07/30/2026
just three more shows
Tonight tomorrow and Saturday
7 PM at Rivington and Norfolk enter in the open gate between Rivington and Stanton on Suffolk Street.
First come first serve on our chairs and benches
So far:
Some great reviews and some great pics courtesy of photographer, Lee Wexler
An amazing cast....
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"For the Drilling Co., all the world is a stage.”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“...a superb cast to regale the audience to an unpretentious fresh presentation... full of invention with the simplest production means—materially ‘poor’ but theatrically rich, in the best sense.”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production of As You Like It is a perfect way to spend a summer evening.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“This marks the company's thirty-first year of presenting free summer Shakespeare on the Lower East Side, and they never cease to amaze.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“...a delightful way of spending an evening with Shakespeare's delicious comedy of confusions... come and see The Drilling Company's production...”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot productions are always a summer treat. Don't miss this one!”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“...these Drilling Company productions get closer to what feels like authentic Shakespeare than many larger and more polished stagings do. Real Shakespeare, and what feels like a party.”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“...a rough-and-ready staging of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, turning the Forest of Arden into the contemporary Lower East Side.”
— amNewYork
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“The Drilling Company offers a fun, quality production for free in a unique setting.”
— Tom Storch, Front Row Center
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“The Drilling Company delivers a modern, sassy... [production].”
— Tom Storch, Front Row Center
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“...In the moment, comic acting that makes you feel like everything is happening for the first time.”
— Michael Portantiere, BroadwayRadio
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“Director Hamilton Clancy has again brought together a phenomenal cast of highly skilled actors who fill the parking lot on the corner of Norfolk and Rivington with joy and enthusiasm.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Ms. Bonfilio plays Rosalind as a wise and self-possessed elegant lady; as Ganymede, she plays up the 'manspreading,' 'mansplaining' would-be man... hiding the love-torn Rosalind behind her bravura mask.”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“Lia Bonfilio portrays Rosalind as brilliantly as the Bard could have asked for... capturing the kind of elevated reality that only lives in a fantastical story like this. Brava.”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“Lia Bonfilio and Patrick Hart explore the multiple layers in Shakespeare's words, creating stimulating moments of sincere emotional connection as Rosalind and Orlando.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“They have a wonderful, natural chemistry that penetrates through any disguise Rosalind chooses to wear.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Bonfilio and Hart are brightly touching and funny in the tongue-tied love-at-first-sight encounter...”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“...sliding from playful and giggly with her dear cousin Celia (a vivacious Thammie Laine Quách), to suddenly enamored, to razor-edged woodland wit.”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“Thammie Laine Quach [plays Celia] with the cocky teenage charm of the privileged child. However, Celia is loyal to her beloved cousin Rosalind...”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“Thammie Laine Quach's Celia/Aliena brings humor to Rosalind's tricking of Orlando in the forest...”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Mr. Elpenord is captivating as Oliver. He and Ms. Quach develop a beguiling connection.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Mr. Teachout portrays Silvius as a simple and honest peasant. Ms. Allen's Phoebe is cunning, yet easily distracted. They are charming together. The scenes they share with Ms. Bonfilio are genuinely riveting.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Andy Rowell is a spectacularly nimble Touchstone... [His outfit] is one of the best designed Fool costumes I have seen.”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“Andy Rowell brings his wonted broad, intelligent clowning to the role of Touchstone...”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“Andy Rowell delivers a bold and daring Touchstone. He is meek in his initial departure from the court, yet wild and adventurous when seeking love...”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“David Marantz portrays Jacques as a grounded philosopher, and delivers Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man' with intrigue, humor, and wisdom.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“Their experience of playing in such an environment has made them secure... Their adaptive spontaneity and collaborative spirit show in their interactions...”
— Beate Hein Bennet, New York Theatre Wire
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“There are also distinctive performances by Chris Martel, Robert Arcaro, Raphael Del Rio, Carly Grissom, and Adama Joy Sall.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
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“...Adama Joy Sall has several shining scenes singing the play's numerous songs... All the tunes are good...”
— Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
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“The original music by Natalie Smith, Andrew Gombas, Adama Joy Sall, and David Marantz beautifully transforms the atmosphere of the parking lot into the mystical and magical Forest of Arden.”
— Domenick Danza, More Than a Play
