Today we meet Kate Southern, who plays Viola’s twin brother Sebastian. Kate is from Raleigh, North Carolina. She attended Brandeis University and Emory University, and now works for Whole Foods. Q. So, how did you find out about Twelfth Night, and what made you decide to audition for it? KATE: I get the Hyde Park […]
Friday Staged Reading, July 7: THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Paul Baker The Exception and the Rule is a Lehrstück (i.e. “learning play”) by Bertolt Brecht (translated by Ralph Manheim). A hugely influential playwright, Brecht believed theater had a duty to educate as well as to entertain. Written around 1929, Exception confronts a deplorable aspect of black-white relations, all too familiar to us […]
Twelfth Night Introduction: Meet Hannah Dorsey, Valentine/Officer 2
Today we meet Hannah Dorsey, who plays Officer 2 and Valentine. Hannah hails from Pennsylvania and has just finished her first year at the University of Chicago. Q. So, how did you find out about Twelfth Night, and what made you decide to try out for it? HANNAH: I found out about it because one […]
Twelfth Night Introductions: Meet Samantha Fenno, Malvolia
Today we introduce Samantha Fenno, who plays Malvolia (Malvolio was written as a man; in our production, she’s a woman, hence the vowel shift). Samantha grew up in Long Island, attended graduate school in Baltimore, and came to Hyde Park as a postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at the University of Chicago. Q. How did […]
Twelfth Night Introductions: Meet Sabrina Sawyer, Viola
Today we introduce Sabrina Sawyer, who plays the part of Viola. Sabrina is from Chicago and a graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in theater at the University of Southern California. Q. So can you tell me a little bit about how you found out about the show, and what made […]
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