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All the world's a stage: Lake Forest acting troupe performs Shakespeare in Gallery Park

CenterStage actors (left to right) Stefan Schallack, David Feiler and Michael Wilson perform a scene in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Saturday, Aug. 24, in Glenview’s Gallery Park. David Kraus/22nd Century Media
CenterStage actors (left to right) Becca Duff (as Rosalind), Courtney Thompson (as Celia) and Joe Page (as Duke Frederick/Jacques) act through a scene in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Saturday, Aug. 24, in Gallery Park.
Erik Martin (as Oliver) chokes Stefan Shallack (as Orlando) during a scene in CenterStage’s outdoor production of “As You Like It."
Neil Milbert, Freelance Reporter
3:00 am CDT August 28, 2019

Glenview’s Gallery Park was transformed into Statford-upon-Avon on the afternoons of Aug. 24 and 25.

Or, to be more precise, it became The Forest of Arden, the setting for William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It” that was performed by CenterStage in Lake Forest.

Following the script of Shakespeare, who took his own company on the road in the summers to escape the heat of London, CenterStage Director Barbara Anderson is presenting an adaptation of “As You Like It” in a tour of outdoor venues up and down the North Shore.

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