Evanston Township High School’s ‘Twelfth Night’ a win-win for director
BY KAREN BERKOWITZ kberkowitz@pioneerlocal.com February 7, 2012 10:00PM
ETHS student Sam Sagan waits for the next scene during a rehearsal for the school's production of Twelfth Night, which runs Thursday through Saturday. | Dan Luedert~Sun-Times Media
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Updated: March 10, 2012 8:09AM
Love and jealousy are never more complicated, or hilarious, than when William Shakespeare’s characters unwittingly fall for men disguised as women and vice versa, as happens in the madcap comedy, “Twelfth Night,” to be performed at Evanston Township High School Thursday, Friday and Saturday, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
“I love Shakespeare and I really think the comedies connect well with high school students,” said director Tim Herbert, noting there is less Shakespeare in the high school curriculum these days and the bard’s tragedies are more likely to make the reading list.
“I also think it is important for actors in educational theater to get their first experiences wrestling with the language,” he said of the playwright’s Elizabethan language. “The other beauty of those Shakespearean comedies is that you can get a lot of kids involved,” he said, of his cast of 25 stage performers and a crew of about 15.
The production features Lora Kelley and Anthony DeCapri as Viola and Duke Orsino, and Olivia Cygan as Orsino’s disinterested love interest.
The comedy will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Upstairs Theater at Evanston Township High School, at 1600 Dodge Ave. in Evanston. The theater is accessible by elevator to people with disabilities.
Reserved-seat tickets cost $7 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased through the ETHS Fine Arts Hotline at (847) 424-7848.
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