Actors Ensemble of Berkeley presents 

Greenwood: A Staged Reading of a new play by Stuart Bousel (and Shakespeare)

Written and Directed by Stuart Bousel

GREENWOOD is a new comedy made of old stories about Robin Hood, and the classic play A Midsummer Nights Dream. Though it began life as a novelty director's concept, with each draft it's become more and more its own play, as the playwright wrestles the working relationship between himself and a beloved, centuries dead cornerstone of world literature.

One night only, Friday, September 13th at 8 p.m.  (Rescheduled from August 30th thanks to the kind cooperation of Theatre Lunatico).  Free, donations accepted.  Limited space available!  

LaVal's Subterranean Amphitheatre, 1834 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, in the basement of LaVal's Pizza.  Not wheelchair accessible.

Part of Actors Ensemble's 2024 Summer Staged Reading Series, all at LaVal's Subterranean Theatre, presented in conjunction with our Summer 2024 production of Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, opening August 24th at John Hinkel Park Amphitheater.

With:

FRIAR TUCK - Carl Lucania
ROBIN HOOD - Isaac Kumpula
SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM - Francis Serpa
SIR GUY OF GISBOURNE - Stanley Spenger
JENNY WREN - Sophie Ruf
MUCH THE MILLER'S SON - Erika Bakse
WILL SCARLET - Tyler Scott Null
PRINCESS ISABEL OF FRANCE - Alejandra Wahl
PRINCESS HADWISA OF GLOSTER - Lisa Wang
PRINCE JOHN PLANTAGENET - Abe Karplus
LITTLE JOHN - Dillon Siedentopf
LADY MARIAN - Elana Swartz

Stuart Bousel (director/writer) is a San Francisco based playwright, director, and all around theater maker. His original plays include Everybody Here Says Hello! (recipient of the 2014 TBA Award for Outstanding New Play, nominated for the BATCCA for Best Original Play), Pastorella (nominated for the 2015 TBA Award for Outstanding New Play), The Edenites, The Exiled, Juno En Victoria, Hyperion to a Satyr, Gone Dark, The Anarchy Quartet, and Housebroken, as well as adapting A Room With A View for Actors Ensemble of Berkeley's summer 2023 production. His directing credits include Merchant of Venice, M. Butterfly, Prelude To A Kiss, The Crucible, Grey Gardens, Six Degrees of Separation, The House of Yes, The Lion in Winter, and Passion, all for Custom Made Theatre Company, and Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Frogs, all for Atmostheatre/Theatre in the Woods. Most recently he directed Cymbeline at Berkeley Shakes, and The Fantasticks at Chanticleer. Under the banner of the SF Theatre Pub, which he also co-founded, he directed Measure for Measure, Richard III, and Taming of the Shrew, and adapted Henry IV and Henry V into The Boar’s Head. He is currently on the staff for The EXIT Theatre, and freelance writes for the Petaluma Argus-Courier. www.stuartbousel.com.

Actors Ensemble is the longest-running theatre organization in Berkeley, founded in 1957. We aim to produce quality theatre emphasizing the ensemble, with a community flavor.

Photo above from page 361 of "Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads now extant relative to that ... outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life", Credit: 221654894 © British Library Commons | Dreamstime.com

Other readings in the series:

The Trial of Katharina Kepler, by Karen Marguerite Caronna, directed by Neil Harkins, Friday, August 23rd, 8 p.m.

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Missing Mystery, written and directed by Tyler Scott Null, Tuesday, August 27th, 8 p.m.

Presented in conjunction with our second production of our Summer 2024 Season in John Hinkel Park:

The Imaginary Invalid
By Moliere
Adapted by Constance Congdon
From the translation by Dan Smith
Directed by Jay Manley
4 p.m. Saturday/Sunday August 24th - September 8th plus Labor Day Monday, September 2nd.
John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre
41 Somerset Pl., Berkeley, CA 94707.
Performances are Free of Charge