Friday
7:30 PM
Randy Baker
When Viola is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, she disguises herself as a man named Cesario—triggering a tangled web of unrequited love, mistaken identity, and elaborate schemes. Underneath the chaos, Twelfth Night tells a story about the madness of longing and the strange, reckless courage it takes to let yourself be seen.
One of Shakespeare’s most iconic romantic comedies, Twelfth Night bends the rules of gender, social norms, and love, with new life breathed into it in this contemporary interpretation, set among modern day high school students, by director Randy Baker, Co-Artistic Director of DC’s Rorschach Theatre.
Performance Details
🗓️ Date & Time: Friday, August 7, 2026
📍 Location: The Theatre Lab (900 Massachusetts NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Plan Your Visit)
🎟️ Tickets: General: $15 | Students: $10
About This Production
Written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by RANDY BAKER
Twelfth Night is the culmination of our Summer Acting Institute for Teens (SAIT), a challenging 4-week acting conservatory designed to immerse young performers aged 13-19 in the art of acting—from mastering the essential principles of the craft to publicly performing a challenging contemporary work. This program is directed by Theatre Lab Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director Deb Gottesman, with the final production directed by award-winning D.C. playwright and Rorschach Theatre Artistic Director Randy Baker.
In Person
Summer II
Randy Baker
Randy Baker is a playwright, director and co-Artistic Director of Rorschach Theatre. Recent shows he has directed with Rorschach include Very Still and Hard to See (Five Helen Nominations including Best Director), The Electric Baby, She Kills Monsters, The Minotaur and After the Quake. Recent shows he has directed outside of Rorschach include the seven-room living installation piece, Hello, My Name Is… at The Welders, a shadow puppet gamelan-inspired A Midsummer Night’s Dream at WSC Avant Bard, Big Love at Catholic University, Anon/ymous at Georgetown University and his own adaptation of Rashōmon at American University. Recent playwriting projects include the world premieres of Forgotten Kingdoms and Truth & Beauty Bombs: A Softer World at Rorschach Theatre and workshops and educational productions of The Burning Road (Arena Stage), Monastery (Theater J), Rashōmon (American University and Spooky Action Theatre), Circus of Fallen Angels (NCDA and American University) and wild42hold (George Washington University).
