Kentucky Shakespeare to Present TWELFTH NIGHT

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts and Kentucky Shakespeare are partnering to present Twelfth Night in the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts Bomhard Theater. This is the first time Kentucky Shakespeare will produce an indoor winter production in its 56-year performance history. Proceeds from the $20 ticket sales will help support the free 2016 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park this upcoming summer.

Historically, the Twelfth Night was a festive holiday celebrated on the twelfth day after Christmas, marking the end of the holiday season. It was a time of revelry and practical jokes when everything was turned upside down with topsy-turvy chaos. This production runs the week of the Twelfth Night holiday. William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (or What You Will) uses this post-holiday celebration to set the tone for a comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the duke she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

"We're thrilled present this hilarious and heart-warming post-holiday production in the beautiful Bomhard Theatre," said Kentucky Shakespeare Producing Artistic Director Matt Wallace and director of the production. "It's a great opportunity for our community to experience a full-scale Kentucky Shakespeare production indoor during the winter."

The cast includes Jeremy Sapp, Orsino; Braden McCampbell, Curio; Jon Patrick O'Brien,Valentine; Katherine Martin, Viola; Jon Huffman, Sea CaptainPriest; Abigail Bailey Maupin, Olivia; Gregory Maupin, Malvolio; Crystian Wiltshire, Fabian; Brian Hinds, Sir Toby Belch; Georgette Kleier, Maria; Tony Milder, Sir Andrew Aguecheek; Alec Volz, Feste; Kyle Ware, Antonio; Jordan Price, Sebastian. Musicians include John Aurelius, Anna Blanton, and Michael Vettraino.

The creative team consists of Matt Wallace, Director; Donna Lawrence-Downs, Costume Designer; Jack Ashworth, Music Director; Laura Ellis, Sound Designer; Theresa Bagan, Lighting Designer; Mary Zoeller, Scenic Designer; Charles Nasby, Asst. Scenic Designer/Technical Director; Barb Cullen, Choreographer; Mo Stucker, Stage Manager.

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