Photos: Madison Theatre Presents Much Ado About Nothing

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s 2014 Season concludes with the Bard’s beloved battle of wits, Much Ado About Nothing, a production tailor-made to celebrate the holiday season, with music and dance that evokes the World War II, White Christmas era.

Tickets start at $25 for preview performances and $32 for regular performances. Student rush tickets for all performances are $15, available a half-hour before curtain for with a valid student ID.

Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets, call the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or click here.

Who’s Who in the Photo Gallery

1) Pictured from left to right: Claudio (Charles Pasternak), Hero (Susan Maris), Don Pedro (John Hickok), and Leonato (Raphael Nash Thompson) revel in their merry plot to trick Beatrice and Benedick into admitting their true feelings.

2) Pictured: No mischief gets past The Watch, led by Dogberry (center left, Jeffrey M. Bender) and Verges (center right, Conan McCarty.)

3) Pictured: Leonato (right, Raphael Nash Thompson) confronts his son-in-law-to-be Claudio (left, Charles Pasternak) after the wedding ceremony turns tragic.

4) Pictured: Beatrice (Marion Adler) and Benedick (Scott Wentworth) have a “merry war of words between them.”

5) Pictured: The cast of Much Ado About Nothing celebrate the holiday season.

6) Pictured: Beatrice (Marion Adler).

7) Pictured: Dogberry, the head of The Watch (Jeffrey M. Bender), addresses his troops.

Photos courtesy of Jerry Dalia, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, 2014.

About the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

One of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the nation, serving 100,000 adults and children annually, The Shakespeare Theatre is New Jersey’s largest professional theatre company dedicated solely to Shakespeare’s canon and other world classics.

Through its distinguished productions and education programs, the company strives to illuminate the universal and lasting relevance of the classics for contemporary audiences. The Theatre is located in Madison on the Drew University campus.