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Twelfth Night: Act 2, Scene 5
Malvolio
November 5, 2015
Talk about cross-gartered! Ted Lewis delivers a double dose of acting agility, dealing dueling versions of Malvolio’s boxtree speech. A delightful insight into the process of a member of Eric Tucker’s Bedlam, one of the hottest theater companies in New York City.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival/The Pearl Theater
Rave reviews in both The New York Times and Wall Street Journal for Nance Williamson, currently appearing in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Eric Tucker, playing at the Pearl Theater. Click here for more information.
Contributing editor: Lucy Freyer
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Romeo and Juliet: Act 3, Scene 3
Friar Laurence
September 10, 2015
Inspired by Joseph Papp, Ralf Jean Pierre, aka “The Spearbearer,” traveled over 4000 miles across the United States by bicycle. His quest: bring Shakespeare to the people, and find out whether he could create an audience literally anyplace. From corner auto body shops to exclusive country clubs to the halls of academe, Ralf put his populist theory to the test – and discovered something surprising along the way.
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The New American Shakespeare Tavern
August 13, 2015
Three is the charm! After a cat and mouse game with three media giants, Jeff Watkins has spent the last 25 years bringing Shakespeare to Atlanta. The New American Shakespeare Tavern is dedicated to bringing Original Practice productions of the Bard to life. Jeff and his company of actors have a passionate desire to speak the words as written to create a communion between actor and audience. You must hear it to believe it – his words are worth a thousand pictures.
Contributing editor: Lucy Freyer
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Pericles
July 14, 2015
Bored aboard a boat during a tempest, a young Ray Chambers discovered Shakespeare and set sail on a lifelong journey. Now the Head of Acting at the University of San Diego / Old Globe Graduate Acting Program, he happily talks communicating ideas (it is hard!), overcoming obstacles (boy did he!) and the unexpected beauty of Pericles (can you say reunited?).
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Mrs. Shakespeare
June 16, 2015
Irene Kelleher is lighting up the festival circuit with Mrs. Shakespeare, a play that critics are calling “demented, brilliant and totally necessary.” Is it a one-woman homage to the Bard (Bard-ette?) or is it redemption for some of Shakespeare’s famously underwritten heroines? See video below!
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Juliet’s Nurse
May 28, 2015
Pop quiz: to whom does Juliet speak most of her lines? Surprise – it’s not Romeo. Hint: she’s a funny, bawdy woman with a vibrant imagination and a lust for life. If you guessed “Lois Leveen,” you’re in for a delightful interview with the award-winning author of Juliet’s Nurse, the untold history of one of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters.
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Teaching Will
May 16, 2015
Could the greatest Macbeth you’ll ever see be performed by an 8-year old? When author Mel Ryane thought she had reached “the end of the road” as an actor, she decided to widen the road. Find out what William Shakespeare and ten kids gave Mel Ryane that Hollywood couldn’t.
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The Antaeus Theater Co.
April 21, 2015
Bill Brochtrup joins the State of Shakespeare to talk the 99 seat theater plan and it’s future in Los Angeles, The Antaeus Company and the benefits of partner casting.
Antaeus is a cooperative theater ensemble founded to empower the actor and to bring classical theater to Los Angeles. The company exists to create a family of artists and audiences and is dedicated to exploring stories with enduring themes. Taking their company name from the Titan who gained strength by touching the Earth, Antaeus members — many of whom are familiar to film and television audiences — regain their creative strength by returning to the wellspring of their craft: live theater. Members of the company span a wide range of age, ethnicity and experience; they have performed on Broadway, at major regional theaters across the country, in film, television and on local stages, and are the recipients of numerous accolades including Tony, Los Angeles and New York Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, LA Weekly, and Back Stage Garland nominations and awards. Audiences, who never see an understudy due to Antaeus’ trademark “partner casting,” frequently return to see the same play in the hands of an equally excellent but very different set of actors.
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Love’s Labour’s Won
War/Prologue
April 10, 2015
Why does everybody hate Rhetoric but love wordplay? Scott Kaiser, author and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Director of Company Development, can’t repeat it often enough: take my epizeuxis please!
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