Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
May 2010
Directed by Curtis Krick
Designed by Adam Flemming
Light Design by Lisa D. Katz
“I am as mad as he, if sad and merry madness equal be”
Written circa 1600, Twelfth Night follows the light, cheerful, frantic and sensational chaos of mistaken identities, love, practical jokes and gender-crossing disguises. Guest director Curtis Krick sets this production at a sunset party at the beach during the Roaring 20’s, a golden age of love, jazz and booze where nothing but love and excitement matters.
The play tells the tale of Viola (played by Stephanie Aguilar), shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria. To protect herself, she masquerades as a man named Cesario and becomes a servant to the Duke Orsino (Jordan Randall), with whom she eventually falls in love. However, Orsino is in love with Olivia (Jennifer Scarr) and sends Cesario to woo her. Olivia, not realizing that Cesario is actually a woman, is charmed by Cesario and falls in love with him (her). Along the way, we meet two squires, Sir Toby Belch (Patrick Towles) and Sir Andrew Augecheek (Aaron Colby) who also pine for Olivia and devise an intricate plan to fool a fellow suitor, the domineering Malvolio (Zachary Green).
Twelfth Night examines passion and the madness it can spark, when insanity overcomes reason and gender lines are blurred, appearances are misleading and the thrill of being in love leads you to a place you’ve never gone before.
La Verne’s production of Twelfth Night includes a set design by Adam Flemming, light design by Lisa D. Katz, and costume design by Sarah Register.
For ticket reservations and to learn more about this and future La Verne productions, contact the Theatre Arts Department at (909) 593-3511 ext.4386, or e-mail melody.rahbari@laverne.edu .
