Elm Shakespeare has measured its resources and knows what it will perform for its 16th season (which, since they occasionally did more than one, has yielded over 20 shows).
It’s the tricky, creepy yet enchanting Measure for Measure, to be performed August 18 through Sept. 4 in the company’s accustomed environs of Edgerton Park. Details here.
What a splendid choice, especially following upon last summer’s equally ambitious pick: The Winter’s Tale. Measure for Measure doesn’t come up nearly often enough. I’ve seen it only twice—in an extraordinary Mark Rucker production at Yale Rep and a horribly misguided one at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, both in 1998.