TWELFTH NIGHT
Shipwrecked on the island of Illyria, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated, each fearing the other lost to the sea. Viola disguises herself as a boy and wades into a complex romantic triangle with Duke Orsino and the Countess Olivia. New York’s innovative Fiasco Theater brings their hallmark style and expansive imagination to one of Shakespeare’s funniest and poetic comedies. Fiasco has created two productions of Twelfth Night, first with Access Theater in spring/summer 2010 and later with Classic Stage Company in the winter of 2017/2018.
Photos of Classic Stage Company production by Joan Marcus
REVIEWS
An Enticing Twelfth Night for Beginners and Pros Alike (Vulture)
“Fiasco’s priorities seem to spring from the mindset of actors who deeply love Shakespeare and long to communicate this material’s great gifts and joys. Brody, Steinfeld, and their fellow ensemble members value textual clarity, enthusiastic storytelling, and energetic forward motion (the production is two-and-a-half hours long but feels swift and buoyant throughout).” READ MORE
Lost (& Found) in Illyria (HuffPost)
“The magic of Fiasco comes not simply from textual and physical simplification; cut-down classics can be flat and dull-pated…Fiasco cuts down the cast for simplification and the physical trappings for focus, yes; but their aim seems to be to inflate the evenings with life and fun.” READ MORE
Fiasco Theater's Twelfth Night at Classic Stage Company (NY Theatre Guide)
“Fiasco Theater company takes its name from the commedia dell’arte term for a performance that goes off the rails. Taking that concept to heart, the company's goal is to create performances that hit that sweet spot just before everything falls apart, which mark they hit pretty consistently…It's a wild ride well worth the taking.” READ MORE
CREATIVE TEAMS
Access Theater
Principal Cast: Noah Brody, Paul L. Coffey, Georgia Cohen, Andy Grotelueschen, Lizzie King-Hall, Annie Purcell, Haas Regen, Ben Steinfeld
Designers:
Costumes - Whitney Locher
Lights - Tim Cryan
Directors: Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
Classic Stage Company
Principal Cast: Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Tina Chillip, Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Javier Ignacio, David Samuel, Ben Steinfeld, Paco Tolson, Emily Young
Designers:
Sets - John Doyle
Costumes - Emily Rebholtz
Lights - Ben Stanton
Directors: Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
The lists above include the core creative teams, but are not comprehensive. We are grateful and lucky to have worked with everyone who made Twelfth Night possible, from the teams backstage and front of house to design associates and interns, and all of you, our community and audience members.