Renee Elise Goldsberry and More Sign on For Public Theater's Love's Labor's Lost Lab Production

Renee Elise Goldsberry (Good People), Hoon Lee (Hamlet), Michelle Beck (As You Like It) and Keith Eric Chappelle (Cyrano de Bergerac) are among the full cast of the Public Theater's lab production of Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost. Directed by Karin Coonrod, the production begins performances October 18 followed by opening night on October 31. The limited engagement runs through November 6.

The cast will also feature Rebecca Brooksher (Dying City), Reg E. Cathey (Timon of Athens), Jorge Chacon (The Germ Project), Keith Eric Chappelle (Cyrano de Bergerac), Stephanie DiMaggio (A Free Man of Color), Francis Jue (The Winter's Tale), Mousa Kraish (Pentecost), Steven Skybell (Much Ado About Nothing), Robert Stanton (Cymbeline), Nick Westrate (Unnatural Acts) and Samira Wiley (Playboy of the West Indies.)

In Shakespeare's classic comedy, the King of France and his best buds swear off romance and withdraw into their studies…until some girls show up. As the young couples stumble their way toward love, the others in their circle – a pedantic school master, a Spanish dandy, a streetwise con-man and a cop with a few screws loose – work through their own mad dilemmas. In the end, the real world intrudes and brings everyone back to earth, but not even a cold winter blast manages to chill the warmth of the play.

The production features scenic design by John Conklin, costume design by Oana Botez Ban and lighting design by Brian H. Scott.

The Public Theater will also stage Shakespeare's King Lear and a lab production of Titus Andronicus this fall.