Much Ado About Nothing

About this Production

Easy Leap Theatre Company is thrilled to  present Much Ado About Nothing, with The Brick's Shakespeare in the Theater festival this Summer. 

Much Ado About Nothing, often billed as a "battle of the sexes," is here produced with an all-woman cast and explores masculinity and the performance of gender in Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy.

Performance dates and times: 
July 15th at 7pm
July 18th at 8pm
August 5th at 10pm

For tickets and more information on The Brick please visit  www.bricktheater.com


About Easy Leap Theatre Co. 

Easy Leap Theatre Company, founded in 2013, is a New York City-based theatre company dedicated to interpreting classical text through the lens of contemporary youth-culture.

What your funds provide

Much Ado will be presented as part of a large repertory lineup of plays within The Brick's Shakespeare in the Theater Festival. We are more than happy to approach the play within the bare-bones aesthetic context of this festival, and allow the text and the performers to do our conceptual heavy-lifting.

To that end, we strongly feel that artists' talent should always be recognized, and their time be appropriately compensated. The vast majority of the funds we raise from this campaign will directly stipend our performing artists, and the remainder will ensure that they are costumed and have the minimal props required. We appreciate your support of our company's work.

Our Team

Emma Went (Director)  is a New York based theatre director whose most recent work includes the world premiere of Boxcar, a play by Corbin Went at The Tank. She is a co-founder of Easy Leap Theatre Company, for whom she has directed Love's Labors Lost (Access Theatre, LPAC Lab) as well as Othello and Hearts of Gold (West End Lounge) and The Changeling (West End Theatre). Her work has also been seen at Dixon Place, Live Source, the EstroGenius Festival, and Columbia University. Assisting includes Atlantic Theater Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for the New City, and more. Info at www.emmawent.com

Hailey Bachrach (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, writer, and sometimes other things, too. She received her MFA in dramaturgy from Columbia University and an MA in Shakespeare Studies at King's College London. She has worked at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and The Actor's Company Theatre and has written for HowlRound, Litro Magazine, and Shakespeare's Globe Blog, among others. www.haileybachrach.com

Daniella Benavides (Producer) is a freelance NYC based producer. Daniella has spent the last five years producing special events, fundraisers, and working with fledgling theatre companies. She has also worked with several established NY theatre companies including the Lark Play Development Center and AWA Partners. Recent productions include The Changeling at the West End Theatre at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew (Easy Leap Theatre Co.), Workshop Reading of “Monkey”, a new play at 61 Local. The world premiere of "Boxcar", by Corbin Went at The Tank. Daniella will be attending Brooklyn College this fall to pursue her MFA in Performing Arts Management.