Twelfth Night

Festival audiences have been in love with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night since opening night of OSF’s “First Annual” season in 1935. In the world of Illyria, would-be lovers pine, languish and mourn until a beguiling castaway livens things up. Disguised as a boy, Viola becomes the servant of the lovesick Count Orsino, who sends her to woo a beautiful countess on his behalf. When the lady falls for the messenger (who has already fallen for the count), romance infects her entire household — from her boisterous uncle and his drinking buddies to a Puritan steward with delusions of grandeur. Directed by Peter Amster.