MIRROR
THEATER COMPANY
Coming Soon
Much Ado About Nothing
March 5 thru March 22
Join us in March 2026 for our innaugral show, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. We at Mirror Theater Company have a passion for Shakespeare, especially those plays that don’t have a clean and simple ending. We are thrilled to dive into this complicated comedy with director Shea Coughlin-Jacobs at the helm.
When Benedick and Claudio return to town, Beatrice and Hero’s worlds are both turned upside down. Hero is immediately enamored with Claudio while Beatrice is exasperated with Benedick. Will Beatrice and Hero’s friendship survive their hearts taking them in opposite directions? Can love at first sight really be trusted? When seemingly at odds, which love prevails romance or friendship?
Who We Are
To hold, as ‘twere the mirror up to nature
Mirror Theater Company was born from the idea that art, especially theater, has the ability to reflect ourselves and our world back to us. As William Shakespeare wrote in act III of Hamlet,
“The purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.”
At our best, we are kind, good, faithful, joyful, patient, and loving beings. But at our worst, envy and rage, hate and intolerance, pride and greed creep in and destroy our relationships and our souls. Theater is a chance to step back and gaze upon the mirror of society, whether it reflects a story similar or different to ours, and ask questions of what we see. What does this vengeance lead to? Can joy and adventure heal a relationship? How do we decide who to trust?
Just as in our society today, not every story has a happy ending, in fact most don’t. But what if we cultivated a spirit of curiosity when we take our seats in a theater. What if we allowed the story that unfolds before us to question our own story and our own choices.