Review: Much Ado About Nothing by Present Company Theatre

by Michael Meigs
Published on April 14, 2014

Stephanie Carll's Beatrice is full of spirit and intelligence, qualities that unfortunately have disadvantaged many a woman's matrimonial prospects since time immemorial, while Grimes is a bit of a dry stick. His Benedick is just as bright as Beatrice but he's the perennial bachelor.

  How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, once they've seen Par-ee? -- Young, Lewis and Donaldson, 1919   Present Company has been celebrating Shakespeare out in east Austin since 2011, performing to audiences sprawled comfortably picnic-style on the premises of Rain Lily Farm.  This year they've brought their style right downtown.  Whole Foods Market has made available its broad, comfortable rooftop garden for the current run of Much Ado About Nothing.  Admission …

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