“Femininity” expressed by entirely male actors in Twelfth Night.

Director Jung-Ung YANG expresses Korea’s innate beauty by interweaving western classics and Korean traditions in this project. He borrows Shakespeare’s plot but the work is recreated to highlight Korean traditions and sensibilities.

Yohangza Theatre Company presents Twelfth Night with a cast composed of ten male actors. Reminiscent of namsadangpe noreum (shows put on by traveling male troupe in the 1900s in Korea), the performance begins with a character who is a woman dressed as a man who gets entangled in a love story that turns into comedic episodes. With only male actors playing the characters, the performance mixes the idea of “a woman dressed as a man” and the director’s concept of “a man dressed as a woman,” resulting in a superbly witty performance. The audience will get a sense of what the theater group Yohangza does best by watching the actors’ distinct physical movements and stage esthetics.

Presented in collaboration with the Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A|S|I|A).