The City Shakespeare Company to Present TWELFTH NIGHT, Opening 12/5

The City Shakespeare Company is selling tickets to their family un-friendly production of Twelfth Night, opening in downtown Santa Monica on Friday, December 5th at 8 pm. Opening night will feature red carpet arrivals at 7:30 pm and wine.

Normally considered a family favorite, City Shakes is taking a raucous look at the famous text. "I feel like we're tackling a tacky, zany play that is anything but family-friendly," states Brooke Bishop, co-artistic director of the company and director of this production. "The tacky vice land of Illyria feels relevant, especially in a world that suppresses those things and tells everyone to be polite."

The production features fight choreography by company member David Hartstone (who also plays Orsino in this production). "It's super fun; we're laughing our butts off in rehearsal," says Colin Martin, the company technical director and actor playing Sir Toby Belch. "We're really trying to cram as many laughs in as possible and honor the notion that this is the funniest of Shakespeare's comedies."

If you go: Twelfth Night plays Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm December 5-20, and Sundays at 4 pm. Location is 1454 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Plenty of metered street parking. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $34.99 at http://cityshakes.brownpapertickets.com/. For more information, please visit www.CityShakes.org.