The war has ended, and the men are returning home victorious. Don Pedro, the Prince of Arragon, and his compatriots Benedick and Claudio have stopped at the home of Leonato, the Governor of Messina, for a brief respite on their return.Young Claudio has caught the eye of Leonato’s daughter, Hero, and before long, they are engaged to be wed. Meanwhile, tensions and old resentments flare between Benedick and Leonato’s niece Beatrice. Don Pedro enlists the other characters into a plan to turn the pair’s fiery, hateful passions toward one another and watch them fall desperately in love with one another. But all is not as well as it seems, as Don Pedro’s bastard brother Don John hatches a plan to throw this idyllic love story into disarray. It falls upon the lovably dim Dogberry and the rest of the Watch to get to the bottom of this plot and bring us to a satisfying conclusion. Join us for one of the Bard’s most beloved comedies, full of love, laughter, witty banter, and shockingly dark twists in three beautiful outdoor locations in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.

This production is directed by SCSC Founder and Artistic Director Jeffrey Chips with Assistant Director and Stage Manager Lauren Scheller-Wolf (Agamemnon, The Tempest) and features the talents of Christopher Rone, Alexandra Hellinger (Agamemnon, The Tempest), Brianne Kessel (Emma), Taylor Humenay, Bob Colbert (Agamemnon, A Christmas Carol), Caroline Phillips and teen interns Abigail Schnur and Luna Meyers, supported by teen Stage Management intern Leila Belletti. The production will be designed by SCSC Managing Director Hannah Ruth Moss (The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It) and features choreography by Brigita Ruta and musical arrangements by Michael Kirk (The Tempest, As You Like It) and Bob Colbert.

Much Ado About Nothing will perform Fridays-Sundays, July 17-26. Friday performances will be at Bruno Sammartino Park in Ross Township at 6 pm. Saturday performances will be at Barry G. Schell “Bronx” Field in West View at 6 pm. And Sunday performances will be held at the Ross Community Center Amphitheater at 4 pm.