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Getting to Know Brett Jones
Cal Shakes Marketing & Communications Director Janet Magleby introduces you to one of the minds behind this summer’s Conservatories. One of two new Summer Shakespeare Conservatory coordinators joining us this summer is Brett Jones. A recent Theater Performance graduate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications)
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater camp", "theater education", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare, Summer Shakespeare Conservatory. summer theater camp
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Minds and Faces: the Excavation of Richard III
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp’d, and want love’s majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion, … Continue reading
Season Artist Profile: Richard Montoya
In the months leading up to our 2013 Main Stage season, I will once again be profiling the fertile minds behind the season’s productions—American Night, Romeo and Juliet, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and A Winter’s Tale—in our e-newsletters. For the inaugural … Continue reading
Posted in American Night, By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage, Season Artist Profiles, Uncategorized
Tagged "Amy Freed", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Octavio Solis", American Night, American Revolutions, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Campo Santo, cesar chavez, Culture Clash, history play, luis valdez, Lynn Nottage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Orinda, OSF, outdoor theater, Richard Montoya, teatro campesino, The Ballad of Juan Jose
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SPUNK Makes Bay Area Top Ten Lists for 2012
So far, so good: Patricia McGregor’s 2012 Cal Shakes production of Spunk is number four on Chad Jones’ Theater Dogs top ten, and also made Sam Hurwitt’s Idiolect 2012 round-up. In addition, Jones named Cal Shakes Associate Artist Stacy Ross … Continue reading
It All Adds Up…
December 20, 2012 Dear Friend of Cal Shakes: Numbers can tell great stories, but don’t take our word for it. Take a look back at how Cal Shakes’ 2012 programs added up to great theater and a big impact on the … Continue reading
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Associate Artist Roundup: Scrooge, the Circus, and a Baby
It’s time for our annual shout-out to the theatrical antics our talented Associate Artist company is up to during the winter months. L. Peter Callender is in the midst of directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which opens January … Continue reading
Posted in Associate Artists, By Stefanie Kalem, The Taming of the Shrew, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Pericles", "theater education", "theater", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, outdoor theater, Shakespeare
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Which Shakespeare Character Would You Invite to Thanksgiving?
It’s almost that time: Time to eat ourselves in oblivion among family, friends, and the occasional random stranger. But what if you could sit yourself beside one of Shakespeare’s creations come Thanksgiving? Would you choose Ophelia, who’d surely be too distraught … Continue reading
Ask Philippa: Off-Season Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes, invites your questions about our 2013 season, which begins May 29. Subscriptions and FlexPasses on sale now. Just because the Main Stage season closes, it doesn’t mean we at Cal Shakes are suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "Amanda Dehnert", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Jonathan Moscone", "Oscar Wilde", American Night, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Christopher Liam Moore, Culture Clash, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Lady Windermere's Fan, outdoor theater, Paloma McGregor, Patricia McGregor, Philippa Kelly, Richard Montoya, romeo and juliet, Shakespeare, Spunk, The Ballad of Juan Jose, The Verona Project, Winter's Tale
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Jumping Into the Fire: An Understudy’s Tale
During the extension week of Liesl Tommy’s Hamlet this month, actor Nicholas Pelczar fell ill the morning of the Student Discovery Matinee, and his understudy, Philip Goleman, went on for him. This is his story. Everyone said, “Not what you expected … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "theater education", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Nicholas Pelczar, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philip Goleman, Shakespeare, Zainab Jah
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Listen to Trish Tillman Talk About 32-Second Shakespeare
Here’s our own Director of Artistic Learning Trish Tillman on the air at FOX 101.1 FM in Salinas yesterday, talking with Mark Carbanaro about her 32-second Shakespeare at the Carmel Authors & Ideas Fest and our production of Hamlet.
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Trish Tillman (Director of Artistic Learning), Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Salinas", "Trish Tillman", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, Carmel, Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival, Mark Carbanaro, Shakespeare
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