actor looking over their shoulder, wearing green dress and flowers in hair, beside green Twelfth Night logo

Date & Time: Tue, Aug 06, 2024 from 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM

Location:

5610 W. Lake St.
Chicago, IL 60644

Fee: $0.00

Age Range: All Ages

Categories: Night Out in the Parks Theater

Description

Shakes in the City—a new evolution of Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks launched in 2012—is part of CST’s longstanding commitment to creative community engagement with free and accessible programming for audiences of all ages in neighborhoods across Chicago. “If music be the food of love, PLAY ON!” Shakespeare’s joyful comedy Twelfth Night is brought to vibrant new life with free pop-up performances and activities in green spaces, neighborhood festivals, and events across the city as part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s (CST) Shakes in the City initiative. Director Tyrone Phillips, a first-generation Jamaican American, reimagines the story in the Caribbean isles, infused with the music and playful spirit of Carnival. Separated from her twin brother in a shipwreck and washed ashore in an unfamiliar land, the spirited Viola disguises herself as a man to work for charming Duke Orsino—and finds herself in the middle of a love triangle of hilarious mistaken identities. Come for an Afro-Caribbean dance lesson prior to the show at 5:30 pm, Performance at 6:00 pm.
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