While not the most familiar play to roll off people’s tongues, Much Ado, once viewed will hold a special place in your – “Oh how I love Shakespeare” corner of your heart. Much Ado is at once a comedy of errors, a love story, a near tragedy and a giant battle of gendered wits.

On yet another very warm Seattle summer evening, GreenStage brought its high energy Much Ado about Nothing to the Dottie Harper Park in Burien. The troop chose to go big and broad here, and while some of the nuance of Shakespeare’s comedic chops may have been lost, the play clicked wonderfully for the picnicking audience.