: The Shakespeare by the Palms V production of AS YOU LIKE IT is presented by The Village of Royal Palm Beach and will place on January 30 – February 2, 2025 at the Commons Park Amphitheater in Commons Park, located at 11600 Poinciana Blvd, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411. All performances start at 8pm and are FREE with a suggested donation of $5 per person.
Photos by Jeffrey Langlois
Sponsors & Support
Presenting Sponsors
Shakespeare by the Palms V
Presented by The Village of Royal Palm Beach
and Gary & Katherine Parr
Shakespeare Circle Sponsors
An Anonymous Donor
Lisa Calberg & Frank Cona
The Bard’s Patron Sponsors
Keith Christman
Michael Duchesne
In-Kind Sponsors
Malinda Ratliff
Chuck Andersen
Jeffrey Laglois
Jen Scott Photography
Atlantic T’s
AAA Equipment Rentals
Thunder House Sound
Dana Stevens Stages
Applications, Inc.
And to YOU, our faithful patrons, we
“can no other answer make, but thanks, and thanks.”
The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival is sponsored in part through grant funding from the following:
Additional funding provided by a generous grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
