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While there’s not much to do with the character, Oatey does an excellent job stepping in and out of her dual roles. Gamboa’s choice of casting a woman in the role of Sebastian is an interesting one and only one of the few places the production actually emphasizes the subtexts of cross-dressing and homoeroticism...
Shaving the performance to just under two hours and clearly emphasizing the comedic scenes involving Sir Toby Belch (Steve Sweeney), Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Jeremy L. England ’03) and Maria (Shannon R. Oatey) and their plots against Malvolio—played to just the right pitch of annoying by Tom Giordano ’96—Gamboa puts together a highly entertaining production that resists the urge to take the story too seriously...
...Shannon Oatey, who plays Olivia’s handmaiden Maria, steals the comic scenes from both of them with her commanding portrayal of the wench Maria. Oatey’s Maria is playful and clever, sassy and smart and always commands the stage even when she’s just in the background reacting with bemused facial expressions. The actress does double duty, as she also plays Sebastian...
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