This weekend, a local youth-run theater group is staging Shakespeare’s classic “Much Ado About Nothing” at the ArtsCenter.

The group is One Song Productions – founded in 2002 by a pair of Chapel Hill High School students to give young people in the area another outlet for creative expression.

Directed by Grace Siplon, this version of “Much Ado About Nothing” has been moved to the American lakeside and updated to the present day – or almost the present day, at least. (Siplon chose 1987 as the setting, she says, because that’s the year “Dirty Dancing” came out in theaters.)

Siplon and actors Nicole Gabriel and Ben Goldstein joined Aaron Keck on WCHL last week.

 

“Much Ado About Nothing” runs from August 6-9, with shows at 7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 pm on Sunday.

For more info about One Song, visit 1songproductions.org.

For “Much Ado” ticket info, visit ArtsCenterLive.org.