Twelfth Night 08-09

One of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, Twelfth Night ponders love lost and found. A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love. With raucous antics, ravishing language and rich characters, Shakespeare creates a bittersweet tale of laughter and longing. Rebecca Bayla Taichman returns after her “chic, funny and marvelously acted” production of The Taming of the Shrew (The Washington Post). Veanne Cox will play Olivia, following her role in The Way of the World, and will be joined by STC favorites Floyd King and Nancy Robinette.

“Before I start working with the designers I had a dream about the set. In the dream I wanted it to be all ice in the first half of the play and red roses in the second. Ice melted into water, and roses bloomed into one rose magnified and rendered enormous. And yet the dream foretold my core images for the play: a frozen, isolating world that blossoms into a lush rose garden.
–Rebecca Taichman (director) in An American Classic: Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Christopher Innvar*
Orsino

Samantha Soule*
Viola

Peter Katona*
Sebastian

Veanne Cox*
Olivia

Nancy Robinette*
Maria

Rick Foucheux*
Sir Toby Belch

Tom Story*
Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Ted van Greithuysen*
Malvolio

Fred Shiffman*
Fabian

Floyd King*
Feste

Todd Scofield*
Captain/Preist

Michael Sharon*
Antonio

Dan Lawrence
Valentine

Nathan Bennett
Curio

Nathan Bennett, Billy Finn, Lia LaCour, Dan Lawrence, Nia Medina, Jeffrey Scott, Amanda Tudor
Ensemble
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Rebecca Bayla Taichman
Director

Riccardo Hernandez
Set Designer

Miranda Hoffman
Costume Designer

Christopher Akerlind
Lighting Designer

Martin Desjardins
Composer/Sound Designer

Rick Sordelet
Fight Director

 

Daniel Pelzig

Choreographer

Ellen O’Brien
Voice and Text Coach

Alan Paul
Assistant Director

Akiva Fox
Literary Associate

William Shiner*
Stage Manager

Benjamin Royer*
Assistant Stage Manager

Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter and Paul Hardt
Casting

Merry Alderman
Associate Casting Director

Anne Ford-Coates for Elsen Associates Inc.
Makeup and Hair Design

Flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc.
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