The event is sponsored by the HACC Student Government Association. The media sponsor is Central PA Magazine. Aquila company members will present a pre-event lecture at 2pm in the arts center's Studio Theatre.
Written in 1600 and set against a background of romance and mystery, Twelfth Night is a hilarious story of identical twins and mistaken identity. Set in the mystical world of Illyria, it explores the universal themes of love and all its ambiguous effects on human behavior.
As usual, Aquila has taken this great Shakespearean masterpiece and infused it with their unique brand of innovative and exciting theatricality. Aquila's creative team, led by Peter Meineck and Robert Richmond, frees the essential spirit of the play in a production that is both faithful to Shakespeare and relevant and accessible to a modern audience.
This contemporary production still encompasses and enhances the shipwrecks, duels, love and jealousy, disguises, suspicion, and ultimate reconciliation of Shakespeare's superb text. According to director Richmond, "Aquila's approach to this well known story is to breath new life into the characters and make a fusion between an Elizabethan world and ours today through acting, music and movement. By clear definition of story line objectives the text will become totally accessible to a modern audience."
Aquila Theatre Company, founded in London in 1991 by Peter Meineck, has gained a well-earned international reputation as one of the foremost producers of touring classical theatre. Aquila's excellent British /American ensemble of professional actors brings their unique experience, dedication and creativity to major stages across America. The company has won both critical and academic acclaim for its work worldwide, which includes extensive touring throughout Europe, the United States and Canada.
Tickets for Aquila Theatre's Twelfth Night are $22 for adults and $17 for students and senior citizens. Early reservations recommended. Box Office phone is 717-231-ROSE (7673). Tickets are not needed for the pre-event lecture in the Studio Theatre at 2pm. RLAC is online at www.hacc.edu/rose.
Caption (Aquila Theatre Twelfth Night.jpg) - Aquila Theatre Company New York/London in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Identical twins, mistaken identity, mystery and romance! Sunday, October 3 - 3pm at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the Harrisburg Campus of HACC.