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Starring actors Ken Clement, Merry Jo Cortada, Michael Joseph, Glen Lawrence, Andres Lefevre, Amy McKenna, Jody Owen, Joshua Ritter, Ryan Rodriguez, Elena Sanchez; Directed by Carson Kievman; Musicians Adam Chefitz, harpsichord - Carl Ferrari, guitar
Get your tickets early for this weekend's shows:
http://sobearts.org/twelfthnight.html
$25 Friday and Saturday 8PM; $20 Sunday 3PM; $12.50 Students
(Rush Tickets $12.50 if available 1/2 hour before show)
Wine, women, and song are taken to unexpected extremes in the Bard's topsey-turvy romantic masterpiece. Only 2 weekends left to see Shakespeare's ultimate musical comedy!
"Shakespeare's work has been modernized and analyzed so many different ways, we forget the pleasure of his words played simply as they are written. The inaugural production of SoBe Institute of the Arts' Music & Shakespeare series brings it back home in Twelfth Night....the cast is ultimately winning in the classic play on mistaken identity that turned the social order on its head, allegedly echoing the medieval festival for which it's named. When Viola and Sebastian are reunited and all is revealed, it is a genuinely moving moment.... [The] debut bodes well for the future of South Florida theater."
Eileen Spiegler, The Miami Herald - 3/24 (Read full review)
Thanks to the many audience members who shared their enthusiastic responses to opening weekend:
"The Twelfth Night was one of the greatest performances I have seen. The audience was riveted and when I looked around me during the standing ovation everyone was teary eyed. The Twelfth Night was wonderful and an unquestionably World Class performance." R.C.
"We were completely delighted at this cast and event. We felt like we were at a Broadway show!" B.M. & M.E.
"Show was great! Perfect characterization, excellent acting, directing and staging." S.E.
"Acting and staging outstanding!" Anon
"Great show last night... break a leg tonight!!! :-)" M.H.
"Opening night was awesome! This was one of the most lively productions of Twelfth Night I have seen! I'm bringing more friends so I can come back for more! I thought the cast was amazing -- not to pick favorites, because everyone delivered top-notch performances, but I thought Amy McKenna was a marvelous find to play the moody, but never silly, Olivia and that Ken Clement performed as though he were born to play the role of Sir Toby Belch (In a good way -- he made it look so easy!). Oh, and do bring back Michael Joseph in any future productions where he has to take his shirt off!" S.L.
"Fabulous production of Twelfth Night! Wonderful actors!" Anon
"Great! Lots of fun." A.V.
"Absolutely wonderful evening!" Anon
"I enjoyed it thoroughly. The intimate hall and the high caliber acting made for a wonderful experience." P.S
"Very entertaining and earnest production!" L.G.
"Keep going!!! You are an enrichment to Miami Beach!" Anon
"Loved the production." M.G.
And in case you missed the previews:
"Incorporating music written for the 1602 first production of Twelfth Night..., the romantic comedy about misplaced love and mistaken identity features an array of South Florida acting talent. Amy McKenna plays the haughty Olivia, Carbonell Award winner Ken Clement is the larger-than-life Sir Toby Belch, Merry Jo Cortada is Maria, Jody Owen is the scheming Malvolio, Andres Lefevre is the jester Feste, Joshua Ritter is the dashing duke Orsino, Glen Lawrence is foolish Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Elena Sanchez plays Viola, the shipwrecked lady who disguises herself as a boy, falls for Orsino and attracts the unwelcome attentions of Olivia.... 'The potential feels great. Something is nascent here,' says Lawrence, who also teaches at SoBe Arts."Christine Dolen, The Miami Herald 3/19 ( Read full article) "So many Shakespeare plays with music have been done with either too little attention or too much of the wrong kind of attention paid to the music. The music of the English Renaissance has its own specific flavor and style, and it reflects the words and actions of the play in a way that no modern music truly can.... It's all one piece, really, song to word to action, and in a play like Twelfth Night, which has the love of music as a key element of the play's mental world (starting with its very opening words), it's important to pursue the actual music of the time so we can get a better idea not just of how it sounded, but how the play itself sounds." Gregory Stepanich, Knight Arts ( Read full article)
 
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Little Stage Theater @SoBe Arts is an intimate space that will provide seating for approximately 90 theater patrons so sell-outs are anticipated. Click here to purchase tickets in advance. For more information or to reserve seats: events@sobearts.org- (305) 674-9220
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SoBe Institute of the Arts
2100 Washington Avenue
Carl Fisher Clubhouse/Little Stage Theater Complex
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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