SOU Theatre presents: The Merry Wives of Windsor written by William Shakespeare and directed by Domenique Lozano. Performances run February 20, 2025- March 2, 2025 on the SOU Main Stage Theatre.

Tickets are available online at https://sou.universitytickets.com or by calling the OCA Box Office at 541-552-6348. Accommodations for wheelchair seating and assisted listening devices are available by request via email: boxoffice@sou.edu

ABOUT THE SHOW: Set in a 1930s New England town, The Merry Wives of Windsor follows Sir John Falstaff, who schemes to solve his financial troubles by wooing the wives of two wealthy merchants. When the wives discover he's sent them identical love letters, they team up to prank him. Falstaff, boisterous and foolish, proves no match for the clever Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page. Don’t miss SOU’s playful take on Shakespeare’s beloved comedy of love, money, and loyalty.

PERFORMANCES:

Thursday, February 20 - 8:00pm (opening)

Friday, February 21 - 8:00pm

Saturday, February 22 - 8:00pm

Thursday, February 27 - 8:00pm

Friday, February 28 - 8:00pm (Talk back w/ actors after the show)

Saturday, March 1- 2:00pm (matinee 1)

Saturday, March 1- 8:00pm

Sunday, March 2 - 2:00pm (closing matinee 2)

CAST: 
Mrs. Ford...Julia Gibbs
Mr. Ford...Shane Howard
Mrs. Page...Violet Love
Mr. Page...Connor O'Ryan
Anne Page...Miyabi Saito
Mrs. Quickly...Aud Godlove
Host...Brooklyn Williams
Dr. Calus...Alexis Edwards
Justice Shallow...Pierce Bach
Parson Hugh Evans...Ken Lee
Slender...Asa Warnock
Simple...Kai Wilson
Fenton...Nicolas Budde
Falstaff...Liam Thompson
Pistol...Isaac Glace
Nym...Cody Johnson
Bardolph...Joe Guelld
Rugby...Aram Foz
Robin...Sarah Watson
John...Sean Glover
Robert...Duncan Larson
Neil...Ty Iaela
William Page...Elliot Grubb

UNDERSTUDIES:
Sean Glover 
Pierce Bach
Sarah Watson 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Ms. Lozano is a West Coast based Director, Actress and Educator. She was a Resident Artist with the American Conservatory Theatre for 15 years, where she served as a core faculty member and director in the MFA Program, as well as the Young Conservatory Program, and as the resident director of the main stage production of A Christmas Carol. Directing work at ACT includes MFA Productions of Fuente Ovejuna, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Sueno, The Skin of Our Teeth, Happy to Stand, and Saved, as well as the world premieres of Staying Wild and Home Front. Ms. Lozano served on the Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies faculty at UC Berkeley as both a teacher of acting and as a director. Directing credits there include Tartuffe, Curly Fries- a webisode series, and Men on Boats. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at SOU, teaching Acting.

Other directing work includes The Comedy of Errors, The Importance of Being Earnest (SPARC Theatre, Livermore Shakespeare), The Caucasian Chalk Circle, (St. Mary’s College), A One Man Show, Orlando, Drawer Boy and Welcome Home Jenny Sutter (TheatreFirst). Acting credits include work with California Shakespeare Theater where she was an Associate Artist, A.C.T., Berkeley Repertory Theatre, CenterRep, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Translation work includes Schiller’s Don Carlos, which premiered in the 2018 New Strands Festival at ACT, and Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which premiered at the American Conservatory Theater in 2010.