Twelfth Night

Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Grant Freeman
July 21 - 24, 2016
First Street Community Center Uptown Theatre

Take one of Shakespeare’s most popular and important romantic comedies and put it in a steampunk background and you have MVLCT’s fun summer romp! Twelfth Night has inspired adaptations and reimaginings for centuries and MVLCT did not disappoint. And its focus on complicated issues of gender, class, and same-sex attraction make it relevant to our current cultural moment.

Twelfth Night Summary

Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead. Sebastian arrives, causing a flood of mistaken identity, and marries Olivia. Viola then reveals she is a girl and marries Orsino. 
Summary courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

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