FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 at 7:30PM

Great Performances continues its partnership with The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater with Great Performances: Twelfth Night. The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity tells the romantic misadventures of twins Sebastian and Viola after they survive a shipwreck, including revenge plots and tricks of love. Recorded this summer at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the production is directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali. The show follows previous Free Shakespeare in the Park productions broadcast on Great Performances including Hamlet, Richard III, Merry Wives, and Much Ado About Nothing.

“Presenting the works of Shakespeare on Great Performances is a tradition that began over 50 years ago,” said Great Performances executive producer David Horn. “We are pleased to help bring the Public’s diverse and contemporary productions to a national audience also for free.”

The cast of Twelfth Night features Lupita Nyong’o and Junior Nyong’o as the separated twins, Peter Dinklage as Malvolio, Sandra Oh as Lady Olivia, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and Daphne Rubin-Vega. The cast also features John Ellison Conlee (Sir Toby Belch), b (Antonio), Khris Davis (Orsino), Ariyan Kassam (Curio), Moses Sumney (Feste), Kapil Talwalkar (Fabian), and Joe Tapper (Sea Captain). The ensemble includes Dario Alvarez, Jania Rose Jallow, Valentino Musumeci, Precious Omigie, Chinna Palmer, Nathan M. Ramsey, Jasmine Sharma, Julian Tushabe, Adrian Villegas, Ada Westfall, and Mia Wurgaft.