Rachel Fowler
All’s Well That Ends Well
Shakespeare
Shakespeare Santa Cruz
2008
Photo: r.r. jones
…Ocel plays up its comic strengths—including one of
Shakespeare’s most entertaining rascals—while acknowledging its complexities in an often pensive
production enlivened by wit and warmth. more...
Director Tim Ocel lets the wistful cynicism of the play
slowly emerge from tender performances and a minimalist staging where the only ornamentation comes
from the natural splendor of the glen. … There is a naturalism to the sensitive production that
heightens the beauties of the text. A cast anchored by veteran classical actors gives the play a
lucid reading that allows us to discover its unexpected riches. more...
All’s Well That Ends Well
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 2008
…Tim Ocel has given us a taut, dark All’s Well whose characters are cloaked
in dour Victorian Black. more...