Twelfth Night

The Olde School Shakespeare Collective Presents...

TWELFTH NIGHT

At The Raven Room

Olde School Shakespeare Collective presents...

TWELFTH NIGHT

"Or What You Will" BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1601 - 1602 PLOT ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM THE SHORT STORY "OF APOLLONIUS AND SILLA" BY BARNABE RICH, BASED ON A STORY BY MATTEO BANDELLO. THE FIRST RECORDED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS ON 2 FEBRUARY 1602, AT CANDLEMAS, THE FORMAL END OF CHRISTMASTIDE IN THE YEAR'S CALENDAR. THE PLAY WAS PUBLISHED IN 1623.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3-4 About The Collective 5 Cast and Crew 6 The Cast 7-8 About The Show 9 Cast Bios 10 Cast Bios 11 Special Thanks 12 Donate

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ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE

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ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE

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CAST & CREW CAST

CREW

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THE CAST

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ABOUT THE SHOW

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ABOUT THE SHOW

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GET TO KNOW THE CAST

SOPHIE MURK (Viola) Sophie Murk's recent JACK DISSELHORST (Malvolio) Jack Disselhorst credits include Titanic, As You Like It, A is a Chicago-based actor, teaching artist, and Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep), Daddy Long social worker. He teaches Meisner technique at Legs (Awaken Theatre), The Hundred Dresses Green Shirt Studio (Chicago, IL) and ensemble (Metro Theater Company), The Burden of Proof adaptation at Piven Theatre Workshop (SATE Aphra Behn Festival), The Polar Express (Evanston, IL). Jack is an alumnus of The Theatre (Rail Events Productions), The Wizard of Oz School at DePaul University (Chicago, IL).

(Variety Children's Theatre). BFA: Webster WYATT McCALL (Sir Toby) Wyatt McCall is a Conservatory. Sophie is a certified fellow for founding member of The Olde School Ignite Arts (formerly Artists Striving to End Shakespeare Collective. He attended The Poverty) and works as a teaching artist for Sargent Conservatory where he pursued his children around the midwest. When she's not B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. He has trained and acting or writing strongly worded emails, she's performed at The Neo Futurists, iO Chicago, usually walking dogs, taking care of her The Annoyance and Second City. He has sourdough starter, or paddling around in her appeared in regional productions at Heart of kayak America Shakespeare Festival, Maples JEN SINNEN (Olivia) Jen Sinnen's favorite Repertory Theatre, The Arrow Rock Lyceum credits include: Outspoken (Sidetrack), GAMES Theatre, and Metro Theatre Company of St. by Henry Naylor (ChicagoTheatre Unspeakable, NYC- SOHO Playhouse), Unstuck Louis. Wyatt is an active member of the in Time (The Tank), Romeo and Juliet Chicago improv community appearing with his improv troupe (Shakespeare Festival STL), and her one woman weekly show, Things Un(said).

Un(said). In addition to Shawarmaggedon. Wyatt lives in Chicago performance, Jen is a theatre teacher for grades with his lovely girlfriend and two cats.

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K-8 at a Chicagoland charter school. Jen loves to MOLLIE PEERY (Antonio) Mollie Peery's spend her time destroying her apartment with Recent credits include: columbinus (Albright home improvement projects, playing fetch with Theater), A Chorus Line (Acting Out Theatre her cat Leonard, and spending time with Co.), A Midsummer Night's Dream (ONU friends and family!

Theater) and Rabbit Hole (ONU Theater).

ERIKA ROSE (officer No. 1) is a ChicagoMollie studied Film with a minor in Theater at based actor and singer. Her recent credits Olivet Nazarene University. She has founded include The HoA (Factory Theater), and the ONU Dance Team and directed Little Cruel Intentions: The Musical (Kokandy Women with them last fall. In her spare time Productions). Erika graduated from DePaul Mollie likes drinking chai, rewatching University School of Music in the heat of the comfort movies and teaching young kiddos pandemic in 2020 with a masters in vocal theater. She plans on moving to LA for her performance and has sung and performed in film internship program in January of 2023. concerts and operas throughout Europe and Ask her about the latest shorts she's the UK. Erika enjoys taking spontaneous worked/ing on! trips to different cities, hiking, sitting in coffee shops for exceedingly long hours, and cuddling with her roommate’s dog, Suki.

GET TO KNOW THE CAST

DESHAWN A. THOMAS (Orsino) Deshawn A. DREW McCALL (Feste) Drew McCall has Thomas is a new Milwaukee-based actor. worked in a variety of professional and Their most recent credits are: The Lisbon creative environments in both Los Angeles Traviata, What Was Lost (Sunstone Studios), and Chicago. An alum of the Second City Twelfth Night (Optimist Theatre), and Conservatory in LA and Chicago, Drew has Sociable Companions (Sweet Tea worked in production roles with ESPN, Shakespeare). When Deshawn isn't onstage, Netflix, MTV, and FunnyorDie as well as a they can be found either in front of the music video and commercial shoots. In television binging anime or with their nose in Chicago, Drew has produced and appeared in student and professional shows in a cookbook dreaming up new recipes. collaboration with the production teams at LORENA ESTEVEZ (Maria) Lorena Estevez is Second City, Annoyance, Bughouse, and a Chicago based improviser, comedian, and Redline VR including Midnight Improv, actress. She received a B.F.A. in Theater Open Stage, Custody Battle, Frankenprov, Performance (University of Florida) in Improvised Survivor, Clusterfun, and Miami, where she has performed for schools Sunday BYOT. Drew resides in Chicago, IL in Short Cuts Tour (City Theater), as well as where he writes, performs, and plays with productions of Men on Boats and Five his two cats.

Women Wearing the Same Dress (Main Street Playhouse). She studied Improv at iO TIMOTHY EDWARD (Officer No. 2) Timothy Chicago and has worked and collaborated Edward has trained in Miesner and Viewpoints at Black Box Acting under Yuchi with many talented people.

Recent credits include Burlesque is More in Chiu. As well as received Certified Training both the Chicago and Roadtrip run as well as in The Art Of Clowning from Scarlet Sulivan A Disney Exploited Musical (Annoyance of The Ringling Brothers Circus and Barnum Theater). Also a contestant of Improvised and Bailey. He recently played Alex Parson Survivor (Bughouse Theater). In her off time in The Corridor Crossing (2023). Timothy "Fuck It", It", Which was hosted she enjoys crocheting hot dogs and bucket was in the show "Fuck hats as she adjusts to living with her new by Improv Legend Mick Napier and directed

by Max LC and Martin Joyce. He has hosted roomate, Jeff the Cat. EMILY STURGES (Sebastian) Emily and performed at The Annoyance Theatre's Sturges is a new Chicago resident, actor, Open Stage multiple times. He is a member of the improv group From The Heart. and personal trainer. They specialize in Timothy Edward also performs Mime on the stage combat and stunt work. Their main streets of chicago.

focus is to create more opportunities for womxn and the queer community in theatre.

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MITCH WINKLER (Sir Andrew)

SPECIAL THANKS Thank you Redline VR is Chicago’s premiere immersive entertainment destination. They offer curated virtual reality experiences, a fully-stocked bar, and The Raven Room - a massive theatrical venue featuring music, art, comedy, and community events.

Visit www.redlinevr.com to see all that they have to offer!

Thank you to several individuals who helped with producing this show. Your kindness does not go unnoticed!

Jeremy Swanton Kyle Reid Hass Emma Johnson

Thank you to our incredible donors who helped make the collective what it is today! Without your support, OSC would not be where we are now.

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Cristina Gonzalez Carl Bahneman Matthew Silar Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous

Sara Risley Alina Laurie Lucas Riley Zach Gimm Anonymous

DONATE Thank you for sharing a night of theatre with us! we are so grateful for the support of our community in this new and exciting endeavor. we have spent months planning this special night just for you and we hoped you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed making it. if you are in a generous mood and have the means to donate, we are a new theatre company and anything helps from $5 to $500. we appreciate your donations and your continued faith in our mission to bring Shakespeare back to the people where it belongs!

You can donate by scanning the QR Code below or visiting gofund.me/8567293e

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