WHAT YOU WILL
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night adapted by Luke Avilez Meisel & Rosalind Fore
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Venue: OPEN at 50 Sims
50 Sims Avenue, Providence RI 02909
Friday July 17th @ 7:00 PM
Saturday July 18th @ 7:00 PM
Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: BCA Plaza Black Box Theater
539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
Friday, July 31th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, August 1st @ 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, August 2nd @ 2:00 pm
Half x Baked Theater Co.’s What You Will utilizes dance, live music, and traditional clowning techniques to cheekily re-examine Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The bard’s classic story of shipwrecks, gender, drunkenness, and deceit is a perfect playground for hxbTC's signature quick, kinetic, open style. We take our comedy seriously, and What You Will shall do it’s best to please by bringing out the subversive elements that made Viola, Olivia, Sir Toby and The Gang some of the most iconic characters in the English canon. Featuring a diverse cast of artists from across the world, this production’s stripped-back, earnest realization of the play’s core character, themes, and purpose will bring the humor and poignant romance of Shakespeare’s text to life. Join us for 50 minutes of irreverent joy for everyone. Shout “HOB-NOB” and get ready to laugh your butt off at Half-Baked’s premiere of What You Will — we’re excited to see you there!
Half x Baked Theater Co.’s What You Will cheekily re-examine Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The bard’s classic story of shipwrecks, gender, drunkenness, and deceit is a perfect playground for hxbTC's signature quick, kinetic, open style. We take our comedy seriously, and What You Will shall do it’s best to please by bringing out the subversive elements that made Viola, Olivia, Sir Toby and The Gang some of the most iconic characters in the English canon. Join us for 50 minutes of irreverent joy for everyone. Shout “HOB-NOB” and get ready to laugh your butt off at Half-Baked’s premiere of What You Will — we’re excited to see you there!
CAST & CREW
BRIDGET BUCKHEIT
"MALVOLIO"
Bridget Buckheit (she/her) is a rising junior at Boston University where she is pursuing her BFA in Acting. She is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, where she appeared in productions that include, These Shining Lives and Stupid F*** Bird. Most recently, she performed in the Sophomore Acting Festival at BU where she worked on two new plays by Robert Westfield. Bridget is incredibly grateful to Luke and Roz, and everyone who helped put this wonderful production together!
MARGARET DEELY
"MARIA / SEBASTIAN" & PRODUCER
Margaret Deely (she/her) is a Boston University student currently pursuing her BFA in Acting. She makes her return to performing after studying Physical Theatre at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy this past Spring. Though she has worked on the stage, she is also excited to be a part of the creative team! Notable acting credits include: Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Boston University), Masha/Shamrayev in Anya Reiss’ The Seagull (Boston University), Olive in The Women of Lockerbie (Interlochen Arts Academy), and Nun Ensemble in The Sound of Music (Pittsburgh Musical Theater). Previous music/assistant directing credits include: Macbeth (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Moliere’s The Jealous Husband (Interlochen Arts Academy), Promenade (Interlochen Arts Academy), and Peter Pan Jr. (Rogers City Community Theater). Margaret would like to thank her parents Michael and Kathleen, sisters, friends, instructors, peers, the cast and crew, and the whole of Half x Baked Theatre Company. To the audience, enjoy the show!
ROSALIND FORE
"VIOLA" & CO-DIRECTOR
Rosalind Fore (she/her) is an actor/director based out of Boston and D.C. She is a rising senior studying acting at Boston University where her credits include: Fefu and her Friends (Cecilia), Much Ado About Nothing (Margaret/Verges) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sylvia). She recently spent a semester abroad studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she played Isabella in Measure for Measure. She has directed and assistant directed several shows at the Silver Spring Maryland-based youth theatre company, Lumina Studio Theatre. Her next project will be "Connie" in Lucy Prebble's The Effect at Boston University this August.
Insta: @rosalindfore
LUKE AVILEZ MEISEL
"SIR TOBY" & CO-DIRECTOR
Luke Avilez Meisel (he/him) is an actor, producer, and playwright from Providence, Rhode Island. Regional Theater: The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest with Prague Shakespeare Company — the latter production toured to Teatro Lunaria’s Festival in una notte d’Estate in Genoa. A Wolf in Ex’s Clothing (PVD Fringe). Educational Theater: A Number, American Buffalo, 12 Angry Jurors, Much Ado About Nothing (Boston University) The Double-Dealer, Julius Caesar (LAMDA) Love’s Labour’s Lost, Antony & Cleopatra (Community College of RI). His play Heartburn recently premiered as part of BU’s annual Fringe Festival. Icnelia otitechmocnelilih!
Insta: @luke.meisel Website: lukemeisel.com
SHRUTANT RAMASWAMY
"ORSINO / SIR ANDREW" & FIGHT CHOREO
Shrutant Ramaswamy (he/him) is an actor/writer/director based in the Boston area. He is a rising senior at Boston University with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Film/TV. BU credits include: 12 Angry Jurors (Juror #9), Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro), Florencia En El Amazonas (Mover), and Mauritius (Sterling). His last semester was spent abroad at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art where he played the lead, Dorimant, in the restoration comedy The Man of Mode, and Friar Lawrence in Romeo & Juliet. Other credits include The Prague Shakespeare Company where he played Aaron the Moor in Titus Andronicus, and Bertram in All's Well That Ends Well. Film credits include Peepers (dir. Maria Hoffman), Fly Away (Passeri Records), Tapish (Dir Riva Vig), and Buffalos (Dir. Casey Chan). He has written for the stage and screen with his independent short film A Key To Understanding Human Drive, and the play Khun & Sangre (Boston University). Assistant Director of The Coolest Person In The World (Bombil productions) and director of Lee Blessing's Independence for BU's School of Theatre Quarter-0 this fall.
Website: shrutant.com. Insta: @shrutantramaswamy.
NATHANIEL RYAN-KERN
"FESTE / CAPTAIN / PRIEST" & MUSIC
Nathaniel Ryan-Kern (he/him) is a musician and performing artist originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, where he appeared at the Diamond Head Theater as Squidward Tentacles in SpongeBob: The Musical and in the ensemble of Beauty and the Beast and Elf. He is currently a rising senior at Boston University where his credits include Director’s Project (Ensemble), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), DREAM (Lysander / Flute), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus), in addition to directing Ike Holter’s Forever Ever. He also recently finished a semester abroad at LAMDA where he was Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode and Hamlet in Hamlet. Instagram: @nathanielryankern
SERENA ZHU
"OLIVIA"
Serena Zhu (she/her) is a Boston-based actress who recently made her professional debut in The Boston New Works Festival as “Li CunYi / Annie / YanYan” in White Phoenix. Her educational credits include Romeo & Juliet (Lady Capulet) as well as The Man of Mode (Lady Wodvill) at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art in addition to as The Seagull (Nina), 12 Angry Jurors (Juror No. 6) and Significant Other (Kiki) at the Boston University School of Theater, where she recently received the Lan Yuo scholarship. Screen credits include providing the voice of “Kayli” in the animated short Pomelo. For more updates, follow her on Instagram @sereinazee
MERRIK DANIEL GIESEN
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Merrik Daniel Giesen (he/him) is a performer, director, designer, and human from Belle Plaine, Minnesota. He is currently pursuing a BFA in Theatre Arts — Performance at Boston University’s School of Theatre, while also working towards a dance minor. He is simultaneously studying and practicing theatrical design through the opportunities he has created for himself, and delving further into redefining boundaries that surround collaboration. Website: merrikgiesen.com Instagram: @merrikgiesen
