{"id":337752,"date":"2022-10-02T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=337752"},"modified":"2022-10-02T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T16:09:41","slug":"a-sweet-staging-of-twelfth-night-at-chesapeake-shakespeare-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2022\/10\/02\/a-sweet-staging-of-twelfth-night-at-chesapeake-shakespeare-company\/","title":{"rendered":"A sweet staging of ‘Twelfth Night’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company has opened its 20th season with Shakespeare\u2019s <\/span>Twelfth Night. <\/span><\/i>Set in an Edwardian seaside resort and directed by CSC\u2019s Founding Artistic Director Ian Gallanar, the comedy covers themes of longing, loss, healing, and nostalgia \u2014 not only in the production\u2019s effective staging and design but also in CSC\u2019s history with this play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lizzi Albert as Viola and Elana Michelle as Olivia in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company\u2019s \u2018Twelfth Night.\u2019 Photo by Caitlin Moore Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A romantic comedy about a love triangle, mistaken identities, cross-dressing, drunken revelries, and complicated pranks, it\u2019s Billy Wilder\u2019s <\/span>Some Like It Hot<\/span><\/i> onstage. In the aristocratic love triangle of Duke Orsino, Viola (as Cesario), and Countess Olivia, the three leads lack any chemistry, but who needs it when each offers such a compelling take on their character? Quincy Vicks is wonderfully foppish and melodramatic as the melancholic lover Orsino, swaggering across the stage with his cane, throwing himself onto plush pillows in a fit, and flouncing in a velvet smoking suit. As Olivia, Elana Michelle quickly devolves from emo girl to horny on main, and Lizzi Albert plays Viola\u2019s confusion and grief well. Romantic hijinks ensue until the very undrowned twin brother Sebastian (the understudy William Kinna sword fighting with the best of them) sweeps Olivia off her feet, and Orsino learns that the lad he has been enjoying time with is a lady.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cast of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company\u2019s \u2018Twelfth Night.\u2019 Photo by Caitlin Moore Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the <\/span>Upstairs, Downstairs <\/span><\/i>farcical subplot, Gregory Burgess comically straddles the line between beguiling partier and the original \u201cdrunk uncle\u201d Sir Toby. He\u2019s joined by the wonderfully inept suitor Sir Andrew Aguecheek (a blustery Jose Guzman); the musical clown Feste (George Michael Harris), who taunts, teases, and sings for his supper; and the cigarette-chomping, trouser-wearing driver Fabian (Laura Malkus). The true mastermind of all this chaos, Maria, is played by the delightful Kathryne Daniels, who knowingly winks at the audience as she devises the revenge subplot against the puritanical Malvolio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also a play about loss and sadness, from the shipwreck that separates Viola and Sebastian to Duke Orsino and Countess Olivia\u2019s melancholic musings, and from Sebastian\u2019s apparent betrayal of the loyal Antonio to the tormenting of Malvolio. Gallanar\u2019s production makes space for grief and loss \u2014 Olvia and Viola are both young women mourning the loss of family members, after all \u2014 but makes sure to conclude with contentment and community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even among a cast obviously having much fun onstage, Ron Heneghan as Malvolio is superb as Shakespeare\u2019s infamous killjoy. Heneghan sneers at the tomfoolery all around him; he looks down his nose at Viola, times Toby\u2019s speeches with a pocket watch, and squints through his monocle while reading a forged love letter. Even though he swears revenge on everyone (including the audience) after a cruel prank, he happily joins the final chorus and closing jig because this is Illyria, where healing happens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Early on Orsino declares, \u201cIf music be the food of love, play on.\u201d Composer Dan O\u2019Brien and Music Directors Grace Srinivasan and <\/span>Emi Erickson <\/span>make sure Shakespeare\u2019s prose is enlivened by frequent musical interludes \u2014 and sung by Harris\u2019 Feste with accompaniment from other cast members \u2014 ranging from a Talking Heads cover to a sea shanty in addition to O\u2019Brien\u2019s musical arrangements of Shakespearean songs from the 2002 production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Designed by Timothy Jones, the set creates the romantic coastal town of Illyria with a few sweeping gestures: a mast and sails soaring upward upstage, a stone tower covered in vines, and ocean-blue baroque tiling on the stage. Illyria is almost magical: melancholics find joy, the grieving find solace, and even midsummer madness is cured here. It\u2019s a place both in and out of time, though the costumes ground the play more specifically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristina Lambdin\u2019s Edwardian-era costume designs capture the in-betweenness of this short historical period (1901\u20131910), neither as stuffy as the Victorian era nor as freewheeling as the Roaring Twenties. Likewise, the colors and textures capture the sense of aristocratic leisure and focus on outdoor sports of the period, from striped bathing costumes to natty plaid suits to Olivia\u2019s fashionable sailor collar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ron Heneghan as Malvolio and Elana Michelle as Olivia in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company\u2019s \u2018Twelfth Night.\u2019 Photo by Caitlin Moore Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The production \u2014 sweet and sentimental \u2014 is apropos. <\/span>Twelfth Night <\/span><\/i>was the first play of the fledgling Chesapeake Shakespeare Company 20 years ago a<\/span>t a small black box theater in Ellicott City, Maryland. As Gallanar \u2014 director of that original production, too \u2014 explained during a short speech at intermission, the whole audience would\u2019ve filled only the front two center rows of the company’s current home in downtown Baltimore. Seated in the audience were some members of the original cast and crew as well as family members. Technical Director and Composer Dan O\u2019Brien fittingly played Feste two decades ago, Executive Director Lesley Malin played Maria in the 2002 production, and while Costume Designer Kristina Lambdin did <\/span>not <\/span><\/i>design costumes for that first work, she was already on board by CSC’s second production<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Twelfth Night <\/span><\/i>is ultimately a play about love, community, and belonging in all of its messy, chaotic, and love-filled ways. This highly enjoyable 20th-anniversary production fully embraces that sense of miraculous reunions and finding the right place to make a home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Running Time: Two hours 20 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twelfth Night <\/i><\/b><\/a>plays through October 23, 2022, at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company \u2013 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD. \u00a0Ticket prices range from $24 to $69, with discounts available for active-duty military, seniors, and anyone age 25 or younger. Tickets can be purchased\u00a0online<\/strong><\/a>, by calling 410-244-8570, or by visiting the Box Office in person.<\/p>\n

The program for Twelfth Night<\/em> is online here.<\/a><\/p>\n

COVID Safety: <\/strong>All patrons, regardless of age, are required to be masked while in the theater<\/span>. Complete Health and Safety FAQs are\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

TWELFTH NIGHT<\/strong><\/em>
\nBy William Shakespeare
\nDirected by Ian Gallanar<\/p>\n

CAST
\nLizzi Albert \u2013 Viola
\nTyrel Brown \u2013 Valentine\/officer
\nGregory Burgess \u2013 Sir Toby
\nIan Charles \u2013 Sebastian
\nKathryne Daniels \u2013 Maria
\nJose Guzman \u2013 Sir Andrew
\nDavid Hanauer\u2013 Sea Captain
\nGeorge Michael Harris \u2013 Feste
\nOz Heiligman \u2013 Antonio
\nRon Heneghan+ \u2013 Malvolio
\nJade Jones \u2013 Lady in Waiting
\nLaura Malkus \u2013 Fabian
\nElana Michelle \u2013 Olivia
\nGrant Scherini \u2013 Curio\/officer
\nQuincy Vicks \u2013 Orsino<\/p>\n

CREATIVE TEAM
\nIan Gallanar \u2013 Director
\nLesley Malin – Producing Executive Director
\nSarah Curnoles – Production Manager
\nAlexis E. Davis – Stage Manager
\nBernard Johnson – Assistant Director
\nDan O’Brien – Technical Director
\nTim Jones – Set Designer
\nKristina Lambdin – Costume Designer
\nGrace Srinivasan – Music Director
\nJason Aufdem-Brinke – Lighting Designer
\nKaydin Hamby – Sound Designer
\nTrey Wise – Props Designer
\nEmi Erickson \u2013 Vocal and Text Coach, Co-music Director
\nLauren Engler – Choreographer
\nEva Hill – Assistant Stage Manager
\nHanna Brill \u2013 Wardrobe Supervisor
\nJen Katz \u2013 Lighting Designer Assistant
\nChristopher Niebling \u2013 Fight and Intimacy Choreographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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