All of Shakespeare in 97 minutes!

PA Players take on the Bard with ‘Complete Works’

The Port Angeles Community Players are taking Shakespeare’s line “All the world’s a stage” and running with it.

Running all over the stage, and throughout the entire auditorium, in fact as they present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” abridged and revised by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.

Reducing the play “Hamlet’ wasn’t enough for the authors — they went on to condense all 37 plays; the comedies, the tragedies and the histories into one madcap, irreverent play in 97 minutes.

Director Anna Andersen has assembled a cast with boundless energy and ideas for a wild ride. It doesn’t matter if you are lover or hater of Shakespeare, “there is something for everyone” in this play, said Andersen. It does, however, deal with mature themes and language, and is recommended for those 16 and over.

The cast includes Shannon Cosgrove, Tavin Dotson and Josh McLean as the three main actors who are supported by Ryan Brooke, Josh Sutcliffe, Ross Kavanaugh, Benjamin Komar, Janet Lucas and Jeff Tocher, a local artist who also will paint during the production.

The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday Feb. 19, and continues at 7:30 p.m. Feb, 20, 23, 26-27 and March 1, 4-5; and at 2 p.m. Feb. 21, 28 and March 6 at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for students. On Tuesdays, tickets are $14 reserved or $7 at the door for festival seating.