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With antics aplenty, patrons will experience up-close and personal moments with the show\u2019s characters.<\/p>\n<p>The play follows a bantering, headstrong couple who rail against love, and a second couple who run (somewhat disastrously) headlong into it. The first couple fall for the matchmaking schemes of their friends, while the couple who fell for love at first sight are separated by an evil plot that can only be resolved by the town\u2019s hilarious constable and her crew. A classic tale of male-female miscommunication, <em>Much Ado\u2019s<\/em> themes \u2014 love, jealousy, and second chances \u2014 remind audiences why the Bard is still the greatest English playwright of all time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Much Ado About Nothing<\/em> runs from Thursday, April 13-Sunday, April 23, in the DeVries Theatre at the showtimes below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, April 13 @ 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, April 14 @ 2 p.m. &amp; 8 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, April 15 @ 2 p.m. &amp; 8 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, April 20 @ 10 a.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, April 21 @ 8 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, April 22 @ 2 p.m. &amp; 8 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, April 23 @ 3 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read about Cedarville University\u2019s upcoming production of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare&#8217;s most popular comedies.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theatre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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