William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, will be performed at CMU this Spring with a modern, MTV-style twist. It will performed as if it were a reality show, says director Professor Mark Kelty.

Scenes from the play include ones like this: On this “episode” of As You Like It, the audience will follow the comedic dramas of Rosalind as she copes with a banished father, experiments with crossdressing, and contemplates love at first sight. An adventure will be taken through the Forest of Arden as this pastoral comedy unravels before their very eyes.

The 16 member cast of “As You Like It”., which is made up entirely of CMU students, will bring the Bard’s famous comedy to life April 28-30 at 7:30 p.m.and May 1st at 1:30 p.m. inside CMU’s Little Theatre in Fayette.

Cast members include Breilly Roy (junior marine biology major from Trenton), Katie Roberts (junior theatre arts major from Wildwood), Parker Johnson (senior computer science major from Richmond), Myriah Araiza (theatre arts and pre-education major from Columbia), Addie McGuire (junior biology major from Higbee), Malik Hughes (freshman music major from St. Joseph),

Nickie Foland (junior communication studies major from Fayette), Hunter Atterbury (junior business major from Keytesville), Abby Wimberley (sophomore theatre arts major from Independence), Karlie Noll (junior theatre arts major from New Cambria), Joshua Schwartz (senior theatre arts major from New Cambria), Aiden Smith (senior music major from Fayette), Jordan Cassmeyer (sophomore mathematics major from Jefferson City), Emma Wyble (sophomore pre-education and early childhood education major from Columbia), Jenny Barnett (freshman pre-nursing major from St. Louis), and Kiersten Acox (junior psychology major from Nixa).

CMU students working on the crew include Lyndsey Phillips (senior English major from Columbia, assistant director and stage manager), Nick Barnes (freshman biology major from Columbia, sound), and Terri Banderet (sophomore biology major from St. Louis, costumes).

Gregory J. Owen, assistant professor of theatre, is the scenic and lighting designer; Chuck D. Thompson is the scene shop foreman; and Terri Rohlfing, adjunct in English and theatre, is the costume designer.