Reflecting on a production past

Fall of 2008 our college put on a production of Measure for Measure. I worked backstage on the show and have some really fond memories of it. While the actual production itself was sometimes hard to follow due to its use of having one person play multiple roles as well as gender bending those roles. Also not exactly an inspired choice, but far less boring that placing it in the baroque era as our recent Twelfth Night our school's production of Measure for Measure was set in the Victorian era. Here are some photos and a video I took while working backstage :-). The video is of the little boy's song to Mariana in ACT IV








1. Abe Kless was hysterical as the much abused clown Pompey
2. The cast hamming it up
3. Amy Smith as the bombastic Mistress overdone she had to sit with her hair in pin curlers for quite some time to get the romantic over the top coif of the era
4. Real life Brit Alex Oates as the Duke. His portrayal of the Duke was charming and sincere. To disguise his northern english accent Alex put on a scottish accent as the friar.
5. Lauren Kennedy as the fierce Isabella.
6. Kyle Ryan get in character to portray the lascivious Lucio
7. The lovely Lauren Tyrel gender bends as Escalus