The New School for Drama presents William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well as the final offering of the FIRST LOOK performance series. Drama’s FIRST LOOK is a program of performances of classical and contemporary works staged in a final rehearsal atmosphere, with minimal sets, lights, costumes, and props. The production features the third-year acting students and is directed by Stephen Fried.

In this bitter-sweet romantic comedy, love doesn’t come easy for Helena as she tries to claim the hand of the young lord Bertram—her reward for curing the ailing King. He refuses the arrangement, but the passionate Helena won’t take no for an answer, leaving her to find another way to convince Bertram to accept her love.

A Drama League directing fellow, Mr. Fried comes to Drama as the recent resident assistant director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC. Among his notable credits, he has directed Henry V at Milwaukee Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus at Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, and Love’s Labor’s Lost at Illinois Shakespeare.

Performances are Wednesday through Saturday, December 10-13, at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.

For more information, visit the Drama website.