{"id":6329,"date":"2014-02-28T12:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T12:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:39","slug":"cooper-presents-pig-irons-twelfth-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/2014\/02\/28\/cooper-presents-pig-irons-twelfth-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper presents Pig Iron’s TWELFTH NIGHT (3\/1 – 3\/2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"12thThe Swarthmore College Department of Theater and the William J. Cooper Foundation will present Pig Iron Theatre Company\u2019s<\/b> Twelfth Nig<\/i><\/b>ht, or What You Will<\/i><\/b>.<\/i> Start with a shipwreck, take one part mistaken identity, add in a comedic love triangle and mix with excessive drinking, melodramatic breakdowns and a live, Balkan-inspired musical score, and you\u2019ve got a raucous take on one of Shakespeare\u2019s most wicked comedies. Alternately absurd and heartfelt,\u00a0Twelfth Night, or What You Will\u00a0<\/i>is replete with practical jokes, gender confusion, and thwarted love. This event is free and open to the public without reservation, but seating will be limited.<\/p>\n

Director Dan Rothenberg \u201895<\/b> says that, “After 15 years of making original performance experiments, the next hurdle was to see if [Pig Iron] could apply our physical ensemble approach to a classic script and let everything we care about live within a very set form. Experimental theater is about opening up new ways of seeing; could we sneak this into a Shakespeare play without deconstructing the thing?\u00a0All our experiments with clown theater, with cabaret, and with dance theater inform the way people speak and move in this production, resulting in a rough, wholly American Twelfth Night<\/i>.”<\/p>\n

With their signature verve, Pig Iron turns Shakespeare’s text into a clear, funny, and vibrant performance in this award-winning and music-soaked crowd-pleaser. There are dueling musicians, depressive noblemen, idiots and veteran jesters, religious zealots, and erotic misunderstandings. With its highly physical performance style, Pig Iron brings a news spark to one of Shakespeare\u2019s most celebrated plays.<\/p>\n

Pig Iron\u2019s production features\u00a0company regulars\u00a0James Sugg <\/b>(OBIE Award winner for\u00a0Chekhov Lizardbrain<\/i>), Dito van Reigersberg \u201894<\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Alex Torra<\/b>, Birgit Huppuch\u00a0<\/b>(Pig\u00a0Iron’s\u00a0Isabella,\u00a0<\/i>OBIE Award winner for Telephone<\/i>) as Olivia, and Kirsten Sieh <\/b>(GATZ<\/i>) as Viola. Barrymore Award-winning New Zealand composer\u00a0Rosie Langabee<\/b>r<\/b> has provided a musical score performed live by members of the West Philadelphia Orchestra.\u00a0Twelfth Night<\/i> premiered at the 2011 Philadelphia LiveArts Festival,\u00a0 was recently revived for Philadelphia\u2019s 2013 FringeArts Festival, and recently experienced outstanding success at the Abron Arts Center in New York.<\/p>\n

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These events are free and open to the public without reservation, but space is limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Where:<\/strong> LPAC Pearson-Hall Theatre<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Saturday, March 1st at 7PM and Sunday, March 2nd at 2PM and 7PM<\/p>\n

Additional events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join Director, Dan Rothenberg ’95, Professor Allen Kuharski, and members of the TWELFTH NIGHT cast for a post-show discussion on Sunday, March 2nd at 5:15pM<\/strong> in the LPAC CINEMA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join Alumni Sarah Sanford ’99, Dito van Reigersberg, and Asst. Professor Alex Torra for Workshops on Pig Iron’s performance technique: Tuesday through Thursday, March 4th – 6th, 7:30-10:30PM<\/strong>.\u00a0 Attendance all three nights not required, but space is limited. Contact Jean Tierno (jtierno1<\/a>) or Allen Kuharski (akuhars1<\/a>) for more information.<\/p>\n

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