Guest Blog: Lawyer Show 2011, “As You Like It”

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Lawyer Show 2011

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kelly Straughan and Kelly Thornton
Starring a Cast of 35 Lawyers!
“All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely lawyers;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.”
– adapted from As You Like It


TICKETS NOW ONSALE
TICKETS: $60 (includes a partial tax receipt), Box Office: 416-944-1740 x5
To Order by email please download the fillable Lawyer Show Ticket Order Form and email to hilary@nightwoodtheatre.net
DATES: Thursday June 9, 8pm (SOLD OUT); Friday June 10, 8 pm (SOLD OUT); Saturday June 11, 2 pm & 8 pm, 2011
LOCATION: Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley Street


The legal event of the year, The Lawyer Show is Nightwood Theatre’s annual fundraiser. This important event raises vital funds that go towards enhancing Nightwood’s productions and training programs. Each season Nightwood auditions and casts over 30 local lawyers and legal professionals and works with them for over 2 months rehearsing lines, dissecting text, choreographing dance sequences, blocking moves – all with the goal of having fun, entertaining our audiences and raising money!

The Bard’s original pastoral play centers on lovers, Orlando and Rosalind and the exiled court of the usurped Duke as they fend for themselves in the Forest of Arden. Shakespeare’s classic comedy is a series of mistaken identities, romantic pursuits, and outlandish and thrilling hi-jinks. Under Nightwood’s direction, As You Like It is set in a contemporary high tech world where a corporate takeover spews these urban misfits into a pastoral setting that forces their awakening. Envisioned in a stylized design, this highly physical interpretation is sure to excite.

ANNOUNCING THE LAWYER SHOW 2011 CAST of AS YOU LIKE IT:
Anna Abbott, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Anusha Aruliah, Justice Canada
Charles Beall, Bales Beall LLP
Jonathan Bitidis, LLB
Jessica Burnstein, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nick Caughey, WeirFoulds LLP
Lauren Chang MacLean, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Shantona Chaudhury, Pape Barristers
Erin Dann, Di Luca Copeland Davies
Jan Fisher, Gluckstein & Associates
George Gibson, Gibson & Adams LLP
Barbara Gordon, Barbara J. Gordon, Barrister and Solicitor
Peter Hamiwka, Hrycyna Pothemont
Pam Hillen, Hicks Morley
Shelley Hobbs, The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
Peter Johnson, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Diane Karnay, Private Practice
Danny Kastner, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Michael Kleinman, Michael B. Kleinman, Barrister
Jenni Macko, Koskie Minsky LLP
Saroja Kuruganty, Lawyer
Gavin Magrath, Magrath O’Connor
Diane Mason, Mitchell, Bardyn and Zalucky LLP
E. Llana Nakonechny, Dickson MacGregor Appell LLP
Jay Nathwani, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Kelsey Orth, Crawford Chondon & Partners LLP
Heather Paterson, Shibley Righton LLP
Eve Schwarz, Eve Schwarz Barrister and Soliciter
Jennifer Silverman, Private Practice
Randall Telford, Private Practice
Caroline Ursulak, Private Practice
Brent Vickar, Longley and Vickar LLP
Doug Watters, Ministry of the Environment
Ashley Waye, Bales Beall LLP
Elizabeth Witzke, Legal Aid Ontario