ND Shakespeare Fest Celebrates 10th Anniversary With 'Twelfth Night'
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SOUTH BEND - As the capstone of their 10th anniversary season, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival will present the romantic comedy "Twelfth Night".
Featuring actors and designers from Chicago, New York, and Stratford, including Lesley Bevan, Donald Carrier, Cindy Gold, Christopher Kelly, and Frank Kopyc, the Mainstage production will delight audiences from Aug. 18-30 at the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.David H. Bell, best known for his award-winning work in London, on Broadway, and with the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, will direct.
"Twelfth Night" bursts with ravishing romance, sidesplitting humor and some of the most famous characters ever to grace the stage. Shipwrecked twins set this tale of unlikely love and mistaken identity in bittersweet motion.
Viola, separated from her brother Sebastian and now alone in the world, disguises herself as a servant boy and falls hopelessly in love with the duke she serves. Duke Orsino pursues Countess Olivia, whose adoring gaze falls on the duke's new page - Viola dressed as a boy.
Join the celebration as the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival captivates audiences with one of the funniest and most enduring love stories ever told.
Performances will be at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, Aug. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8 p.m.; Aug. 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 2 p.m. All times are Eastern Daylight.
For tickets, visit http://performingarts.nd.edu/index.php?page=detail&event=1079&month=8&year=2009 or call 574-631-2800.
The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Notre Dame's professional theater in residence, is one component of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, a program that also includes the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and Actors From The London Stage, a professional touring residency experience. The mission of Shakespeare at Notre Dame is to establish the university nationally and internationally as a center for the study of Shakespeare in performance.
