Olivia/Viola, Week 1 (TWELFTH NIGHT) - ”Unmasking Love” | The Rehearsal Room

Join us as we dive into two scenes featuring Olivia and Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. 

🏁 In this session, highlights include:

➤ The significance of gender fluidity and self-expression

➤ Diving into the themes of love, identity, and societal roles

➤ The role of the fool in Shakespeare's works

Act 1, Scene 5: Olivia allows Viola (in her disguise as Cesario) to speak with her privately about Orsino's love, though Olivia ends up falling in love with Cesario.

Act 3, Scene 1: Olivia declares her love to Cesario.

Featuring DIRECTOR Edgar Landa, DRAMATURG Miranda Johnson Haddad, and ACTORS Anne Gee Byrd (Viola) and Shelby Lewis (Olivia) and Annie. With your host, Nathan Agin.