Something old, new, borrowed, and BLUE.
Something OLD
Performed in Summer of 2023
Blue Box Theatre Company's Much Ado, is a take on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (using the original language, just a modern setting). Spend the summer at the Messina Retreat, an outdoor wellness retreat sponsored by the wealthy Leonato.
The show was performed at The Honeysuckle Tea House August 25th-27th, 31st, and September 1st.
THANK YOU to our Venue and Partner!
About the Show
Pictured: Daniel Cryer-Muthedath Ryder, John Paul Middlesworth, David Gilmore, Nick Hopf, J. Comello, and Grace Derenne.
MUCH ADO was performed at the Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill, NC - a beautiful property tucked away in the farmlands just outside of the greater Chapel Hill area.
Each show was jammed packed full of festivities:
LIVE Music from Bluegrass Battleship and Britt Wilson
Wine, Mead, Beer, and other beverages as well as snacks and treats provided by Honeysuckle Tea House.
Bonfires following each show
The Company Members
of Much Ado
“Let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me.” - Don John
“Some cupids kill with arrows, some with traps.” -Hero
“If we can do this, Cupid is no longer an archer: his glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods!”
-Don Pedro
“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.” - Benedick
“Tell me, for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” - Benedick
By Pamir Kiciman
Correspondent for The Local Reporter in Chapel Hill, NC
By Kurt Benrud of The Triangle Review