love’s labour’s lost, act iv, scene III (2021)

Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare
Produced at East Central University by The Shakespeare Ensemble at ECU (2021)
Filmed at the Ada Elks Lodge (#1640) in one shot, following the most up-to-date COVID-19 protocols as of April, 2021*.

Directed by Carly O’Brien
Costume Design by The Shakespeare Ensemble at ECU

Summer Pearce as Berowne
Jessica Zwermann as King Ferdinand
Russell McCreary II as Longaville
Alex Humbles as Dumaine
Brittney Taylor as Jaquenetta

Cinematography and Editing by Israel Kalema
Cinematography by Aayush Awasthi
Production Assistants - Annabelle Elliott and Malik Sharp

*Safety is always the top priority in the Department of Performing Arts at East Central University. To that end, this scene was rehearsed and performed observing COVID-safe protocols. All rehearsals took place fully masked and distanced (both indoors and outdoors) during the months of March and April 2021. Filming took place on April 17, 2021. During filming, fully vaccinated members of the cast and crew were allowed to be unmasked in a designated (and limited) area of the set, while unvaccinated actors and crew were required to remained masked throughout filming.