Inferno Theatre presents

TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare

in a modern verse translation by Alison Carey
Commissioned by Play On Shakespeare
Directed and Designed by Giulio Cesare Perrone

Inferno Theatre presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare in Alison Carey’s modern translation commissioned by Play On Shakespeare at Berkeley’s John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre.

Twelfth Night's comedy and romance soar amid mistaken identities, a wedding, misunderstandings, physical comedy, and a happy ending. “What You Will”, the subtitle of the play, invites us to think about pleasure, and sexual fantasies. Almost all the characters are afflicted with the same disease: love. But, in the end, as in all the romantic comedies of Shakespeare, it is based on love leading to marriage.

Pack your picnic basket, bring the whole family, and immerse yourself in this enchanted world of music, movement, and magic. Let Inferno Theatre lead you on a marvelous romp, filled with Shakespearean verse, compelling physical theater, fantasy, ensemble music, and amazing slapstick.

Twelfth Night opens May 17 and runs Saturdays and Sundays through June 8. An additional performance will be held on Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day). Performances begin at 4pm in John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre, 41 Somerset Place, Berkeley, CA. The amphitheater will open at 3pm for picnicking. Admission is free.

The first rows of the amphitheater will be reserved as a courtesy for those with limited mobility. Call (510) 825-0449 to reserve one of those spots. Access is best from Somerset Place. Take Southampton from Arlington and continue straight onto Somerset Place. The amphitheater is wheelchair accessible, with a small parking lot next to the theater on Somerset offering limited accessible parking (few spots - first come, first served). We STRONGLY ADVISE dropping people off and then parking on nearby streets: Southampton Avenue, Arlington Avenue, and San Diego Road. The amphitheater consists of a series of stone terraces. Bring low lawn chairs, pillows/cushions and/or blankets.

ABOUT INFERNO THEATRE
Inferno Theatre was founded on the premise that live theatre that leads to dynamic and positive change in the lives of all who participate in it, whether spectators or performers. The company believes that arts and education are essential parts of everyone’s daily life, that theatre can both transform reality and be an integral part of the cultural and sociological context of society. Inferno supports the centrality of the theatre art form rooted in work, research and collaborative practices that set the artists at the core of the organization; theatre that embraces the complexity and diversity of the human being; theatre that creates community (both physically present and imagined); and theatre that links humans together through a need for one another to complete a shared common interest or vision of the world.