Manhattan Shakespeare Project to Stage All-Female Edition of TWELFTH NIGHT, 5/30-6/30

Manhattan's All-Female Shakespeare Company, presents Twelfth Night (Or What You Will), for their Free Shakespeare in the ParkS 2013 summer season. Manhattan Shakespeare Project provides an opportunity for female actors to play traditionally male roles as well as an opportunity to break into the male dominated theater industry in directing, producing, writing, and stage production. The play, directed by Reesa Graham, tells the story of the hilarious, slap-stick love triangle that forms when shipwrecked Viola (who, to survive in hostile foreign lands, dresses up as boy) falls in love with the lord Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia, who seems to have fallen in love with Viola's male persona! Performances are free to the public and will be held at Summit Rock, Central Park May 30, 31 June 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, St. Nicholas Park, Harlem June 13, 14, Prospect Park Music Pagoda, Brooklyn June 21, 22, 23, and Sunset Park, Brooklyn June 27, 28, 29, 30. All performances are at 6:00pm.

For more information about Manhattan Shakespeare Project, visit www.manhattanshakes.org.

Manhattan Shakespeare Project is a Shakespeare community committed to fostering the development of the female artist. We explore and create vital and currently viable theatre in four areas: Shakespeare, New Works, International Outreach and Education. And who can resist chicks with swords?

Manhattan Shakespeare Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.