2004-2005 Season

Justin Adams, Christina Apathy, Lisa McCormick, J.D. Goldblatt and Matt Sullivan with Huckleby in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Photo by Richard Termine for The Acting Company.

The TONY honored Acting Company presents William Shakespeare’s riotous romp about the bonds of friendship and fidelity. Crazy clowns, baffled bandits, sassy servants and an unforgettable ill-mannered dog round out this rollicking comedy of disguise and deception.

Valentine and Proteus – The Two Gentlemen of Verona – are the very best of friends until Proteus follows Valentine to Milan and becomes enamored of Valentine’s girlfriend, the captivating Silvia. Forsaking his beloved Julia, Proteus embarks on a hilarious campaign to win his best friend’s girl. The situation becomes further complicated when Julia, disguised as a page, arrives in Milan.

Shakespeare uses brilliant language and his most ingenious plot twists to unravel this convoluted saga. In the end, love and friendship are reconciled.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona continues The Acting Company’s 31-year commitment to producing the work of the world’s greatest playwright and is presented in touring repertory with Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher.

The Acting Company has performed over 100 plays for more than two million people in the United States, London, Australia, Russia and Eastern Europe. It's Education Programs -- including master classes, student matinees and weeklong artistic residencies -- have reached tens of thousands of students. The Acting Company was founded in 1972 by John Houseman and current Producing Artistic Director, Margot Harley, with the first graduating class of The Juilliard School's Drama Division. Winner of the Obie, Audelco and Los Angeles Critics Awards for excellence, The Acting Company is a 2003 TONY Honoree for Excellence in Theater.

See for yourself what makes The Acting Company the most respected and praised touring repertory theater in America.