Director Erica Schmidt has brilliantly managed to recreate As You Like It inside, with an ensemble of only six actors. She also did Debbie Does Dallas with a very small cast -- but that's another story. This ingeniously-edited adaptation was originally staged in a natural environment, but it survives quite well on a bare stage. Cross-dressing & cross-casting make cast reductions possible, but they also remarkably speed up the pace of playing. Athletic & handsome Lorenzo Pisoni's doubling as Orlando & his evil brother, Oliver, is a wonder of changes. Including a one-handed back-somersault, landing his head neatly in a bowler hat! Cirque du Soleil or Hollywood may soon steal him away from the theater. Applause also for: Drew Cortese, Johnny Giacalone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jennifer Ikeda, & Lethia Nall! This compact & colorful show is ideal for touring, especially in schools.
