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On Saturday, the St. Genesius Players of 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas College, California, staged their 2023 Shakespearean performance, Love™s Labor™s Lost, directed by Alex Roberts (™25) and Jacob Temple (™24).

Augustine Seeley (™25) played the King of Navarre, who, together with three votaries ” played by Mr. Temple, Isaiah Martinez (™23), and Marcel Pryor (™25) ” vows to study ceaselessly for three years under a strict ascetical regimen that includes the injunction not once to look on a woman. In true Shakespearean fashion, immediately following this ill-considered vow, the Princess of France, played by Michaela Lessard (™23), arrives in Navarre with ” conveniently ” a trio of attendants, played by Anna Van Wijk (™24), Cecilia Morlino (™23), and Maria Brittain (™24).

The men quickly fall in love with the women, thereby breaking their vow, despite their best efforts to conceal their transgressions from each other. With a supporting cast of eclectic vulgars and chatty pedants, the play is a tapestry of wordplay, hijinks, and hilarity.

Complementing the actors™ performances was a committed crew, whose attention to detail in costumes, props, and sets reinforced the illusion, immersing the audience in Shakespeare™s outrageous cautionary tale for would-be philosophers.