Seattle theater company brings free Shakespeare play to Ober Park

Greenstage’s production of Shakespeare will bring tragedy to Ober Park once more.

Greenstage’s production of Shakespeare will bring tragedy to Ober Park once more.

The Seattle theater company will perform Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing” at 7 p.m. Thursday as the only play in the summer Concerts in the Park series.

The play follows the struggle of an enamored couple as a treacherous man, Don John, attempts to disrupt true love. After Don John frames the woman Hero for adultery, her friends attempt to reveal the truth and win back her lover Claudio. Loyalties are tested, and the main characters must constantly wade through a heart-wrenching amalgam of love, betrayal and redemption.

Admission is free, and organizers ask that no alcohol or dogs be brought to the show.