Kickstarter

Theatre @ First, Somerville's own community theatre company, has brought you Shakespeare, original musicals, crowd-pleasing favorites and obscure gems. Now, we want to bring the Shakespeare in the Park experience to Davis Square!

We are planning to produce As You Like It, one of the most enduring and popular comedies of Shakespeare. My vision for this production is a modern one, where the Forest of Arden is the woods of New England, and the resident farmers and eccentrics encounter the Burning Man artists, MIT engineers, and other anarchic creatives who flee the city after a hostile business takeover.

We have plans to involve SCUL, the bicycle gang; members of the burlesque community; visual and light artists of Burning Man fame; original electronic music by The Pluto Tapes; and of course, the acting talents of our fantastic Theatre@First community - and hopefully some new faces.

The resultant extravaganza - if this project is funded - will be produced for free in Seven Hills Park, behind the Davis Square T Station. Theatre@First is a nonprofit, and all funding for our shows comes from ticket sales and the occasional grant. In order to offer this show to our community, we will need to raise enough money to rent a stage, lighting and sound equipment, and all of the necessary expenses of a show.