Imogen in the Wild, our first film and an ecological adaptation of Shakespeare's Cymbeline, is available HERE.
The film was safely filmed in Spring and Summer 2021, on location in Yosemite National Park and on the campus of UC Merced. It stars professional and community actors, several UC Merced students, and Yosemite rangers. It features original music throughout, composed by UC Merced students and other cast members.
Our YouTube channel also contains individual songs and scenes from the film, and we will soon release a thoroughly subtitled version; hit subscribe for updates.
The project is co-sponsored by UC Merced, Yosemite National Park, and Misfit Press and is part of the worldwide Cymbeline in the Anthropocene project (further info here, too). Read Cymbeline in the Anthropocene's lead research Randall Martin's anlaysis of Imogen in the Wild's environmental-justice focused adaptation of Cymbeline here, and his reflections on the films original music and genre diversity here.
If you are interested in teaching the film, this page has educational resources on the film, Cymbeline, and environmental justice, as well as California State Standards information (high school).
If you'd like to make a small donation after viewing this film to help us keep making free, ecological theatre in Yosemite, please click here.
CAST
Imogen: Sofia Andom, UC Merced student 
Iachimo: Lisa Wolpe
Cymbeline: Dennis Brown
Queenie: Connie Stetson
Belarius: Lee Stetson
Leo (Posthumous): Tonatiuh Newbold, Aramark/Yosemite National Park
Cloten: Chase Brantley
Pisanio: Andrew Perez, UC Merced student
Guiderius: Amber Loper, UC Merced student
Arviragus: Angel Nuñez, UC Merced alum
Ranger (Caius) Lucia: Jess Rivas, UC Merced alum, National Park Service
Rangers: Emily Dayhoff, Yosemite National Park
Scott Gediman, Yosemite National Park
Shelton Johnson, Yosemite National Park
Jamie Richards, Yosemite National Park
Kate Templeton, UC Merced and NPS
Celia: Rachel Rodrigues Battisti
Orlando/Young Cymbeline: Andrew Hardy, UC Merced student
Himself: Devon Glover AKA the Sonnet Man
Imogen's Mother: Debra Ann Byrd
Young Belarius: Guy Roberts
Young Queenie: Jessica Boone
Leo's Father: Alejandro Gutiérrez, UC Merced faculty
Leo's Mother: Bristin Jones, UC Merced faculty
Young Guiderius: Rohan Boone Roberts
Young Arviragus: Landon Boone Roberts
Young Imogen: Ciara Garcia Magaña
Young Leo: Curtis McClure V
Singers: Cat Flores, Rena Johnson, UC Merced students
Additional vocals and instrumentals: Tonatiuh Newbold, Bella Camfield, Rena Johnson, Adelaide Lamont (Nicholas Koch)
Dancer: Tawanda Chabikwa
CREW
Artistic Director and Producer: Katie Brokaw, UC Merced faculty
Associate Director: Paul Prescott, UC Merced faculty
Production Manager and Associate Director: Billy Wolfgang, former UC Merced faculty
Adaptors: Katie Brokaw, Paul Prescott, and Billy Wolfgang and members of the cast
Associate Production Manager and Boom Mic: Angel Nuñez, UC Merced alum
Cinematographer: Shawn Overton
Sound and Music Director: Will Darpinian, UC Merced Student
Steady Cam: Chase Brantley
Camera 2: William Serg George, UC Merced alum
Original songs by: Cat Flores, Tonatiuh Newbold, Chase Brantley, Rena Johnson
Associate Producers, Yosemite National Park: Scott Gediman and Jamie Richards
Associate Producer, UC Merced: Kim Garner
Film editing: Brandon Cooper, Will Darpinian, and Rilee Hoch, UC Merced students
Music video film editing: Abby Samuelson
Music video sound engineer: Mike Camfield
Design and Properties: Remy Sumida-Tate, Sam Flores, Noah Khal, Angelica Flores, UC Merced students; Katie Brokaw
Research associate and communications: Monica Perales, UC Merced alum
Educational Resources: Katherine Hernandez, Anooj Vadodkar, Preethi Merugumala, Abigail Raven, UC Merced students
Researchers: Randall Martin, Rebecca Salazar
Curriculum Advisor: Bella Camfield
Drone pilot: Lloyd Naval
Thank you: Merced Shakespearefest (Heike Hambley, Janell Barnes), Playhouse Merced (Beth Christensen), Fatima Burney and Aron Nussbaum, Carole Whitehill, Alejandro Gutiérrez, Jeff and Trish Gilger, Bristin Jones and the students of her "Writing to Save the Planet" Class, Spring 2021; the students of Katie Brokaw's "Shakespeare and Ecology" class, Fall 2020.
