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Mobile Unit's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Rebecca Martínez
The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit celebrates its 15th year with the beloved romantic comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Directed by Rebecca Martínez (Mobile Unit’s The Comedy of Errors), this new take on the classic tale of love, deception, and misunderstandings blends Spanish, music, and Shakespeare’s timeless wit. Mobile Unit will visit parks, correctional facilities, and more locations in each NYC borough free of charge as part of The Public Theater’s commitment to making great theater accessible to all.
A complete tour schedule will be announced on May 1, 2025.
is a multidisciplinary director and the Cohort Collaborations Director for One Nation/One Project. Recent and upcoming projects include Dirty Laundry (WP Theater / Spark Theatricals), In Her Bones (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), Bite Me (WP Theater / Colt Coeur), It Happened in Key West (Fulton Theatre), Sancocho (WP Theater), Living and Breathing (Two River), Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle (Egg & Spoon Collective), Songs About Trains (Working Theater and Radical Evolution), Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre), and Anna in the Tropics (Fine Arts Center). Martinez co-adapted and directed the 2023 and 2024 touring bilingual musical production of The Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Adaptation; LATA Awards for Outstanding Adaptation and Theatrical Concept). She has developed new work with The Public Theater, Amas Musical Theater, the O’Neill, Latinx Playwrights Circle, the Sol Project, NAMT, INTAR, Working Theater, The Playwrights Realm, among others. Affiliations include Member of the Obie Award-winning Sol Project Collective, TCG Rising Leaders of Color, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, INTAR’s Unit52, New Georges Affiliated Artist, Drama League Directing Fellow, and SDC. Awards include Colorado Henry Award for Directing; four Portland, Oregon Drammy Awards; and Lilla Jewel Award for Women Artists. rebeccamartinez.org
Leadership support for Mobile Unit is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Tow Foundation, and an anonymous donor. Generous support for Mobile Unit is provided by The MAE Private Foundation, Gina Maria Leonetti and The McLaughlin Children's Trust.