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Let’s Ask the Folger!

July 15, 2014 By AVLT Leave a Comment

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. is perhaps the world’s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare-related materials. So, let’s get them to tell us what this Cymbeline thing is all about.

Cymbeline tells the story of a British king, Cymbeline, and his three children, presented as though they are in a fairy tale. The secret marriage of Cymbeline’s daughter, Imogen, triggers much of the action, which includes villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, and the appearance of Jupiter in a vision.

Kidnapped in infancy, Cymbeline’s two sons are raised in a Welsh cave. As young men, they rescue a starving stranger (Imogen in disguise); kill Cymbeline’s stepson; and fight with almost superhuman valor against the Roman army. The king, meanwhile, takes on a Roman invasion rather than pay a tribute. He too is a familiar figure—a father who loses his children and miraculously finds them years later; a king who defeats an army and grants pardon to all.

Cymbeline displays unusually powerful emotions with a tremendous charge. Like some of Shakespeare’s other late work—especially The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest—it is an improbable story lifted into a nearly mythic realm.

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Welcome the Class of 2014

July 14, 2014 By AVLT Leave a Comment

We are very proud to announce the addition of three artists of the highest caliber to our Available Light Company. Please welcome our esteemed class of 2014.


David J. Glover is an actor and teaching artist from the Columbus area. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Theatre Arts from Heidelberg University. Since graduating, he has been active in the Columbus theatre scene and teaching and directing children’s theatre in New York, as well as performing with several different companies around town. Available Light fans will recognize him from How We Got On, Cock, We Are Proud to Present…, and The History Boys.


Jaylene Henderson is a Columbus native and a graduate of The Ohio State University. Her experiences include working as the lighting assistant for the regional tour of One Night with Janis Joplin and stage managing Unanswered, We Ride at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland as well as in New York. Jaylene has worked backstage and/or as a designer for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, John Cage 101, bobrauschenbergamerica, Leaving the Atocha Station, 33 Variations, and others.


Ben Jones is a recent graduate of Heidelberg University where he earned a B.A. in theatre. While at Heidelberg, he directed many student-written plays and worked backstage in a variety of roles in shows and administratively. Since graduation, he has worked with Available Light Theatre and CATCO, toured with the incomparable Robert Post, and is always hustling to create new opportunities. Ben appeared on-stage in We Are Proud to Present… and has worked backstage on Glue, Pride & Prejudice, and others.

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Fighting with knives!

July 9, 2014 By Jaylene Henderson Leave a Comment

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Knives!

July 8, 2014 By Jaylene Henderson Leave a Comment

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Fight call!

July 8, 2014 By Jaylene Henderson Leave a Comment

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New to Cymbeline?

July 7, 2014 By AVLT Leave a Comment

New to Cymbeline? So were we. Don’t worry though, the good ol’ internet will help you get fired up and ready to go.

Visit Sparknotes’ Cymbeline page for some a general breakdown of the characters and some basic analysis. There’s even a quiz!

Just to whet your appetite, here’s how the play begins…

Imogen, the daughter of the British king Cymbeline, goes against her father’s wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman, Posthumus, instead of his oafish stepson, Cloten. Cloten is the son of Cymbeline’s new Queen, a villainous woman who has made the king her puppet. Cymbeline sends Posthumus into exile in Italy, where he encounters a smooth-tongued Italian named Iachimo. Iachimo argues that all women are naturally unchaste, and he makes a wager with Posthumus that he will be able to seduce Imogen. He goes to the British court and, failing in his initial attempt to convince the princess to sleep with him, resorts to trickery: He hides in a large chest and has it sent to her room; that night he slips out, observes her sleeping, and steals a bracelet that Posthumus once gave to her.

See you at the show!

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Pisanio is not happy with this wager.

July 1, 2014 By Acacia Duncan Leave a Comment

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