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Category Archives: Artistic Learning
Volunteerapalooza!
This week at Cal Shakes is pretty amazing on the volunteer front. We’ve got ushers out at the Bruns every performance day—up to 15 of them! We’ve got two great new volunteers, Dave and Lahdan, helping out in the office … Continue reading
Conservatory Teachers: Silver and Gold
The classic Girl Scout song proclaims, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold”. This applies to our Summer Shakespeare Conservatory family as well, and not just the kids—teachers, too! There are our golden … Continue reading
You never know how much kissing is really going on in a show until you play it for adolescents.
The first Student Discovery Matinee of the year was yesterday morning, for John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven. We had about 420 people in the house, the majority of whom were from under-served Oakland middle and high schools. Two of … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes at a Student Discovery Matinee
The following is an account of our Student Discovery Matinee Series from the perspective of Trish Tillman, director of Artistic Learning. the first half of this piece ran in Cal Shakes’ May 2010 newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, click … Continue reading
Visiting the Real Pastures of Heaven.
The following blog was written by Trish Tillman, Cal Shakes’ director of Artistic Learning. Last weekend several of us from Cal Shakes and Word for Word Performing Arts Company went to Salinas to hold some events in anticipation of our … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Trish Tillman (Director of Artistic Learning), Main Stage
Tagged "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "Corral de Tierra", "JoAnne Winter", "John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven", "Octavio Solis", "Salinas", "Stephanie Hunt", "The Pastures of Heaven", "Word for Word Performing Arts"
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Oakland Tech Blogs!
In August, Jessa Berkner’s Oakland Technical High School advanced drama students will travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As American High School Theatre Winners, they will perform Naomi Iizuka’s Hamlet: Blood in the Brain, which was the first development project … Continue reading
This Week in Artistic Learning
It’s been another very busy week for Cal Shakes’ educational programs, which bring arts education to a variety of school communities all year long. · We held programs in seven schools (three which were underserved) and one library · We … Continue reading
Online volunteer registration and serving on a not-for-profit board
There’s some exciting news on several Cal Shakes volunteer service fronts that we’d like to share with you. First, participants in our general volunteering program—ushers, Inside Scoopers, administrative office helpers, et cetera—will now be able to register and schedule online. … Continue reading
Heaven in Oakland—a Halfway Point
“In talking about the house on the Battle Farm, and how the townspeople in the Pastures of Heaven view it, I asked kids if they knew of places like this in their own lives. One student said there were ghost … Continue reading
Review Cal Shakes: Help Us Make a Difference for Bay Area Youth
Are you a fan of Cal Shakes? Have you been moved by a performance at the Bruns, or touched by an experience you or your child had in one of our camps, classes, Student Discovery Matinees, or talkbacks? If so, … Continue reading