The­atre De­part­ment Pre­pares for “Twelfth Night”

MISHAWAKA—De­spite the many ob­sta­cles pre­sented by the cur­rent pan­demic, the the­atre de­part­ment is mov­ing for­ward with a fall se­mes­ter play, the Shake­spearean ro­man­tic com­edy “Twelfth Night.” The per­for­mances will be No­vem­ber 12-14. 

With the threat of COVID, at­ten­dance is go­ing to look a lit­tle dif­fer­ent; seat­ing ca­pac­ity will be re­duced to 25 per­cent of the au­di­to­rium to en­sure phys­i­cal dis­tanc­ing. The box of­fice will be sell­ing tick­ets in pairs so stu­dents can en­joy the per­for­mance with a friend, but they will re­main dis­tanced from oth­ers.  

The de­part­ment will also be livestream­ing the per­for­mances for those who are quar­an­tined or wish to re­main home. The­atre Arts Box Of­fice Man­ager and Ad­min­is­tra­tive As­sis­tant Grace Cole said they want the per­for­mance to be ac­ces­si­ble.  

“We will be live stream­ing the pro­duc­tion as well, mak­ing it more ac­ces­si­ble op­tion for nurs­ing homes, schools or any­one in the high-risk cat­e­gory,“ Cole said. “The live stream is an op­tion for any­one in­ter­ested.” 

Fol­low the the­atre de­part­men­t’s Face­book page @bethelthe­atre to re­ceive the lat­est up­dates about pur­chas­ing tick­ets and ac­cess­ing the live stream.