Imogen Says Nothing

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Cast Size

2w, 7m
Duration

105 Minutes
Subgenre

Adaptations (Shakespeare), Period
Target Audience

Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

A revisionist comedy in verse and prose featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the first folio of William Shakespeare’s Much Adoe About Nothing, speaks no lines, and is probably a typo. A feminist hijacking of Shakespeare that investigates the voices that have been absented from our canon, and the consequences of cutting them.

History

Imogen Says Nothing premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre in new Haven, CT in January 2017 under the direction of Laurie Woolery.

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Performing Groups

IMOGEN – a Bear passing as a human

HUMANS (also play...)
JOHN HEMMINGES – An actor (Leonato)
HENRY CONDELL – An actor (Don John/Antigonus)
ALEXANDER COOKE – An actor (Beatrice)
NICHOLAS TOOLEY – An actor (Hero)
RICHARD BURBAGE – An actor (Don Pedro)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – Actor & playwright (Messenger/Friar), double cast with WARDEN
CRIER – Owns Bears (Conrade, Benedick), double cast with ISAAC
ANNA ROOS – Queen Anne's Danish maid

BEARS (double cast with humans...)
BEAR ON ICE – An escaped Bear (Anna)
HARRY HUNKS – The Blind Elder (Richard)
NED WHITING – The Noble Beast (John)

Please practice subversive, historically inaccurate, casting.

Time Period 16th Century / Elizabethan
Setting London, various dates and locations from 1598 to 1623.
Features Period Costumes
Additional Features Physical Comedy
Duration 105 Minutes
Cautions
- Alcohol
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Beautifully conceived, written and executed.” – New Haven Register

“A fierce feminist fable. The playwright has spun bits of Elizabethan trivia into a profound meditation on women in society, gender roles in general, persecution, creativity, posterity and the nature of theater itself.” – Hartford Courant

“Imogen Says Nothing is beautifully conceived, written and executed.” – New Haven Register

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Yale Rep Cast discuss who is Imogen
Aditi Kapil on the impetus for Imogen Says Nothing
Reviews for Imogen Says Nothing

Photos

Image: 2017 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)

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Authors

Aditi Brennan Kapil

Aditi Brennan Kapil is a writer, actress and director of Bulgarian and Indian descent. She was raised in Sweden, resides in Minneapolis, MN, and her work is produced nationally and internationally to critical acclaim.

Imogen Says Nothing