Jul 172013
 

As You Like It: Act 2, Scene 7
Jacques
June 14, 2013

With age comes wisdom.  Hudson Classical Theater Company (formerly Hudson Warehouse) Artistic Director Nicholas Martin-Smith stays in the moment while performing Jacques famous “All the World’s a Stage” speech from Act 2, Scene 7 of As You Like It.  Nicholas discusses what it’s like to start a theater company, how he overcame a learning disability and why experience is a great teacher. This interview is “sans” nothing.

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Jul 102013
 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act 1, Scene 1
Helena
June 14, 2013

It’s a Family Affair!  Bringing classical theatre to life for four generations isn’t easy.  Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum is a labor of love for a family with Shakespeare in their veins.  Ellen Geer, Melora Marshall and Ian Flanders share the fascinating story of the Theatricum’s past, present and future.  And Willow Geer keeps it fresh with a feisty and vivacious take on Helena from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act I, Scene i.

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