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FOR INFORMATION CONTACT Jacqui Black 847-866-8336
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2009
PICCOLO THEATRE PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT DIRECTED BY KAREN YATES
EVANSTON, IL: Friday, February 20 at 8:00 p.m. Piccolo Theatre will open Twelfth Night at the Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main Street, Evanston. Twelfth Night—Shakespeare’s bestloved comedy—is now set in riotous 1968 London, when the city was at its most precarious. Viola, shipwrecked and far from her home in India, finds herself separated from her twin and in the middle of a “mod” world set a-wobble from anti-war protests, immigration issues, gay rights, and class struggles. Knowing she can find work dressed as a man, Viola dons the disguise of a foreign gentleman recently arrived from India and works for a Duke who holds court in a hip London society which is topsy-turvy with infatuation, longing, and mistaken identities. Viola soon finds herself in love with the Duke who’s in love with a Countess who is in love with…. a foreign gentleman, recently arrived from India... In this comedy, both silly and wise, Shakespeare examines the many facets of love as well as the darker aspects of human nature. “Though 1968 London is forty years and an ocean away, the concerns of that time have become (and always have been) ours. Twelfth Night captures both the joy and struggle of life, set in 1968 to heighten those aspects of the show,” says Director, Karen Yates. “Piccolo’s commitment to physical comedy allows potent ways to elucidate meaning.” Director, Karen Yates, was most recently seen in Piccolo’s Lust, Lies, and Marriage, directed by internationally acclaimed Commedia dell’Arte director, Antonio Fava. Yates recently directed the sold-out Memento Polonia, for Overdog Productions and the well-received Three Days of Rain for Actors Revolution Theatre. She trained with Obie Award winning director
The Piccolo Theatre embodies and realizes the human comedy through physical theatre, eloquence and humor in order to move, delight and transform audiences.
ADD ONE David Cromer. Yates is currently Vice President of Education for the Women's Association of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is overseeing a joint seminar between the CSO and the Art Institute of Chicago, Music director and composer Phil Rockrohr, a Chicago-based musician, will follow the Elizabethan tradition of co-opting popular melodies of the times. He will adapt pop melodies from the 1960s for the production in addition to composing four original pieces to be performed live by the actors. Other than “playing” Joe Strummer in The Clash rock tribute band London Calling, Rockrohr is making his theatre debut with Piccolo Theatre. Chicago Tribune rock critic, Greg Kot, hailed Rockrohr as a “national-level act” with the release of his 2005 album Buxom. Cast includes Piccolo Ensemble Members: Vanessa Hughes, David W.M. Kelch, Mark Sharp, and Ryan Musil. Also appearing are Allison McCorkle, Adam Verner, Christopher Hibbard, Eric Damon Smith, David Marcotte, Minita Gandhi, Anthony DiNicola, Nick DuFloth, and Sean Spellman. Production crew includes: Karen Yates (Director), Edward Matthew Walter (Set Design), Darcy Hofer (Costumes), Christopher Kriz (Sound), Peter Dully (Lighting), Tramon Crofford (Props), Phil Rockrohr (Composer/Music Director), Jason Martin (Text & Dialects), Sarah Luse (Stage Manager), Brianna Sloane (Dramaturg). Twelfth Night will be presented at the Evanston Arts Depot, located at 600 Main Street, Evanston in the Main Street METRA Station. Previews are Friday, February 13 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 14 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 15 at 3:00 p.m. Opening Night is Friday, February 20. The run continues through Saturday, March 21. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Adult tickets -$25.00, Seniors - $20 and Students/Children under 10 - $15.00. For ticket reservations, call the Box Office at 847-424-0089 or visit www.piccolotheatre.com. Email
[email protected] for more information. Run time is approximately 120 minutes with one intermission Founded in 2001, the Piccolo Theatre embodies and realizes the human comedy through physical theatre, eloquence and humor in order to move, delight and transform audiences. In 2
ADD ONE residence at the renovated Evanston Arts Depot, a cultural arts center in South Evanston, the comfortable 50-seat house perfectly immerses the audience in a distinctive little world, giving them a truly incomparable theatre experience. For additional press information and photos contact Jacqui Black 847-866-8336,
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