Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' to be performed at Hope April 2-5

Thu, Mar 27, 2008    to del.icio.us

HOLLAND — Hope College Theatre will present William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" in the DeWitt Center main theater, April 2-5.

The show will run Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 2-4, with 8 p.m. curtain times; and on Saturday, April 5, with 2 and 8 p.m. curtain times.

"Twelfth Night" is a comedy of mistaken identities. Leading lady Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked, and each believes the other to be dead. Posing as a man and masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, and sends his new page as a messenger to her.

Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man, and who regards her as his confidant. By the end of the five-act play, all is revealed and love prevails.

"Twelfth Night" is directed by Patricia Daniels. A native of Albuquerque, N.M., Daniels has performed for theater companies across the nation. Her directing credits include productions such as "Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," "The Comedy of Errors" and "Trojan Women" for Kalamazoo College. In 2006, she directed "A Midsummer Night's Dream," co-produced by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre. She is an adjunct professor at Western Michigan University, and has taught all levels of acting for WMU and Kalamazoo College.

Tickets for "Twelfth Night" are $7 for regular admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for students and senior citizens. They are available in the ticket office inside the main entrance of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, the theater lobby ticket office in the DeWitt Center will be open on performance nights shortly before the curtain rises. The ticket office may be called at (616) 395-7890.

The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The DeWitt Center is located 141 E. 12th St.