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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
a comedy of the heart, wrapped in music, movement, and song
Directed by Janet Haley, Associate Professor of Theatre
AUDITIONS
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 6:00-9:00p CALLBACKS/MAKEUP AUDITIONS: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4, begin at 6:00p
All students currently enrolled at UM-Flint are welcome to audition
Large cast production – No previous performance experience required
This mainstage production requires a diverse company of humans to tell the story – all identities | ages | abilities
WHEN: Wednesday, September 3, 6:00p – Thursday Sept 4, 6:00p (callbacks/make-up auditions)
WHERE: Meet in UM-Flint Theatre Lobby (next to French Hall, corner of Kearsley St and Wallenberg St)
WHAT TO PREPARE: No memorized material is required – we provide short script selections at the audition! If you would like the script selection in advance, please contact director Janet Haley at jehaley@umich.edu
If you would like to share a monologue, song, poem, rap, etc., we want to hear it! We are actively seeking musicians and mover/dancers – there are non-speaking performance opportunities in this production If you play an instrument confidently, please feel free to play something for us! And… if you love words out loud – poetry, singing, rapping, or yapping – we encourage you to come and audition! These lines were crafted to be spoken and heard out loud for a live audience - and this script is a wild, sometimes deep, and delightful ride!
PRODUCTION INFO: Rehearsals begin the week of September 8th, and are scheduled in accordance with the company’s availability. Production opens Oct 31, and plays the mainstage Nov 1, 2, 7, 8, 9. Technical positions in scenic, costume, lighting, sound are available…and academic credit is also possible!
Questions? Concerns? Would you like access to audition material, or more information on the script? Contact director Janet Haley jehaley@umich.edu
ABOUT THE PLAY
Synopsis source: The Folger Shakespeare Library
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare combines love, confusion, mistaken identities, and joyful discovery.
After the twins Sebastian and Viola survive a shipwreck, neither knows that the other is alive. Viola goes into service with Duke Orsino of Illyria, disguised as a young man, “Cesario.” Orsino sends Cesario to woo the Countess Olivia on his behalf, but Olivia falls in love with Cesario. Viola, in the meantime, has fallen in love with Orsino.
In the meantime, twin Sebastian has been rescued by a sea captain, Antonio, [and disappears into Ilyria…]
At the estate of Countess Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s kinsman, has brought in Sir Andrew Aguecheek to be her suitor. A confrontation between Malvolio, Olivia’s steward-estate manager, and the partying Sir Toby & Co, leads to a revenge plot against Malvolio – who is then tricked into making a fool of himself, and locked in a dungeon as a lunatic.
When Viola, as Cesario, is challenged to a duel, Antonio mistakes her for Sebastian, comes to her aid, and is arrested. Sebastian the twin is discovered…Olivia mistakes Sebastian for Cesario and declares her love [and Sebastian is immediately enchanted by Olivia but knows nothing of his twin Viola/Caesario]. When, finally, Sebastian and Viola appear together, the puzzles around the mistaken identities are solved: Cesario is revealed as Viola, Orsino asks for Viola’s hand, Sebastian will wed Olivia, and Viola will marry Duke Orsino. Malvolio, blaming Olivia and others for his humiliation, vows revenge.