Something old, new, borrowed, and BLUE.

Something OLD

Performed in Summer of 2023

Blue Box Theatre Company's Much Ado, is a take on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (using the original language, just a modern setting). Spend the summer at the Messina Retreat, an outdoor wellness retreat sponsored by the wealthy Leonato.

The show was performed at The Honeysuckle Tea House August 25th-27th, 31st, and September 1st.

THANK YOU to our Venue and Partner!

About the Show

Pictured: Daniel Cryer-Muthedath Ryder, John Paul Middlesworth, David Gilmore, Nick Hopf, J. Comello, and Grace Derenne.

MUCH ADO was performed at the Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill, NC - a beautiful property tucked away in the farmlands just outside of the greater Chapel Hill area.

Each show was jammed packed full of festivities:

  • LIVE Music from Bluegrass Battleship and Britt Wilson

  • Wine, Mead, Beer, and other beverages as well as snacks and treats provided by Honeysuckle Tea House.

  • Bonfires following each show

 The Company Members

of Much Ado

“Let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me.” - Don John

“Some cupids kill with arrows, some with traps.” -Hero

 “If we can do this, Cupid is no longer an archer: his glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods!”
-Don Pedro


“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.” - Benedick

“Tell me, for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” - Benedick

By Pamir Kiciman
Correspondent for The Local Reporter in Chapel Hill, NC

By Kurt Benrud of The Triangle Review

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