Title: Lyon College Theatre Department will present Twelfth Night Feb 21-24
Location: in Holloway Theatre, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Description: The Lyon College Theatre Department will present Twelfth Night, or, What You Will Feb. 21-24 in Holloway Theatre. Performances are at 8 p.m. Feb. 21-23 and 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. All Lyon students, faculty, and staff are admitted free. Call (870) 307-7510 for reservations.
The cast includes Matthew Horne as Duke Orsino, Brett Alexander as Malvolio, Kelley Wyatt as Viola, Madison Gallagher as Olivia, Tiffany Tilley as Feste, Alexandra Patrono-Smith as Dame Toby Belch, Xander Batey as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Colin Derby as Sebastian, Scott Campbell as Antonio, Tonya Clapp as Maria, Katheryn Clemmons as Fabian, Joseph Hollaway as Captain and First Officer, and Jacob Lackey as Priest.
The play will be set in New York City in 1968. Student Madison Gallagher’s character, Olivia, is pursued by two men, Duke Orsino and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Rejecting both men’s advances, Olivia instead falls in love with Viola, who is disguised as the male Cesario.
Counts said he decided to set the play in 1968 since it was the beginning of androgynous women’s fashion. He said that he had to do “gender bending roles” (casting women to play roles written for men) because of Lyon’s lack of male actors. Counts called the play “the finest comedy in the English language,” which is why he chose it to be his last production at Lyon. Counts is retiring at the end of the academic year.
Start Date: 2013-02-21
Start Time: 200000
End Date: 2013-02-23
End Time: 213000
