Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Meet the Artists
The Creative Team
Director, Set and Costume Designer
Giulio Cesare Perrone (Stage Director) is a playwright, director, set and costume designer. His approach to theater, informed by his experience and training in the U.S. and Europe, emphasizes the physical aspects of movement and dance, and the central role of the actors/performers/creators in the creative process. The artistic importance of scenery always incorporates live music, and often video as well. As a writer, designer, and director, Giulio has been recognized with two prestigious Pew Grants and several industry awards.
His commitment to making and supporting progressive, traditional and non-traditional forms of theater and programs gives voice to the many urgent cultural narratives that have been historically excluded from theater throughout his lifetime. Giulio moved from his native Italy to the United States in 1995. Now a U.S. resident, Giulio has over 300 theater and opera productions to his credit.
Playwright
Alison Carey (she/her) is co-founder and former resident playwright of Cornerstone Theater Company, which creates work with and for communities. From 2007- 2021, Carey served as director of "American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle," the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s multi-decade program of commissioning and developing 37 new plays about moments of change in United States history. Her work has been produced at venues nationwide, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, the Public Theater, the Mark Taper Forum, the shuttered mother plant of Bethlehem Steel, and a dirt-floor cattle sale barn.
Fight Choreographer
Nic Moore (He/Him) is a fight choreographer, actor, and theater educator. He has worked at We Players, Novato Theater Company, Marin Musical Theater Company, Stapleton School of the Performing Arts, Spreckels, Bard on the Boat, Marin Academy, Marin School of the Arts, San Lorenzo High School, YES Theater, and Backyard Kids' Theater. He has trained at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, and The Meisner Technique Studio in San Francisco.
The Acting Company
FESTE
Sylvia Abrams-Wolffsohn is a born and raised Bay Area actor. They adore Shakespeare and are excited to stretch their silly skills as the Fool in this production. In their free time, Sylvia likes to spend time in nature and think about casting Muppets as characters in Shakespeare.
SIR TOBY BELCH
Ronnie Anderson is thrilled to work with this imaginative company. Favorite roles: Ivan in Theatre Rhinoceros’s Billy, Jaques As You Like It, Madame Sylvia Saint Croix Ruthless! The Musical, Gloucester King Lear, Sir Evelyn Anything Goes! and Ensemble with National Theatre’s The Lehman Trilogy. Ronnie has performed and directed with A.C.T., CalShakes, SF Shakes, Berkeley Shakes, Center Rep, Contra Costa Civic Theater and Altarena Playhouse. Special thanks to Daniel Morgan, Ricki Martin, Emee Studios for his makeup.
SEBASTIAN
Paul Bisesi is excited to make his Inferno Theatre debut! Recent credits include Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (The Foodbank Players), Doctor John Watson in Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Missing Mystery (Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley), Performer in Hold On: When Everything Changes in a Flash (Crescent Moon Theater Productions), Rutherford Selig in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Lower Bottom Playaz), and roles in a variety of short films, including a sociopathic stalker, a pretentious clown, and Death. paulbisesi.com
MALVOLIO
Torey Bookstein has trained in Europe, at Berkeley Rep, and at SF ACT. Favorite past roles: Rosalind (As You Like It) - Alameda Foodbank Players, Titania (u/s) (A Midsummer Night’s Dream [The Musical!]) - Berkeley Shakespeare, Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof) - Ballibay. Torey has also written, produced, and directed several autobiographical cabaret shows, including Parenting:How Bad Could It Be? and Parenting 2: I’m So Glad I Caught the Vomit In My Hand!
SEA CAPTAIN, PRIEST, & MALVOLIO u/s
Alec Braun studied drama at SFSU, training under Terry Boero and Bruce Avery. He has performed throughout the Bay Area, including Berkeley and San Rafael, in stage productions, music videos, short films, and voice recordings. Favorite roles include War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Pfeiffer’s People by Jules Feiffer, and Quantum Desire by Giulio Perrone. Alec is particularly drawn to characters who stir up the most mischief -- roles that push the boundaries of performance.
VIOLA
Vaughn Easterday is ecstatic to make their Inferno Theatre debut with Twelfth Night! They are graduating this year from Oakland Technical High School where they performed in Chicago (Velma), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), and Romeo & Juliet (Friar Lawrence). They plan to study Plant Biology next year at UC Riverside.
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK
Valentina Emeri, a native Italian, began dancing at age 8 and earned her BA in Acting at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts “Silvio D’Amico” in Rome, learning with Luca Ronconi and Andrea Camilleri. She studied with Peggy Hackney in Berkeley to be a Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA). Valentina performs in Italian, German, English and loves movement theater. She is in an ongoing collaboration with Roland Selva and “Freilichtspiele Südtiroler Unterland” in Italy and with Giulio Cesare Perrone’s Inferno Theatre in Berkeley.
MARIA
Aero England (they/them/theirs) is thrilled to perform as Maria in their first ever Shakespeare play! Previous credits include Moritz in Spring Awakening (Masquers Playhouse), Orcus in She Kills Monsters, Lydia/Miss de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice and Bad Idea Bear/Mrs. T/Newcomer in Avenue Q (Plethos Productions). They would like to thank their family and friends for their constant encouragement and support! Enjoy the show!
LADY OLIVIA
Liddy Freeman began acting at age nine as Marta in The Sound of Music and later received her B.A. in theater from UF. Most recently she could be seen playing Lula in Dutchman with Revolving Theater in Santa Rosa and Caliban in Inferno Theatre’s The Tempest.
CURIO, OFFICER & CAPTAIN u/s
Osvaldo Mora is an optimistic nerd, fueled by a lifelong love of cartoons and storytelling. Whether embodying a character, singing his heart out, or crafting a scene behind the camera, he’s always pushing his creative boundaries. When he’s not living on his boat, he’s chasing spontaneous adventures, enjoying live shows, boot scootin’, or embracing his inner kid!
ANTONIO
Bailey Sanders is a Bay Area native rediscovering her love for acting. Bailey found her love for acting and performing while taking a theater class at Laney College. In addition to acting, she eases her performance itch by performing stand up and poetry at the pubs around her home. When she is not on stage, Bailey spends her time honing the craft of writing by creating comedy and drama scripts, sketches, and poems. Bailey would like to give a special thanks to Inferno Theatre for supporting her return to acting.
ORSINO
Joshua-Morris Williams is an actor, musician and teacher from California. After portraying such roles as Othello, Peter Quince, and Jonathan Harker with Inferno Theatre, Joshua-Morris backpacked across Europe before returning to California to teach. Currently studying for his Masters in Education, he is excited to take the stage again with Inferno Theatre, having played Petruchio in African-American Shakespeare Company’s The Taming of the Shrew last year.
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