“Whoe’er I woo, myself would be his wife,” a disguised Viola, portrayed by senior Julie Siefker, monologues to a Black Box theater full of spectators.

“I did a lot of rehearsing to get into channeling my inner guy,” Siefker said, “Performing Shakespeare was difficult but also fun in the end.”

“Twelfth Night” is the story of a young lady named Viola who is shipwrecked and loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian. Disguising herself as a man named Cesario, she is employed by Duke Orsino, portrayed by junior Nicholas Farella. She falls in love with him, but he is in love with Olivia, portrayed by senior Alexis Kelly, who has declared to see no suitors until seven years have passed. However, when “Cesario” is sent to her dwelling, Olivia forgets her vigil and falls in love with “him”.

Despite the play being set in Shakespearian times, onlookers were surprised by the brightly colored set, a mural dedicated to the decades of the 60s or 70s, and paisley costumes.

“There are a lot of themes having to do with love in ‘Twelfth Night’,” director Lori Thompson said, “And every time I thought about those themes, I kept thinking of the song ‘All You Need is Love’ by the Beatles. So I thought it would be cool and interesting to modernize the play and set it during the 60s and 70s.”

Despite the love triangle reigning over this play, there was a significant amount of comedic relief that made the audience roar with laughter.

“My favorite scene was Act II, Scene V,” sophomore Holly Bannerman, “It was hilarious and very well rehearsed.”

One actor in this hilarity filled scene was junior Cordaro Alvarado, who portrayed the rich and flamboyant Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

“My favorite scene to perform was definitely Act II, Scene V,” Alvarado said, “It was probably the most physically exhausting, but also the funnest.”

At the play’s conclusion, the audience gave the performers a standing ovation at the happy ending of “Twelfth Night” in which Viola’s true identity is revealed, she is reunited with Sebastian, and shares a kiss with Orsino as Olivia and Sebastian, who was mistakenly married to Olivia in place of “Cesario”, do the same.

“‘Twelfth Night’ was very good and entertaining,” sophomore Lauren Johnson said, “If I was to sum it up in one word, I’d say it was ‘creative’.”