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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

November 24 – December 22, 2024
On the U.S. Bank Main Stage

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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

  • By William Shakespeare
  • Directed by Marissa Wolf

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When Viola washes ashore, her twin brother Sebastian is lost at sea. Disguises, mistaken identities and unrequited love show them that shipwrecks may be the least of their problems. In one of  Shakespeare’s most enduring comedies, everything — love, mischief, music and libations — exists in exciting excess! 

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, 2014.

“It is impossible to overstate the level of ridiculous fun…” - The Chicago Sun Times
“Shakespeare’s most perfect comedy” - Broadway World


Twelfth Night Synopsis & Setting

Play Summary (Courtesy of Play Shakespeare)

Duke Orsino of Illyria is in love with Olivia, but his advances are rejected. A shipwrecked Viola arrives on his shores, and with the help of a Captain, disguises herself as a boy, calling herself Cesario, and enters Orsino’s service. Orsino takes to Cesario, and sends ‘him’ to woo Olivia for him. Viola, however, is already falling in love with Orsino.

Cesario arrives to woo Olivia, and Olivia falls in love with "him”. Olivia rejects Orsino’s approach, but asks Cesario to return. Orsino discusses the nature of love with Cesario, and sends “him” again to Olivia, who continues to confess her love for Cesario, much to “his” dismay. Meanwhile, Viola’s twin brother Sebastian, also a casualty of the shipwreck, arrives in Illyria with the help of his close friend Antonio, a sea-captain and former enemy of Orsino. Antonio gives Sebastian his purse full of money to use, and tells him to go to an inn where they will meet up later.

Staying with Olivia is her uncle Sir Toby, who is encouraging Sir Andrew, his drinking-companion and source of funds, to woo Olivia. While carousing with Olivia’s fool Feste late one night, they quarrel with Malvolio, and with the help of Olivia’s maid Maria, they decide to trick him. Maria writes a letter to Malvolio, forging Olivia’s handwriting, to make Malvolio think Olivia loves him. The letter asks Malvolio to dress and behave in eccentric ways.

Toby, Andrew, and Maria (as Fabian) observe Malvolio opening the letter and absorbing its contents. Malvolio then approaches Olivia according to the letter’s instructions, and she thinks him mad. Toby arranges for him to be confined in a dark room. Later, he gets Feste to disguise himself as a priest, Sir Topas, to taunt Malvolio. Malvolio writes a letter of complaint to Olivia.

Meanwhile, Andrew prepares to leave the house, having seen Cesario apparently being more successful with Olivia, but Toby persuades him to stay, and to challenge Cesario to a duel. Sir Toby separately informs Andrew and Cesario that the other is a ferocious fighter, and they approach each other with trepidation. They are about to fight when Antonio arrives, intending to defend Cesario, whom he has mistaken for Sebastian. Antonio is arrested by officers who recognize him as Orsino’s enemy. He asks for his purse from Cesario, who of course professes no knowledge of it.    

The fool Feste is sent to bring Cesario to Olivia, but encounters Viola/Cesario’s twin brother Sebastian instead. They meet Andrew, who strikes Sebastian mistaking him for his twin Viola/Cesario. Olivia arrives to stop a fight between Sebastian and Toby. Sebastian is immediately taken with Olivia. Thinking him to be his twin Cesario, Olivia is delighted that he has finally responded to her affections, and they go off to be married.

Orsino is told by Cesario of his enemy Antonio’s arrival, but when Antonio is brought before Orsino, he mistakes Cesario for twin Sebastian, his dear friend, and asserts that he has been with Cesario for some time. Much confusion happens due to mistaken identity, not knowing there is a set of twins, and mistaking Viola/Cesario for Sebastian and Sebastian for Viola/Cesario! 

Olivia arrives, and again rejects Orsino’s advances. As Orsino and Cesario prepare to leave, Olivia insists on Cesario staying, and calls him her husband. When Cesario denies it, she presents the priest as confirmation. Orsino is enraged, thinking Cesario has betrayed him. Toby and Andrew pass by, having just been severely beaten by Sebastian. Sebastian then arrives, and the twins delightedly recognize each other. Everyone is amazed, Viola’s true identity is revealed, and she and Orsino decide to be married.

Feste delivers Malvolio’s letter to Olivia, and he is brought from his cell. Maria/Fabian reveals the nature of the trick played upon him, and Malvolio leaves, vowing revenge on them all. They all prepare for celebration, leaving Feste to bid the audience farewell.

Setting

While Illyria existed in antiquity, at the time of Shakespeare’s penning of Twelfth Night the region was a mythic place many of his contemporaries also used as a fictional setting. Located off the Adriatic Coast in territory that now includes parts of Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia, as well as other regions, Illyria ceased to exist as an independent kingdom when it was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd Century BCE, and was reorganized as a Roman province called Illyrium, which was subsequently re-divided and renamed in 10 BCE.

Viola and Sebastian’s home country of Messaline is even more of an invention by Shakespeare. Some scholars have suggested that Messaline is meant to correspond to either Mytilene, in Greece (on the Isle of Lesbos) or Messina, in Italy. The name may also come from Valeria Messalina, the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot.

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Meet the Cast & Creative Team

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The Cast

Andrés Alcalá, Fool (Feste)
(He/El)

He is honored to be returning for his third show at PCS - last seen in What the Constitution Means to Me as well as A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other performance credits include Florizal in A Winter’s Tale, The Moon in Blood Wedding at OSF. Iago in Othello, Richard III in Richard III, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, and Oberon in Midsummer Night's Dream for Southwest Shakespeare in Arizona. At Artist Rep Theatre include Exiles, The Laramie Project, Love! Valour! Compassion! Mr. Western in Emma the Musical for Arizona Theatre Company. Bordertown at Actors Theatre of Phoenix. Men on the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown at Borderlands. Mr Banks in Mary Poppins, Shrek in Shrek, Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz, Captain Hook in Peter Pan for the Northwest Children’s Theatre. 30 years ago he was first introduced to both his husband while performing this play - it is now beautifully fitting that he bid farewell to the stage to live out the rest of their days.

Dana Green, Olivia
(She/Her)

Dana Green is delighted to return to Portland Center Stage where she was last seen in Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B. Some other PCS credits include Macbeth, Tiny Beautiful Things, Othello, and Constellations. Portland credits include work at Portland Playhouse, Third Rail, and Profile Theatre. She has spent four seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada and has performed at numerous regional theaters including The DCPA, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Court Theatre, and Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. Television/Film credits include Trinkets, Shrill, Significant Other, The Librarians, and Grimm.  Endless gratitude to her family for their unwavering support.

(She/Her/They)

Nicole Marie Green is a dynamic, Portland-based actor, director, and educator with a focus on physical and ensemble-based theater. Originally from New York, Nicole has graced the stages of esteemed regional theaters such as Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Coterie Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, and Spinning Tree Theatre, among others. In Portland, she's captivated audiences at Corrib Theatre in Kissing the Witch, playing the Witch, and at Portland Center Stage with standout performances in Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, portraying Hermia, Snug, and Peasblossom. As a passionate educator, Nicole is a resident teaching artist at Portland Center Stage, where they pioneered a unique, 5-level acting course series for adults, centering on community, connection, and collaboration. Beyond PCS, she inspires students at Portland State University and nurtures young creatives at A Renaissance School of Arts and Sciences. Nicole holds an MFA in Acting and Directing from the University of Missouri - Kansas City and is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. For a glimpse into her journey, follow her on Instagram: @Nicole.Marie.Green

(He/Him)

Tyler is thrilled to reunite with Marissa Wolf on Twelfth Night! A multidisciplinary theater artist, writer, and teacher, Tyler’s previous Portland Center Stage credits include tick, tick…BOOM!; Hedwig & the Angry Inch; HAIR; Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really; and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Additionally, his play Even Faster than a Blink was part of the 2022 Jaw New Play Festival. This spring, Tyler will serve as the assistant director of The Brothers Size, under the direction of Chip Miller, and then close the season starring as Jack Worthing in the world premiere production of The Importance of Being Earnest, adapted by the formidable Kamilah Bush. He attended Marymount Manhattan College, and is a proud member of AEA and The Dramatist Guild of America. IG: @t.andrew.jones

Treasure Lunan, Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(They/Them)

Treasure is ecstatic to return to Portland Center Stage for Twelfth Night. Originally from the East Coast, Treasure is deeply grateful to be a part of the Pacific Northwest performance community. Some recent performance highlights include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Portland Center Stage), Sometimes I Think About Dying (Sundance), It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Portland Center Stage), Chicken & Biscuits (Portland Playhouse), August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (Portland Center Stage), Barbecue (Portland Playhouse), and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Portland Center Stage).

Andy Perkins, Sir Toby Belch
(He/Him)

Andy is an actor, improviser, and teaching artist originally from Kansas City, MO, but he now calls Portland home. He earned his BFA from Avila University and his MFA from Purdue University. Since then, he has performed at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, the Coterie Theatre, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, the Phoenix Theater, the Kansas City Black Rep, and Spinning Tree Theatre. Locally, he has previously been seen at PCS as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and as the Apothecary in Anonymous Theater’s production of Romeo & Juliet. As an improviser, he performs regularly with his troupes, Talk of the Town and Love, Shakespeare.

Darius Pierce, Malvolio
(He/Him)

Darius is so excited to be a part of this play at this theater! He has been a Portland-based actor and director for over 20 years. Some past performances with Portland Center Stage include Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, The Great Leap, Sense and Sensibility, Stupid F—king Bird, The Santaland Diaries, and The 39 Steps. Darius has worked with Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Lakewood Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth, Folger Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Fiasco Theater, and other places. He is a co-founder of Anonymous Theatre Company and a member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Occasionally, you can see Darius on screen. Also important to note is that he collects turtles and says hello to fellow traveler Julian.

(He/Him)

Thank you so much to the Historic Portland Center Stage for inviting me, with so much love, back into their generous and passionate Theater and Community. Thank you so much to our wonderful Director Marissa Wolf for her tremendous leadership, wisdom and support throughout this very special journey. Thank you to the outstanding cast and crew for their enduring professionalism and radiance. And thank you deeply to you, our audience, who still come out to converse and participate with Live Performance. Your presence is an integral part of the power of Theater as we endeavor to experience, for a brief time together, our shared humanity through storytelling. Thank You. Yale Drama MFA @setareki_ikerates IG

Joshua Weinstein, Antonio, Others
(He/Him)

Born and raised in Tallahassee, FL, Josh moved to Portland in 2011 to be a member of the Portland Playhouse Acting Apprentice Company. It’s been an honor to call Portland home ever since. At PCS: Major Barbara, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Other recent Portland credits: Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale (Portland Shakespeare Project), True Story (Artists Rep). Many thanks to this big ol’ ensemble of creatives and crew. And Brandy. Always.

Lea Zawada, Viola
(She/Her)

Lea Zawada is delighted to make her PCS debut with Twelfth Night. Previously, she performed as Monique in Profile Theater's world premier of awe/struck by Chris Peña, as well as Becca in Marvin Is Sorry, a Slab Productions pilot, that won the Independent Pilot division at the 2024 South By Southwest Film Festival. She received her MFA in acting from NYU. Since graduating she has also guest-starred in FBI Most Wanted: Inheritance as well as Law and Order; As Hubris is to Oedipus. In addition to acting, she loves graphic design and biking.

The Creative Team

Marissa Wolf, Director
(She/Her)

Marissa is currently in her sixth year as artistic director of Portland Center Stage, where she was named one of Portland’s “25 People Shaping the Arts in Portland,” by Willamette Week. Her programming at PCS has included development and world premiere productions by major national playwrights, including Sean San Jose, Lauren Yee, Christina Anderson, Kristina Wong, and Brittany K. Allen. Marissa previously served as associate artistic director/new works director at KCRep and artistic director of Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco. Select directing credits include Fire in Dreamland by Rinne Groff (The Public Theater; world premiere at KCRep); Man in Love by Christina Anderson (KCRep, world premiere); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B by Kate Hamill (west coast premiere) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare (PCS). Marissa held the Bret C. Harte Directing Fellowship at Berkeley Rep, and has a degree in drama from Vassar College.

(She/Her)

Muffie is a choreographer, performer, and movement researcher. Her performance work is part of her activist practice, and in both arenas, she is informed by her identity as a Chicago-born xicana mother. Her work has been presented across the United States at Links Hall (Chicago), Packer Schopf Gallery (Chicago), The Art Institute of Chicago, Movement Research Festival (New York), The Gibney Dance Center (New York), and in Portland at White Bird, Performance Works Northwest, and the Newmark Theater. She has previously choreographed for Portland Center Stage in Earth Without Borders/Tierra Sin Fronteras, A Midsummer’s Night Dream and tick, tick ... BOOM! She is one of five artistic leaders of the FLOCK Dance Center. More at: muffiedelgadoconnelly.com or IG: @muffiedelgadoconnelly

Peter Ksander, Scenic Designer
(He/Him)

Peter Ksander is a scenographer and designer whose work has been presented both nationally and internationally. He was a founding curator of the Incubator Arts Project in NYC, won an Obie award for the scenic design of Untitled Mars (this title may change), and a Bessie award for the visual design of This Was the End. Recent Portland credits include set designs for A Seagull, Il Re Pastore, Cardiac Organ, Apoptosis, The Americans, The Cherry Orchard, and Fronteriza. Previously with PCS, he designed the sets for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, It’s a Wonderful Life, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. He holds a MFA from CALARTS, is a Professor at Reed College and is a member of the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE).

Alison Heryer, Costume Designer
(She/Her)

Alison Heryer is an interdisciplinary artist whose work combines costume, installation, performance, and community engagement. As a costume designer, she is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.  Her design credits include productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, La MaMa, The New Victory Theater, Portland Center Stage, Portland Opera, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, ZACH Theatre, The Hypocrites, and Redmoon Theater. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, World Stage Design, and The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. Alison Heryer is the Sue Horn-Caskey & Charles F. Caskey Professor of Textile Arts & Costume Design in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design at Portland State University, where she heads up the new Sustainable Fashion program.

Xavier Pierce, Lighting Designer

Professional credits include: Public Theatre (NYC), Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago, IL), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ), Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT), Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO), Seattle Repertory Theatre and Intiman Theatre (WA), Arena Stage and Fords Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Baltimore Center Stage (MD), California Shakespeare Theatre (Orinda), Cincinatti Playhouse (OH), Indiana Rep (Indianapolis), Arden Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), Playmakers Rep (Chapel Hill, NC), Westport Country Playhouse (CT), Asolo Rep (FA), Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota), George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ), Syracuse Stage (NY), Two River Theatre Company (Red Bank, NJ), Olney Theatre Center (MD), Arizona Theatre Company (Phoenix), Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Triad Stage (Greensboro and Winston Salem, NC), Charlotte Childrens Theatre (NC), Crossroads Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ). Xavier is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, M.F.A. in design, stage and film, and is an adjunct professor at Florida A&M University, his alma mater.

Joe Kye, Sound Designer & Composer
(He/Him)

Joe Kye is a musician and storyteller based in Portland, Oregon. Joe’s music is a tapestry of his many influences as a Korean American immigrant. His latest project explores his roots, melding Korean traditional sounds with everything from jazz to electronic music. Tenderhearted and peaceful, Joe’s work fosters a sense of deep internal reflection, healing, and unbridled passion. He's recorded a Tedx Talk, been featured on NPR’s The World, and was a 2023 Oregon Arts Commission Fellow.

Joe has composed and produced music for several theatrical productions, including Profile Theatre's King of the Yees, Hand2Mouth's 24H2M, and Portland Center Stage's Renaissance: Technically. He's excited to make new sounds for an old work in this production of Twelfth Night.

Saibi Khalsa, Associate Sound Designer
(She/Her)

Saibi Khalsa is a Portland-based  sound designer and sound engineer and is the co-founder of Saster&Saster Productions. Recent credits include Cebollas (Santa Fe Playhouse) As you Like it (Cal Shakes) and Amelie (Portland Playhouse). Saibi grew up in Santa Fe, NM and studied sound at both Sarah Lawrence College and Santa Fe University of Art and Design. She is a proud member of IATSE local 154 and has greatly enjoyed this time with Portland Center Stage.

Jonathan Cullen, Language Consultant
(He/Him)

Jonathan was a professional actor in the UK for three decades, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, among many others. He is now a resident of Portland, and spent this summer with the Whidbey Island Shakespeare Festival, playing the title role in King Lear, and Phillis the maid in The Lucky Chance by Aphra Behn. He is delighted to reprise his role as text consultant after working on Marissa's production of Midsummer Night's Dream last year.

Kristen Mun-Van Noy, Fight & Intimacy Director
(She/Her)

Kristen Mun-Van Noy was born and raised on the island of Oahu where she started her theatrical stage combat training. She has been training and working in the field of theatrical stage combat for almost 20 years and since 2012 she has been working as a fight choreographer and teacher in the city of Portland, OR. She owes her training to Dueling Arts International and her time as assistant fight choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (09-10) with resident Fight Director U. Jonathan Toppo. She has received multiple Awards for Best Fight Choreography. Outside of Portland, she has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival and Idaho Repertory Theatre.

Kamilah Bush, Dramaturg
(She/Her)

Kamilah is a playwright and dramaturg originally from North Carolina. She currently holds the position of Literary Manager at Portland Center Stage in Portland, OR. Kamilah has spent several years working in celebrated regional theaters across the country, including Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota, FL and Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ.

Katherine Nelson, Stage Manager
(They/Them)

Katherine Nelson is excited to join the team at PCS. Regional experience stage management highlights include Oregon Shakespeare Festival (three seasons, including Lizard Boy, Revenge Song, Rent); Actors Theatre of Louisville (King John, Ohio, Every Brilliant Thing); Detroit Public Theatre (15+ productions including Birthday Candles, No Child…, Detroit ’67 co-production with Baltimore Center Stage); Chautauqua Theater Company; Flint Repertory Theatre; the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts; and Purple Rose Theatre Company. Additionally, Kate has worked extensively as a costume designer, including off-Broadway at the New Victory Theatre (Riddle of the Trilobites) and regionally at Detroit Public Theatre, Flint Youth Theatre, Flint Repertory Theatre, and Purple Rose Theatre Company. Proud AEA member.

Dana Petersen, Assistant Stage Manager
(She/Her)

Dana is so excited to be back at Portland Center Stage! Previous shows at PCS include NASSIM (Stage Manager); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really; Young Americans; It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play; tick, tick … BOOM!; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Assistant Stage Manager); RENT; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Redwood; and In the Heights (Production Assistant). Dana has also worked at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Playhouse, and The Old Globe. Dana graduated from The Ohio State University (Go Bucks!) and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.

Dakotah Brown, Assistant Director
(He/They)

Dakotah Brown is overjoyed for the opportunity to work with Portland Center Stage on this production of Twelfth Night. Hailing from Idaho, Dakotah has worked with Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise Contemporary Theater, Great Lakes Theater Festival, as well as founding the Boise Bard Players—a non-profit theatre company with the goal of democratizing classical work and making it emotionally and financially accessible to a modern audience. He would like to thank the entire PCS staff for their support.

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