The Book of Will

College Presents The Book of Will

The Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department will present Lauren Gunderson’s contemporary play The Book of Will for two weekends only October 17-27, in the Mendocino College Center Theatre on the Ukiah Campus. Gunderson is currently the most frequently produced playwright in the United States, and this play is one of her most popular scripts. The story, a love letter to the theatre, is about friendship, art, and the heart-achingly fragile nature of nearly everything. The action unfolds three years after the death of William Shakespeare as his friends and fellow actors realize that they alone hold his plays in their memories and in their scattered collections of unpublished scripts. Together they set out to publish and thereby preserve his plays and his legacy for future generations of theatregoers. Their efforts against all odds express not only their love of theatre but also their shared humanity and devotion to their friend.

This production will feature costumes and scenery highlighting the work of students in Mendocino College’s CTE program in technical theatre under the direction of faculty & staff members Steve Decker, Kathy Dingman-Katz, and David Wolf. Theatre student Eduardo “Lalo” Torres is the show’s co-lighting designer and students Ella Cash and Hannah Hinrichs are assisting Steve Decker with the scenic design. Costuming students Shianne Robertson, Percival Knutson, and Vicko Ciraulo are assisting designer Kathy Dingman-Katz. Sarah Jansen is assisting producer & director Reid Edelman, and the student stage manager is Jasmine Norris.