Free Shakespeare in the Park returns this summer with a very starry cast
After taking last summer off for renovations to the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Public Theater's cherished annual series Shakespeare in the Park will return from August 7 through September 14 with Twelfth Night, one of the Bard's most popular plays. And no shortage of stars will shine their light on this free outdoor production: The cast will be led by Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
Saheem Ali, who holds the title of Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director at the Public and who directed the 2021 show Merry Wives at Shakespeare in the Park, will helm the production. Nyong'o will play Viola, a shipwrecked maiden who disguises herself as a boy to serve the man she loves, Orsino (Khris Davis), who dispatches her to court the wealthy and beautiful noblewoman Olivia (Oh) on his behalf, only for Olivia to fall for the boy that Viola is pretending to be—who is not to be confused, but inevitably is confused, with Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, whom she closely resembles and falsely believes to be dead. In a neat twist of casting, Sebastian will be played by Nyong'o's real-life brother, Junior Nyong’o.
Dinklage will costar as Olivia's pompous major domo, Malvolio, who harbors secret romantic designs on his mistress; Ferguson will be Sir Andrew Aguecheek, a hapless fop who also fancies the well-favored Olivia, and Bill Camp will be Olivia's ne'er-do-well uncle, Sir Toby Belch. Daphne Rubin-Vega and Moses Sumney help fill out the principal cast as Maria and Feste, mischievous members of Olivia's household. The remaining cast members have not yet been announced.
The Public's summer series has offered free stagings of Shakespeare plays since 1962, except for last summer and the pandemic summer of 2020. The Public has released several artist's renderings of the renovated Delacorte. Here are two more. See you at Central Park this summer!
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