Comedy
by William Shakespeare
July 16 – August 1, 2026
All shows at 7:30 pm
Thursday, July 16
Friday, July 17
Saturday, July 18
Wednesday, July 22 (value night)
Thursday, July 23
Friday, July 24
Saturday, July 25
Wednesday, July 29 (value night)
Thursday, July 30
Friday, July 31
Saturday, August 1
Sir John Falstaff is looking for a quick payday, but Windsor’s leading ladies are looking for a laugh. When the notorious knight attempts to seduce two of the town’s sharpest wives for their fortunes, he quickly realizes he’s the one being played. From dirty laundry mishaps to midnight forest encounters, this is a joyful romp through small-town scandal where the women always have the last word.
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a successful local businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
He wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, of which the authorship of some is uncertain. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world. and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
James Ryan as Sir John Falstaff
Tess Cinpinski as Mistress Ford
Ariel Korducki as Mistress Page
Phil Stepanski as Master Ford
Jim Mallmann as Master Page
Del Lovejoy as Mistress Quickly
William Molitor as Justice Shallow
Hal Erickson as Host of the Garter Inn
Jeff Sommerfeld as Sir Hugh Evans
Mike Crowley as Doctor Caius
Stefan Kent as Pistol
Mikael Hagerstrand as Slender
Duleon Duran as Fenton
Sophia Bernhardt as Anne Page
Ryan Stepanski as Simple
Caroline Aron as Robin
Director: Dustin J. Martin
Stage Manager: Mitchell Anderson
Set Designer: Scott Fudali
Master Carpenter: John Gonzales
Costume Designers: Brianna Deans and Sarah Jo Martens
Sound Designer: David A. Robins
Lighting Designer: Claire Michels
Properties Designers: Teri Bergendahl and Shawn Spellman
