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Students perform “Twelfth Night” for the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ on-demand, virtual production of the play. Courtesy of the University of Maine
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ORONO The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present an on-demand virtual production of its final spring 2021 show, William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” filmed in the Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden on the UMaine campus and streaming online through May 9.
“Twelfth Night,” one of Shakespeare’s best-known romantic comedies, centers on twins Viola and Sebastian, separated by a shipwreck and each presuming the other drowned. Viola disguises herself as a man (Cesario) and must woo Olivia on behalf of “his” boss, Duke Orsino. Olivia rejects Orsino and falls in love with Cesario, but ends up marrying Sebastian. If that sounds confusing, director and UMaine theatre instructor Julie Arnold Lisnet says then that’s all the more rea
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BANGOR “Flyin’ Solo,” an autobiographical theatrical memoir featuring 12 actors and performed live remotely will be available online from Thursday, Jan. 21, through Sunday, Feb. 7, presented by the Penobscot Theatre Company.
In the style defined by the likes of Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, Eddie Izzard and Whoopie Goldberg, Flyin Solo brings personal stories to life all written and performed by the actor. “I was involved in quite a bit of solo performance as a young actor,” said producing artistic director Bari Newport. “It is a very specific writing and performing style that is more than just storytelling. It is a powerful performance and creation method that I have wanted to share with our actors and audience since I arrived nine years ago. COVID made it possible!”