Category Archives: Main Stage

Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by skalem

Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly presents a birthday meditation on the late, great one who gave us our name. Today is Shakespeare’s birthday (also nominated as his death day 52 years later). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to John Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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Season Artist Profile: Paloma McGregor

Posted on April 19, 2013 by skalem

In the months leading up to the start of our 2013 Main Stage season, I am once again profiling the creative minds behind our productions. The final installment of the 2013 Season Artist Profile series introduces you to choreographer Paloma McGregor, whose movement … Continue reading →

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What Does It Take to Awaken Your Faith? A Note from the Director of A WINTER’S TALE

Posted on April 2, 2013 by skalem

Director Patricia McGregor’s early thoughts on her fall 2013 production of A Winter’s Tale. What does it take to awaken your faith? At some point in our lives, each one of us is sure to have suffered from the diseased … Continue reading →

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Season Artist Profile: Christopher Liam Moore

Posted on March 27, 2013 by skalem

In the months leading up to the start of our 2013 Main Stage season, I am once again profiling the creative minds behind our productions. The March installment of the Season Artist Profile features Christopher Liam Moore, a frequent guest artist at … Continue reading →

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Season Artist Profile: Richard Montoya

Posted on January 15, 2013 by skalem

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 →

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SPUNK Makes Bay Area Top Ten Lists for 2012

Posted on January 4, 2013 by skalem

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 →

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Associate Artist Roundup: Scrooge, the Circus, and a Baby

Posted on December 12, 2012 by skalem

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 →

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Ask Philippa: Off-Season Edition

Posted on November 5, 2012 by skalem

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 →

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Jumping Into the Fire: An Understudy’s Tale

Posted on October 24, 2012 by skalem

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 →

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HAMLET Grove Talk

Posted on September 26, 2012 by skalem

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.  

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