William Peace Theatre Takes Shakespeare to the '80s in TWELFTH NIGHT, 2/25-28

By: Jan. 28, 2016
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William Peace Theatre presents William Shakespeare's timeless comedy, Twelfth Night, February 25 - 28 in Leggett Theatre on the campus of William Peace University. The production will be set amid the sights and sounds of exuberant teen romance in the 1980's. Audience members who want to get close to the action for a truly intimate experience may sit directly onstage in extended seating lining either side of the playing space.

Twins Viola and Sebastian have been separated from each other in a shipwreck along the coast of Illyria. Disguising herself as a boy named Cesario, Viola enters the employ of Duke Orsino, who pines after the Lady Olivia. As Orsino sends her to deliver messages of love to Olivia, she falls for him and Olivia falls for her. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and a dim-witted knight named Sir Andrew Aguecheek, accompanied by various servants and clowns, cause drunken mayhem and prank Olivia's steward, Malvolio, into believing she is in love with him.

Dr. Wade Newhouse, director of this production, earned his Ph.D in English at Boston University. At William Peace University he teaches such courses as Composition, Children's Literature, Southern Literature, Storytelling for Simulation, Critical Approaches to Film, and American Hauntings. He has published articles and book chapters on a wide variety of authors, including Sir Walter Scott, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, and Neil Gaiman. He is the Assistant Director of Raleigh's Village Idiots and has performed with that improvisational comedy troupe for over ten years. As an actor, Dr. Newhouse has often appeared on the Peace stage, playing such roles as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Herr Schultz in Cabaret, the Narrator/Mysterious Man in Into the Woods, and the Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He also appeared as Macbeth in Bare Theatre's production of Macbeth, Birnam Wood in History Stage's production of The Maltese Bodkin, and Sidney Bruhl in Forest Moon Theater's production of Deathtrap. He co-directed William Peace Theatre's 2014 production of Much Ado About Nothing and currently serves as the Interim Program Coordinator for Peace's Theatre and Musical Theatre programs.

William Peace University's theatre department aims to develop confident, marketable, and self-assessing artists who, upon graduation, are prepared to go to graduate school or step directly into the professional arena and exciting world of theatre.

Performances will be held from February 25-28 at the Leggett Theatre (2nd Floor Main Building, 15 E. Peace St., Raleigh).

Time: February 25 - 27 at 7:30 P.M., February 27 & 28 at 2:00 P.M.

Tickets: $15 Adult, $10 Alumni/Faculty/Senior, $5 Student

Website: http://bit.ly/WPUT12Nweb

Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/WPT12NFB

Twitter: @WPeaceUTheatre, #80sTwelfthNight

 

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