The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) {Revised} written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, and originally performed by that trio as the "Reduced Shakespeare Company" in 1987 in Edinburgh, and later in London, will be somewhat expanded this coming week by the Searsport District Middle/High School Theater Department, aka "the not-so-reduced Shakespeare Company", or the "somewhat expanded Shakespeare Company."  All of Shakespeare's plays will be performed/parodied in this laugh-out-loud comedy by a cast of twenty-five, sometimes playing themselves, other times playing a multitude of the Bard's memorable characters.

Opening night is Thursday, November 13, at the Searsport District Middle/High School cafetorium.  The play will also be performed Friday the 14th, and Saturday the 15th.  Show times start at 7:00 each night.  Tickets are $5 and are available at the door.

Cast List:  

Dakota Bowen - Rapper, Cheerleader, Nick Bottom

William Bradley - The Friar, King Claudius, Interpretive Dancer

Lauren Burkard - Herself, Football Player

Mary Brenna Catus - Herself, Cheerleader, Antony, Witch

Alivia Cross - Stage Manager, Shrew, Soothsayer, Prince Hal

Cole Dubois - Prince, Caesar, Guards, MacBeth, Richard III, Himself

Shannon Fitzjurls - Herself, Cheerleader, Interpretive Dancer, Cleopatra

Meghan Grant - Romeo, King John, Bernardo

John Guerette - Himself, Titus, Rapper, MacDuff, Richard III, Hamlet

Paige Ireland - Herself, Sampson

Colby Johnson - Himself, Juliet, Soldier, Interpretive Dancer, King Lear, Horatio, Laertes

Brooklyn Knowles - Witch, Cheerleader

Grace Koelbl - Herself, Tybalt, Football Player

Jennifer MacNamara - Herself, Hunchback

Meagan McKeon - Merchant, Cheerleader

Brenna Newbert - Duke, Ophelia

Oceana Pacholski-Proctor - Herself, Preacher, Cheerleader

Mackenzie Philbrick - Interpretive Dancer, Football Player

Eran Raines - Witch, Polonius

Logan Staples - Football Announcer

Abby Stemp - Ghost

Vicky Wilbur - Nurse, Henry VI

Dana Wilson - Benvolio, Old Jew, Interpretive Dancer, Cordelia, Understudy for Ophelia

Alex Woodward - Himself, Lavinia, Othello, Henry VIII, Princess