Alumni and friends – Join us for small bites and a lively discussion of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night before the show!

Thursday, April 3
6:30 PM
The Experimental Theatre
Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center

$10 per person

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Director of University Theatre, Sean Naughton, will discuss the process of producing and directing the current UWS production. Sean will be joined by Dr. Emilee Howland who will present historical, textual, and contextual information about Twelfth Night, Shakespeare, and 16^th and 17^th century England.

Dr. Howland is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the English program in the Department of Writing, Language and Literature. She teaches medieval and early modern British literature. Her academic research includes the representation of magic in medieval and early modern literature, women’s literature, Arthurian romances, representations of gender and magic in Shakespeare, and the cultural history and implications of book challenging/banning.

Sean Naughton is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at UWS and has over twenty years of experience performing and directing some of the most iconic roles and plays from Shakespeare’s cannon. 

The performance will immediately follow this event, and begins at 7:30 PM in the Manion Theatre.
Tickets to the production are sold separately – Purchase your tickets HERE

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The Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare’s classic Twelfth Night. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on March 28 and 29, April 3 and 4, and at 2 p.m. on April 5 in Manion Theater.

In Twelfth Night, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked, each believing the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young man and becomes a servant to the Duke, Orsino. Meanwhile, the beautiful Countess Olivia’s subjects plot to take revenge on the miserly and uptight butler, Malvolio. A whirlwind of love professions, songs, laughter, drinks and confusion unfolds as mistaken identities and misunderstandings create chaos over who has promised what to whom. In the end, all is revealed, the siblings are reunited, and the love triangles are resolved in this hilarious comic romp.

Read more HERE