Shakespeare Soup is designed for students and audience to experience a performance of 3 classic stories condensed to run under 2 hours. Shakespeare's original text is combined with quatrain poetry narration written by Mr. Baldasare to form easy-to-understand playlets. Size and gender of cast may vary; smaller casts can be used by having same actors play various roles in the 3 playlets. Also genders may be reversed as needed. Cast: 11 males, 8 females