March 22nd rehearsal

Sitting in the Warren theatre today as we start rehearsing scenes between Sebastian and Antonio, our dashing males, out for adventure. Actors Brad Baker and Kelsey Clay are developing their bromance to incorporate another dynamic relationship into a play that already contains a variety of unique characters. During their very first scene, Sebastian spills to Antonio about his sister being lost at sea. Antonio takes interest in Sebastian, "But come what may I do adore thee so, that danger shall seem sport and I will go." Hmm, looks like someone has the hotts for Sebastian.
We then move on to Viola's famous ring speech, performed by Sarah Thomas. The ring speech is Viola's moment to interact with the audience. She finally gets to break loose, as she is discovering Olivia's love for her as Cesario. This speech is one of Shakespeare's most famously written, right up there with Hamlet's "To Be Or Not To Be".
Along with famous speeches, the famous lines "If music be the food of love play on" could not be more important in TWELFTH NIGHT. Music underscores the majority of our show, and our musicians, Ian(the composer), Isabelle, Cory and Lindsey have made great use of all of their instruments. Tonight I took some video of Act 1 scene 3. In this scene, our clowns are goofing around and playing music, disturbing Olivia's steward, Malvolio played by actor Jeremiah Clapp. The actors came up with this great bit. ENJOY!