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Category Archives: Main Stage
Cal Shakes at the Theatre Bay Area 2014 Awards
It was a wonderful 40th Anniversary surprise to wake up on Tuesday and find that shows from Cal Shakes’ 2014 Season had received accolades at the Theatre Bay Area Awards, held Monday night in San Francisco. While 3 of our … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 Season, 40th Anniversary, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Raisin in the Sun, By Keith Spencer, Main Stage, The Comedy of Errors
Tagged "Aaron Posner", "Danny Scheie", "Jonathan Moscone", andre pluess, Beaver Bauer, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, James Carpenter, theater awards ceremony, theatre awards, theatre bay area
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Ask Philippa: 2015 Pre-season Edition
The 2014 Season has just barely ended, and already we’re preparing for 2015. We have an incredible array of artists and plays lined up for the 2015 Season, and I can’t wait to see you all tumbling out of the … Continue reading
A Night of Fairy Dust and Dancing Queens at the Bruns
This season at the Bruns concluded with a night of dancing, drag queens, fairy wings, and glitter! Friday, September 26th, Cal Shakes hosted a “Find Your Inner Fairy Dance Party” complete with pop-up dancers, gorgeous drag queens, and a costume … Continue reading
The Understudy Diaries
If you attended a Cal Shakes show this past weekend, you may have seen my face—on our stage. I’m the understudy for Movement Director and actress Erika Chong Shuch, a powerhouse of a woman, and I wound up being called … Continue reading
Posted in A Midsummer Night's Dream, By Regina Fields, Main Stage, Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "bay area theater", "Danny Scheie", "Jonathan Moscone", "theater", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, daisuke tsuji, Erika Chong Shuch, regina fields, Shakespeare, understudy, understudy diaries
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Ask Philippa: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Edition
Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg for Cal Shakes, invites your questions about A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which runs September 3–28. Tickets on sale now. A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins where most comedies end: with the announcement of a wedding. As the curtain rises, Duke Theseus … Continue reading
Unconventional Artistry: Fridays in the Grove
By Regina Fields If you’ve picnicked at the Bruns this season on a Friday evening (as so many of our patrons do), you might have noticed the new Fridays in the Grove show starting at 6:45pm. Inaugurated by Cal Shakes’ … Continue reading
Pygmalion Grove Talk
Listen to Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly’s pre-show Grove Talk on Pygmalion.
Posted in Pygmalion, Uncategorized
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Waking the Dream
By Aliya Charney This past Wednesday marked the beginning of the end of Cal Shakes’ historic 40th anniversary season. This summer alone, our audience has travelled back in time and around the world onstage: from segregated Southside Chicago, to the … Continue reading
Posted in A Midsummer Night's Dream, By Aliya Charney (dramaturgy intern), Main Stage
Tagged "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "costume design", "meet and greet", Aliya Charney, Bruns Amphitheater, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, katherine o'neill, main stage, midsummer night's dream, nina ball, set design, Shana Cooper, William Shakespeare
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Feast on the Dinner Project: Part 2
The Dinner Project lives on this summer at the Bruns in our new Story Hub space. We’re inviting audience members to share their life stories and experiences in exciting new ways that relate to the themes of the show they’re … Continue reading
Posted in By Regina Fields, The Comedy of Errors, Triangle Lab
Tagged Bruns, By Regina Fields, Dinner Project
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Actor Spotlight: Interview with James Carpenter
Interview: James Carpenter on Transitioning from Mamet to Shaw and his Twenty-Six Year Career at Cal Shakes By Aliya Charney In 1988, James Carpenter made his debut on the Cal Shakes stage (then called “Berkeley Shakespeare Festival,” its performance space … Continue reading
