AS YOU LIKE IT: A CALIFORNIA CONCOCTION (March 10 to April 16, 2006) - Adapted by Alison Carey and directed by Bill Rauch. Shakespeare's court and country are now Southern California city and desert, and Shakespeare's themes of love, liberation and gender confusion unfold hilariously in a modern America obsessed with red states, blue states, political power and cultural identity.The Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA.