Seattle Shakespeare Company and ACT Contemporary Theatre Twelfth Night is Coming to Falls Theatre
SEATTLE, WA (May 1, 2025) — ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Company announced today the cast and creative team of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Annie Lareau and playing at ACT June 7 through June 22. Twelfth Night represents the debut of Seattle Shakespeare Company at ACT and their first joint production ahead of their official merging on July 1 of 2025.
Set in hopeful post-WWII Italy, this gender-fluid romp and treasured comedy explores the diversity of love, reminding us how relevant Shakespeare remains today.
“Twelfth Night, one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, is a play steeped in laughter and love,” said SSC Managing Director John Bradshaw. “But it is also a play of change, of transformation, of new beginnings, which seems especially apt as the first joint production of ACT and Seattle Shakespeare.”
Twelfth Night plays in ACT’s Falls Theatre June 7 – 22, 2025, with an opening night celebration on Thursday, June 12. A full list of events can be found below and at acttheatre.org.
MEET THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
The cast of Twelfth Night features:
● Alegra Batara as Viola / Cesario
● Rhys Daly as Sebastian / Lady in Waiting
● Sarah Harlett as Maria
● Tim Hyland as Sir Toby
● Cassi Q Kohl as Feste
● Benjamin Neil McCormack as Antonio / Captain
● Pilar O'Connell as Fabian / Curio / Lady in Waiting
● Peter Dylan O'Connor as Sir Andrew
● Arjun Pande as Orsino
● Malex Reed as Valentine / Priest / Officer
● Jasmine Jean Sim as Olivia
● Amy Thone as Malvolio
The creative team includes Annie Lareau (Director); Malex Reed (Music Director & Composer); Parmida Ziaei (Scenic Designer); Danielle Nieves (Costume Designer); Ahren Buhmann (Lighting & Projection Designer); Robertson Witmer (Sound Designer); Amy Thone (Text Coach); Eva Gil (Intimacy Director); Ian Bond (Fight Director); Pilar O’Connell (Casting Director); Margaret Layne (Additional Casting); Melissa Y. Hamasaki (Stage Manager); and Larcyn Burnett (Assistant Stage Manager).
WHAT: Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare Directed by Annie Lareau A Seattle Shakespeare Company and ACT Contemporary Theatre Joint Production Viola is in love with Duke Orsino, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Cesario, who is actually…Viola. Seattle Shakespeare Company makes its debut at ACT Contemporary Theatre with a new joint production of this gender-fluid romp and treasured comedy, set in a hopeful post-WWII Italy. Director Annie Lareau explores the diversity of love, reminding us how relevant Shakespeare remains today.
WHEN: June 7 – 22, 2025 Evening performance times are at 7:00 p.m (Tues, Wed, Sun), 7:30 p.m. (Thurs, Fri, Sat), and matinees are at 2 p.m. A full performance schedule can be found here.
WHERE: ACT Contemporary Theatre’s Falls Theatre, located at 700 Union Street in Downtown Seattle.
