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HAMLET Grove Talk
Click on the arrow below to listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Hamlet Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless. Hamlet has been extended; the production runs through October 21, 2012.
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Clint Ramos, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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HAMLET Rehearsal Blogs: The Process or the Product?
Director of Marketing Janet Magleby and Box Office Manager Robin Dolan offer two perspectives on Hamlet rehearsals. Thursday, September 6, 2012—one week before tech rehearsals begin. It was 9:59 a.m. and more than half the company awaited Stage Manager Laxmi Kumaran’s calling of … Continue reading
Posted in By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), By Robin Dolan (Box Office Manager), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Dan Hiatt", "Dave Maier", "Hamlet", "Julie Eccles", "theater", Adrian Roberts, Brian Rivera, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Jessica Kitchens, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Zainab Jah
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Death and Revenge in Hamlet
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on grief and vengeance in Hamlet and beyond. Hamlet returns from Wittenberg to honor his father’s death, and is suddenly confronted with his father’s ghost. Immediately, it seems, he is roused (or provoked) to an act … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Professional Immersion Program", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Ask Philippa: HAMLET Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Hamlet, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Hamlet runs September 19–October 14, 2012. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Behind the Scenes at the HAMLET Photo Shoot
Director of Marketing Janet Magleby on the Hamlet cast’s publicity photo shoot with director Liesl Tommy and photographer Kevin Berne. Last week some of Hamlet’s cast members gathered in the Cal Shakes’ green room, in anticipation of our publicity photo … Continue reading
Posted in By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Dan Hiatt", "Dave Maier", "Hamlet", "Julie Eccles", "Kevin Berne", "theater", Adrian Roberts, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Nick Gabriel, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Zainab Jah
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A Haunted HAMLET
Blithe Spirit has been such a witty whirlwind that things got a little behind in the Hamlet department around here. As a result, here’s a belated combo blog, featuring impressions from a lunch the marketing department had with director Liesl Tommy, … Continue reading
Posted in By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), By Stefanie Kalem, Hamlet, Main Stage, Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Jonathan Moscone", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Clint Ramos, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Jessica Kitchens, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Oregon Shakespeare Theater, OSF, Party People, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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Blithe Spirit and the Spirits
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on the Spiritualist movement and the origin of the word “ghost.” Where did Coward get his interest in Spiritualism? Most importantly (and this information is supplied by Cal Shakes’ own Robin Dolan), Coward had a housekeeper … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Spiritualism
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Blithe Spirit Grove Talk
Click on the arrow below to listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Blithe Spirit Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless. Blithe Spirit runs through September 2, 2012.
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "Annie Smart", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly
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A Grove Talk Speaker Is Born
Box Office Manager Robin Dolan blogs about doing her first-ever Grove Talk, for Blithe Spirit. I’ve always wanted to do a grove talk: I’m one of those odd people who love public speaking; I also love an excuse to research … Continue reading
Igniting a Spark
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly offers more contextual information on the writing of Blithe Spirit, on our stage now through September 2, 2012. Despite its having nothing to do with war, Noël Coward very much saw Blithe Spirit as a war … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, World War, WWII
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