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Francine Gonzalez Two queer Dallas actors find home on different stages RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Francine Gonzalez gender bends in Twelfth Night Francine Gonzalez has been preparing to serve some drag king realness.
As Shakespeare Dallas opens its second repertory show Twelfth Night, the lesbian actor will take on the lead as Viola where she will do double duty onstage: as man and woman.
No stranger to Shakespeare, Gonzalez is ready to tap into her manhood. “It’s interesting because you have to navigate through this world as a man especially when she’s in love with a man,” Gonzalez said.
In Twelfth Night, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and figure the other has been killed. To survive, Viola dresses as a man, Cesario, and ends up as servant for Orsino, whom she falls for.
