So no one told you life was gonna be this way...

Much Ado About Nothing meets Friends in a bold, hilarious new adaptation from Constellation Players.

This summer, grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and prepare to laugh your way through love, lies, and lattes. Constellation Players present a fresh take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, reimagined through the lens of the iconic 90s sitcom Friends.

Set in Leonato’s café, this modern retelling follows six close-knit companions whose romantic entanglements and clever deceptions play out with wit, warmth, and a generous helping of chaos. Claudio and Hero are hopelessly in love, Beatrice and Benedick are hopelessly at war, and Margaret and Don Pedro are—well—hopelessly meddling.

But this isn’t Much Ado as you know it.

What if Margaret was the mastermind behind the downfall of Don Pedro?
What if Hero herself crafted the scheme to fake her death?
And what if Shakespeare’s sharpest comedy was told through the heartbeat of a modern rom-com?

Whether you’re a Shakespeare lover, a Friends fanatic, or just in need of a night of feel-good theatre, this production promises heart, hilarity, and a few surprises.