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Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare

Karen Aldridge
Karen Aldridge

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of Twelfth Night, to run March 29-June 7. Josie Rourke will direct.

Set off the coast of Illyria, this Shakespearean comedy centers on two shipwrecked twins and a tale of mistaken identity and unlikely love. When Viola disguises herself as a boy, she falls in love with the Duke she serves, while he is enamored of the Countess Olivia, whose affections fall on the Duke’s new page.

The cast will feature Karen Aldridge (Olivia), Michelle Beck (Viola), Joel Stanley Huff (Officer), Scott Jaeck (Sir Toby Belch), Ora Jones (Maria), Dan Kenney (Andrew Aguecheek), Ross Lehman (Feste), John Lister (Sea Captain/Priest), Mark Montgomery (Orsino), Cristina Panfilio (Gentlewoman), Edgar Miguel Sanchez (Valentine), Dan Sanders-Joyce (Fabian), Chris Sullivan (Antonio), Peterson Townshend (Sebastian), and Larry Yando (Malvolio).

For more information, call 312-595-5600 visit chicagoshakes.com.

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