William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jason King Jones, will be performed by the National Players at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
The Gaithersburg Arts Barn is located at 311 Kent Square Rd. in Gaithersburg. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and $8 for youth ages 12 and under. Purchase tickets online here.
Celebrating its 73rd season, National Players is a unique ensemble bringing innovative theater to communities large and small across the United States. Founded in 1949, National Players stimulates youthful imagination and critical thinking by presenting classic plays in invigorating ways for modern audiences. National Players is the hallmark outreach program of Olney Theatre Center, a Helen Hayes Award-winning theatre in suburban Washington.
Much Ado About Nothing takes place as war has ended and soldiers are returning home to forget their sorrows. It looks like love is in the air. Except between Beatrice and Benedick, who are determined not to fall in love and get married, even as they cannot help engaging in daily verbal sparring matches with one another. Their friends, Hero and Claudio, along with others, conspire to set them up whether they like it or not, but ill intentions may threaten to break up more than one couple in the play. Tricks, mistaken identity and a clueless night watchman are on the horizon in this "will they/won't they" comedy that features one of Shakespeare's wittiest couples.
For more information, visit gaithersburgmd.gov.
The Arts on the Green Theater series is funded in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). To discover more about MSAC grants and how they impact Maryland's arts sector, visit www.msac.org.
