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r Battalion Aggielife Page 3 • Wednesday, April 14, 1999 sNiqht md to simili'f . ‘rStories"v-.; ^ 'Jitusesnif, ’nd tosintfci t Stories" ties. Ballard !ty of situai ast fall in a or women’s. Story by Mariano Castillo Photos by Guy Rogers iorts Ed® 1 il, Radio f ' o, Night W 3 hoto E0 din, Aggtf Afeb Editof isAiMt' NewsoS-t SAS-Zf* or endoK' '696. foi*,, id office student MP 5 is are $60^ lontft. fo : : 'ublico 1 is h( sd in c ‘f rmofofc ade^ inlmen^i, > ternic 3 rriinin™ ■ issionfi j jvcM he Baft ’ □3 <ia ^ ^g- A —ig f 4 Theater arts program adds flavor to A resurgence of Shakespeare is the latest trend in the entertainment business. In the past few months, Shakespeare has been in love, mod ernized in the movie Ten Things I Hate About You and now will be featured by the theater arts department in the pro duction of “Twelfth Night, or What You Will.” This timeless tale is a tangled web of love and deception that revolves around Viola, who gets shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria and assumes her identical twin brother, Sebastian, is dead. Once she situates herself in Illyr ia, she hears of Olivia, a woman who was saddened over the loss of her own brother. Moved by Olivia’s mourning, Viola gets the desire to live with her and share the pain of losing a brother. Viola’s plan to meet Olivia is to dis guise herself as a man and work as one of Orsino’s pages because they were the only people Olivia would allow to see her. Laurie White, Viola in the play and a senior theater arts major, said this is the first lead performance she has played and found the hardest thing was to portray Viola’s masculinity. “It was challenging to play a guy,” she said. “I had to see how they stand and other gestures.” To execute her plan, Viola enlists help from the captain of the sunken ship, who has a fancy for her. He buys her a wardrobe similar to what Sebas tian wore and feigns the name Cesario. Once Viola secures work with the duke, she falls in love with him, but cannot express it because of her dis guise. Viola finally gets a chance to vis it Olivia, only to find that Olivia has no feelings for Orsino and instead is in love with Viola, err, Cesario. This story is complicated further when Sebastian arrives in Illyria with Antonio, a sea captain who saved him from the shipwreck. Antonio encoun ters Viola and confuses her with Se bastian, and, after a misunderstanding, almost gets into a fight. Later, Antonio bumps into the real Sebastian and fights with him as a result of the earli er confrontation with Viola. The fight is stopped by Olivia, who confuses Sebastian with Viola and in vites him inside her home, where they are eventually married the same day. The play climaxes as the entire set of characters end up in the same place at the same time, with everyone won dering how this web was spun. Joshua Cuttill, a sophomore theater arts major, plays the role of Sebastian, Viola’s twin, in the play. Cuttill said learning his role certain ly had some challenges, since this is the first Shakespeare play he has acted in. “The toughest part was getting past the language,” he said. “Once I got the Shakespearean language down, it was easy. ” Cuttill said his experience with “Twelfth Night” is one of the best he’s had. “This cast is by far the overall most talented,” he said. “As far as skill lev el, this group is up there with the best I’ve worked with.” Dr. Michael Greenwald, director of the play and a theater arts professor, said “Twelfth Night” is his favorite Shakespeare work for several reasons. “It has good roles for 14 actors,” he said. “The romantic plot and comic plot is good for student ac tors. ” This performance marks the second time Greenwald has directed “Twelfth Night” at A&M. Fourteen years ago, it served as a stepping-off point for the newly found department. The setting has been changed slightly to Spanish-New World surroundings to better comple ment some of the Hispanic actors be ing featured. The play also highlights an original score by Penelope Kosz- tolinyik that includes a tango and oth er Latin beats. White said the different setting adds an interesting angle to the play. “I think Shakespeare wrote plays that can be adjusted to any time peri od,” White said. “[The Spanish setting] enhances the play and makes it more fun.” Dr. James Harner, editor of the World Shakespeare Bibliography, said “Twelfth Night” is very typical of Shakespeare’s style. “[‘Twelfth Night’] is one of the ro mantic comedies very frequently per formed,” he said, “but it doesn’t get written about too often.” Harner said behind the comedy of the play, it aims at showing not to judge on the basis of appearance. There will be a pre-show tonight at 8 p.m. at the Rudder Forum, featuring a Latin American/Tango bar. The cast will be there to meet patrons. 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