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Summer is almost here, so gather up your snacks and picnic blankets, and get ready for the 15th annual New Mexico Shakespeare Festival.

The festival opens on Friday, June 6, with a new production of 鈥淢uch Ado About Nothing,鈥� directed by Zoe Burke. 鈥淥thello,鈥� directed by Stephanie Grilo, opens the following Friday, June 13, and the two shows will run on alternating weeks through July 12.

鈥楳uch Ado About Nothing鈥�

Burke puts a new spin on one of William Shakespeare鈥檚 most popular comedies, 鈥淢uch Ado About Nothing,鈥� incorporating elements of modern New Mexican history.

鈥淲e鈥檙e setting it in the late 1940s in New Mexico, so post-World War II,鈥� Burke said. 鈥淭he very first scene in the show references a war ending and one that was relatively successful, and that (WWII) is kind of the last time in American history that that鈥檚 happened 鈥� a relatively popular war where everyone鈥檚 patriotic.鈥�

Burke鈥檚 鈥淢uch Ado鈥� reflects New Mexico鈥檚 ethnic and cultural diversity, too.

鈥淥ne of the key things that鈥檚 really unique about this production is that we have a lot of Indigenous actors in it, so we鈥檙e incorporating some elements of Indigeneity,鈥� Burke said.

A Din茅 actor lights sage at a key moment in the play, and another Indigenous actor plays the flute.

鈥淲e are really wanting to be as culturally responsive as we can, making sure that we have authentic representation of our Native characters,鈥� Burke said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really fascinating to explore Shakespeare through an Indigenous lens.鈥�

Throughout the rehearsal process, the actors experimented with different ways of bringing their own cultural traditions and life experiences to bear on their characters.

鈥淭his has been very collaborative, where the actors were really able to bring ideas and create this together, which is something I absolutely love doing in theater,鈥� she said.

Although Burke kept Shakespeare鈥檚 original language, she said she incorporated a lot of movement, including physical comedy, to keep the play 鈥渁ccessible and understandable鈥� for contemporary audiences.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not trying to play the jokes the way they would have landed in 1597,鈥� she said.

Instead, she encouraged her actors to ask themselves, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the most extreme thing your character would do in this moment?鈥� and then look for ways to incorporate some of those exaggerated gestures and actions.

鈥淚f they think it鈥檚 funny, that also helps the audience enjoy it, as well,鈥� Burke said.

鈥极迟丑别濒濒辞鈥�

Grilo acted in a performance of 鈥淟ove鈥檚 Labour鈥檚 Lost鈥� at the N.M. Shakespeare Festival six years ago, but this is her first time directing at the festival.

鈥淚t鈥檚 super exciting,鈥� she said.

Grilo鈥檚 鈥淥thello鈥� will pay particular attention to the women in the play, whose parts, she said, sometimes get whittled down by directors who choose to focus on the drama between Othello and Iago, the two principal male characters.

Grilo acknowledged that cutting is necessary, since a full, uncut version of 鈥淥thello鈥� would run approximately four hours, which an outdoor audience on a hot summer night might find uncomfortable. As much as possible, though, Grilo said she tried to keep lines that spoke to women鈥檚 experiences in 15th century Venice, Italy, when the play is set.

鈥淚鈥檓 really looking at gender dynamics and the sort of patrilineal decline from the very outset of the play between Desdemona and her father,鈥� Grilo said. 鈥淭hen, I鈥檓 seeing how these themes of femicide and female rights continue, and how female characters are absolutely being controlled to the point of violence.鈥�

Grilo said 鈥淥thello鈥� wouldn鈥檛 pass the Bechdel Test 鈥� the contemporary measure of women鈥檚 representation in fiction, which asks whether a work features at least two women who have a conversation about something other than a man.

鈥淏ut I think specifically the reason why it doesn鈥檛 pass the Bechdel Test is because, in these interactions between Emilia and Desdemona 鈥� Emilia has these beautiful speeches that she gives to Desdemona when they鈥檙e in private about the differences between women in society and men in society, and she talks a lot about equality,鈥� Grilo said. 鈥淪o they鈥檙e talking about men, but they鈥檙e talking about men in terms of, like, 鈥楬ey, this is unfair and unjust treatment.鈥欌��

So, Grilo sees Emilia as a proto-feminist character whose ideas were hundreds of years ahead of their time.

鈥淚n the early 1600s (when Shakespeare wrote 鈥极迟丑别濒濒辞鈥�), there was no such thing as 鈥榳omen鈥檚 equality,鈥欌�� Grilo said. 鈥淭he suffragette movement didn鈥檛 happen until 300 years later.鈥�

Grilo wanted to present Desdemona as a strong character, too.

鈥淒esdemona, typically, is cast as a naive, very young, sprightly, kind of mousy character, and I have always rejected that,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 think the text itself supports (the idea) that Desdemona is actually quite roguish. I mean, she goes against her father鈥檚 wishes immediately at the top of the play, then continues throughout to defend her rights.鈥�

Grilo said the festival is a 鈥渞eally fun celebration of Shakespeare,鈥� as well as a celebration of 鈥淣ew Mexico theater makers.鈥�

鈥淧retty much every single person I love working with outside of the festival, at other theaters, works on this festival,鈥� Grilo said. 鈥淪o, it鈥檚 a really cool thing.鈥�

NM Shakespeare Festival presents 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Othello'