Love’s Labor’s Lost

In Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, “Love is the teacher and Love is the lesson.” Ferdinand, King of Navarre, and three of his friends give up women and the world to devote themselves to learning. But their foolish vows can’t bar Love — from their gates or from their hearts. Certainly not when four high-spirited, high-bred ladies arrive on the scene. Their unexpected entrance throws the noble scholars — and the pedants and peasants of the neighboring countryside — into romantic upheaval. Can the men pursue the ladies without breaking their oaths? Will these sophisticated young women consent to be courted by such fickle young men? Directed by Kenneth Albers.