Green Room Theatre Company “As Y’All Like It”

Green Room Theatre Company Coachella Valley brings a rapid-fire staged reading to Old Town Artisan Studios in Old Town La Quinta on Saturday, January 11, at 1 p.m. “As Y’All Like It In One Hour/Como Te Gusta En Una Hora” is adapted from Shakespeare by GRTCCV’s Artistic Director David Catanzarite.

The modernized one-hour comedy performance interweaves contemporary English, Spanish, and Shakespeare’s original language while following Rosalind as she flees her uncle’s court, accompanied by her cousin Celia, to the enchanted Desert of Arden. In Arden Desert, they encounter an assortment of vivid characters, including Touchstone, the jester, and the melancholy Jaques, who speaks one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches (“All the World’s a Stage”). An evil duke, a treacherous brother, a faithful servant, and Shakespeare’s finest gender-bending love affair bring this timeless comedy to life in our own wintry desert.