Twelfth Night Teen: Performance Guide

PR P RE ESEN S ETNS T S

KIDZACT SEASON SPONSOR:

Mr. Henry Price

PRODUCTION OF

TWELFTH NIGHT

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Director

KATIE CROSS Scenic Designer

Lighting Designer

MIKE SANTOS Sound Designer

CRAIG WALCK

Stage Manager

NICHOLAS HERNANDEZ

HUNTER REUM

Properties

GABRIELLE LANSDEN

Costume Designer

MARY ANNE MCKERROW

Season Dramaturg

RICKI BAKER

APRIL 17 & 18, 2021 • BAKER STAGE Executive Artistic Director, Bryce Alexander

KIDZACT SEASON SPONSOR:

Mr. Henry Price SPECIAL THANKS TO:

DREW AND KAREN ATTANASIO The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2021-2022 Season Sponsor: Mr. Henry Price “KidzAct does for participants what theatre did for me. It brings a lot of people out of their shell and that gives them confidence in whatever career they choose.”

-HENRY PRICE

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Cast (in alphabetical order)

Malvolio................................................................................. ALEENA ARICO Duke Orsino…........................................................................BRAXTON CABRERA Olivia…....................................................................................SAMANTHA CALLEJA Sir Toby Belch/Curio…....................................................................VERONICA DANA Feste…................................................................................EMMA E ASTMAN Maria…...........................................................................VANESSA JOHNSTON Sebastian............................................................................SE A N LONGO Antonio/Valentine........................................................................ MARY MARTINEZ Viola..............................................................................................CHIARA PADEJK A Sir Andrew/Captain…............................................................................LOLA SAAD

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Crew Assistant Stage Manager............................................................................JJ MAZANY Audio Assistant…..............................................................................LOGAN WALDEN Sound Supervisor….................................................................BRADLEY VAN HOUTEN Costume Construction...........................GABRIELLE LANSDEN, MOLLIE LATORRE, JOAN LAUGHLIN, SANDI LOPRESTI Scenic Construction & Painting….................................KEVIN BUJA, ALIVIA CROSS, ALDO D’ACUNZO, SID DAVIS, ED EZRINE, JOE FEMIA, TAMMY HARRIS, ED HECKERT, SANDY KEELER, STEVE LEE, RUSS LOYET, RAY MARASCO, SCOTT SIMMEN, JEFF SMITH

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N O I T I B F AM O Y L L E FO

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Social climbing, class-consciousness, and status seeking – all quite modern terms and all too familiar to people of all ages. Who among us has not experienced this first hand?

As Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was written in the early 1600’s, there’s no question that these class phenomena have existed for centuries. It’s the reason why the play is so compelling to modern audiences.

The problems resulting from social ambition are easily seen in the character of Malvolio. At first glance, he appears to be a

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reasonably competent servant, although somewhat prudish and dour.

However, he turns out to be a first-class egotist with a burning desire to rise above his social class.

Maria then plays on Malvolio’s ambitions by forging a letter from Olivia, a wealthy noble lady. This letter allows Malvolio to believe that Olivia is in love with him and even wants to marry him.

Sir Toby and the others are terribly amused, of course - both because of Malvolio’s unattractive personality and because he isn’t of noble blood. In the class system of Shakespeare’s time, a noblewoman was not likely to besmirch her reputation by marrying a man of lower social status.

That same spirit is alive in the town of Illyria. Malvolio’s antagonist, Maria, is able to increase her social standing by marrying Sir Toby. But it seems that Maria’s success may be due to her willingness to accept and promote the anarchy that Sir Toby and the others embrace.

Interestingly, Twelfth Night’s atmosphere may make Malvolio’s aspirations less unreasonable than they seem. During the feast of Twelfth Night, from which the play takes its name, social hierarchies are turned upside down.

This Twelfth Night spirit seems to pass by Malvolio, who doesn’t wholeheartedly embrace the upending of order and decorum. He would rather blur class lines for himself alone.

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YOU K “Twelfth Night,” also known as “Epiphany Eve,” is a festival in some branches of Christianity. It refers to the twelfth night after Christmas, the last night of what used to be the extended period of celebration of the Christmas season.

Scholars believe Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night between 1601 and 1602.

Other works he was constructing at the time were Hamlet, Othello, and All’s Well That

Ends Well.

The plot of the teen film She’s the Man is based on Twelfth Night.

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W O KN In 1987, British pop singer Samantha Fox recorded a song entitled “If Music Be the Food of Love,” which takes its title and lyrics from one of Orsino’s speeches.

In Twelfth Night, Antonio refers to an inn called “The Elephant” in Illyria; in Shakespeare’s day, “The Elephant” was a pub close to the Globe Theatre in London, where many of his plays were performed. .

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Cast

BIOGR APHIES

Braxton Cabrera ( Duke O r sino) is a 6 t h grader at Oakridge Middle School. This is his third KidzAct production and he is enjoying every minute of it. His last show was Descendants as Carlos.

Giselle Cairney ( M a l v o l i o) i s 16 - y e a rold senior, animal lover, and Stephen King addict who is insanely excited to participate in her first KidzAct Shakespeare production. She would like to thank each and every one of her talented cast and crew mates for the amazing work they’ve done in the show. She hopes you enjoy!

Samantha Calleja (Olivia) Having found a love of acting, Samantha has enjoyed being in numerous summer camps and school performances since the age of 4. When she is not in rehearsal she enjoys sewing and playing piano. She is very grateful for the education and opportunity The Naples Players has given her to follow her dream.

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Veronica Dana (Sir Toby Belch/Curio) has been acting since 5th grade, when she first starred in a production of The Wizard of Oz. Since then, she has acted in numerous productions at several different theatres, including Macbeth, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Pride and Prejudice, The Little Mermaid, and more. She has experience in stage fighting, and some in singing.

Emma Eastman (Feste) is 15 and goes to Barron Collier. This is her 7th show at The Naples Players. She is so grateful for the opportunity to be in her first Shakespearean play. She thanks the wonderful staff at TNP for welcoming her back for another performance. She also thanks her family for all the work they put in to helping her do the best she can.

Vanessa Johnston (Maria) is a junior at Mason Classical Academy w ho loves t heater and S ha ke s p e a r e. S he ha s been in Macbeth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. She is thrilled in joining The Naples Players in their production of Twelfth Night.

Sean Longo (Sebastian) is extremely excited to per form in Twelfth Night. With his prior experiences in other shows, he is a warmly welcomed to the show.

Mary Martinez (Antonio/ Valentine) is an overly dramatic 8th grade girl. In her spare time, she likes hanging out with her friends, daydream, and drink coffee no matter what the experts say.

She would like to thank her “wish she could beat-box” Mom, hopes-Shakespeare-doesn’tget-any-longer cast, and overworked crew. She hopes you are in love with her performance and didn’t bring any tomatoes.

Chiara Padejka ( Viola) is from Brooklyn and is excited to be performing with the cast of Twelfth Night at TNP! She trained with the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, U.K. and at GoodCapp Arts with Katie Capiello and Charlotte Arnoux in NY. She has appeared in shows like Shattered and Evil Talks on Investigation Discovery. She extends special thanks to her family, the amazing crew, and audience.

Lola Saad (Sir Andrew/Captain) has been with KidzAct for 7 years and would like to thank the KidzAct staff for working with her.

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Creative Team Katie Cross Stories at FGCU and as Janet in The Rocky ( Director) has a BFA in Horror Show at New Phoenix Theatre. She Theater Performance and thanks her wonderful parents for their love a d e g r e e in B r o a d c a s t and support and hopes y’all enjoy the show.

Journalism from the University of Colorado and JJ Mazany has been working professionally as an actor in ( A s s t . S t age M anager ) theater, film, commercial and television for over is 16 years old and has a decade. Katie is passionate about working always been passionate with performers of all ages as a teaching artist, about theater. She has been building a foundation for students to expand working with The Naples on their creativity and enhance their skills.

Players for nearly a decade.

This is her second assistant stage managing Nicholas Hernandez job and she is excited for this opportunity. She (Sound Designer) is the has also stage managed a small Shakespeare current sound intern for the performance at her high school. spring season at The Naples Players. He has worked on Mary Anne McKerrow The Sound of Music, You (Costume Designer) has been Can’t Take It with You, Chicago, and The Music costuming and teaching the Man. He is very thankful for the opportunity young ac t o r s o f T N P ’s to assist with sound design from The Naples K idz A c t progr am since Players’ staff and especially Bradley Van 2005. Two weeks ago she Houten. He will continue his sound work as wrapped up the costumes for the KidzAct the intern on the next two productions. Thank production of Disney’s Descendants, Jr. you for coming - enjoy the show!

A month prior to that she coordinated the costumes for La Traviata and the concert version of West Side Story for Opera Naples Gabrielle Lansden (Properties) has been in love Festival Under the Stars. As a performer for with theatre since she was TNP she was last seen as Donna in Mamma 7 years old. She studied Mia! Other TNP roles include Elizabeth theatre at FSW and got B enning /Yo u ng Fra n ke n stei n, M omma her A A, and then got her R o se /Gypsy, and M adame T henardier/ BA in FGCU’s theatre program in 2020. She Les Misérables. Shakespeare In Paradise has been working in props since she started credits include Mistress Page/Merry Wives college and has loved it ever since. She also of Windsor, Lady Macbeth/Macbeth A Love loves to perform in theatre; she has been in Story, Katherine/The Taming of the Shrew, and She Kills Monsters as Agnes at FSW, Water Hippolyta and Titania/A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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BIOGR APHIES Hunter Reum (Stage Manager) is glad to be back on another KidzAct production. Hunter has been the ASM on productions such as Footloose; Yours, Truly; Mamma Mia! Teen; and The Great Gatsby.

While he enjoys being offstage, he equally enjoys acting. Hunter was most recently seen on stage in Bye Bye Birdie last spring.

Craig Walck (Lighting Designer) After initially working for TNP from 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6, Craig returned to TNP in 2011 after a five-year absence, during which he worked for Columbia University, The All-Stars Project, and other theatrical groups in New York City from 2006-2008. He then oversaw the completion of construction, opening, and first two years of operation of Mike Santos the Miramar Cultural Center in Miramar, FL (Scenic Designer) recently from 2008-2011. Overall, Craig has designed d e s i g n e d t h e s e t s f o r the lighting for over 150 TNP productions.

Dis ney’s D es cendants, Originally from Niagara Falls, N.Y., and a Footloose, The Sound of graduate of the State University of New York Music, Bye Bye Birdie, She at Buffalo, he once again calls Naples his home Loves Me, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Mamma with his wife, Jessica, and their kids (dogs) Mia!, Guys and Dolls, and A Midsummer Night’s Ziggy, Twoey, and Roscoe.

Dream at TNP. Originally from Upstate New York, Mike received his BFA from Cazenovia College and has been in Naples since 2003.

Much love to his better half, Judith and little buddy, Taz :-) As always, a big thank you to the volunteers for doing what they do best.

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