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Category Archives: Artistic Learning
A Midsummer’s Afternoon Student Matinee
Hello everyone! Today’s Student Discovery Matinee was—yes, you guessed it—awesome. The sun was warm but not unbearable; the chaperones were on their game with their groups; the students (a mix of kids who had been in plays, including Midsummer, and … Continue reading
Student reviews of PRIVATE LIVES coming soon…
Things have been incredibly busy around here, what with the successful opening of Private Lives (see Kevin Berne’s photo below, and the reviews on the PL page under “In the Press”), the shooting and editing of this fun, short patron-reaction … Continue reading
Listen to Cal Shakes on KCBS.com
In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday, Director of Artistic Learning Trish Tillman appeared on KCBS radio Thursday, April 23, at 9:20am, “talking like Shakespeare” and discussing the challenges of keeping Shakespeare relevant to young people. (She ended up pitching a little … Continue reading
Open House on Monday for past and prospective campers
On Monday, February 16, Cal Shakes campers and campers to be are invited to the Holy Names High School Auditorium (4660 Harbord Dr. in the Montclair district of Oakland) for a Summer Theater Programs Open House event. From 6:30-8pm, attendees … Continue reading
Art(s and Crafts)istic Learning
Our Artistic Learning residency programs are everywhere. Click on the arts and crafts project photo below for a good look.
Shakespeare’s Better than Recess: Tales from Artistic Learning
Here’s a tale recently told to our Director of Artistic Learning, Trish Tillman, by Mike Jones, a teacher whose students have been working with Cal Shakes Teaching Artist Norman Gee at Oakland High. Jones says that there are two young … Continue reading
Zing!
An excerpt from today’s Student Discovery Matinee Performance: At the post-show Q&A, some students asked if it was hard to remember all those lines. Danny Scheie (seen at left with Dana Green) jumped in and said, “Alex (Morf, who plays … Continue reading
Cal Shakes Summer Conservatory Student for President!
In a recent Contra Costa Times article, future presidential candidate Zachary Larkin cited such heroes as Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, William Shakespeare, Steven Spielberg, and Barack Obama. And we should we here at Cal Shakes care? Because for … Continue reading
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High School Drama, by Derek Smith
When I was in high school, we had these daily announcements every morning and it was one of those things that you were sort of forced to listen to. All the teachers made you be quiet during them because heaven … Continue reading
The Return/Debut of Linkmaster Smith
Hello Shakers! I like that. Shakers. You know how most Broadway musicals have named fan bases? For example; RENT has “rent-heads,” Altar Boys has “Altarholics,” and Xanadu has “the ‘Du Cru?” Well I think our fan base for Cal Shakes … Continue reading