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Category Archives: new works/new communities
Entering into The Pastures of Heaven
So folks, we just ended a full week of workshopping the first complete draft of Octavio Solis’ adaptation of Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven. We’re premiering it next year on our Main Stage, and it was quite a week. Octavio’s … Continue reading
Steinbeck Blog Prompt #3 by Jonathan Moscone
The third and last in our series of three prompts, designed to help inform our upcoming Steinbeck Project workshop. The Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program would love for you to leave your input in the “comments” section below, via … Continue reading
Steinbeck Blog Prompt #2: Identity and Community
This is the second in our series of three prompts, designed to help inform our upcoming Steinbeck Project workshop. The Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program would love for you to leave your input in the “comments” section below, via … Continue reading
Steinbeck Project Blog Prompt #1, by Octavio Solis
Here it is, the first in our series of three prompts, designed to help inform our upcoming Steinbeck Project workshop. The Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program would love for you to leave your input in the “comments” section below, … Continue reading
Topics (and prizes!) for Steinbeck blog series
As we mentioned a week ago, the Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program will be asking for your help in our development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven, starting next Monday. On Oct 19 and 26 and Nov 2, … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Your Participation.
Beginning two weeks from today, the Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program will be asking for your help in our development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven. This play—which we’ve been developing in collaboration with award-winning playwright Octavio Solis … Continue reading
It’s in the language of the moment; no more, no less.
Another blog from our fourth Steinbeck Project workshop. This is the second dispatch from Associate Artistic Director Jessica Richards, written on the last full day of rehearsal before today’s performance. I’ve never been involved with a production that worked with … Continue reading
Photos from the Steinbeck Project workshop-in-progress
Jay Yamada took some great pictures yesterday of our fourth Pastures of Heaven workshop, taking place this week at the Ashby Stage. Here are a few: Cat Walleck as Miss Morgan. The supernaturally strong frog-child Turalecito (Alex Morf) gets ready … Continue reading
How 12 pages of text can take four hours…
We’re posting blogs this week live from our fourth workshop for The Pastures of Heaven. This latest one is by Associate Artistic Director Jessica Richards. We met at 10 yesterday morning for our first workshop day for The Pastures of … Continue reading
Hard fun, or, the multifarious voice of a single character’s consciousness
This is the second blog this week from playwright Octavio Solis, live from our fourth workshop for The Pastures of Heaven. “Take your attitude and turn it into an action.” Jon Moscone gave this note to Amy Kossow during our … Continue reading