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Artist-Investigator Tatiana Chaterji Explores Theater-Based Healing with Incarcerated Women
Cal Shakes is thrilled to announce that Tatiana Chaterji is a 2017-2018 Cal Shakes Artist-Investigator and a recipient of the Artists Activating Communities grant from the California Arts Council. We are proud to join with the administration of the Federal Correctional … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Season, 2017 Season, 2018 Season, Artist-Investigator Project, Artistic Engagement, Uncategorized
Tagged artist-investigator, artistic engagement, artists activating communities, california arts council, fci dublin, incarcerated women, Othello, prison, Tatiana Chaterji, The Tempest
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The War of the Roses… What in the World?
by Philippa Kelly Where do leaders come from? Are they measured by a moral compass, or are they, as Richard III suggests, bred from a psychopathology where crooked backs make crooked minds? Or do we judge them by what they … Continue reading
American Life in Art: Sam Shepard
by Maggie Kissinger “The reason I began writing plays was the hope of extending the sensation of play (as in ‘kid’) on into adult life. If ‘play’ becomes ‘labor,’ why play?” —Sam Shepard Sam Shepard was one of America’s most … Continue reading
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Disability, Expectations, and Disruption in The Glass Menagerie
by Melissa Hillman Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play,” narrated through the main character’s memories of his mother, Amanda, and disabled sister, Laura. Tom, the main character, is the filter through which we see Laura and her … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 Season, The Glass Menagerie, Uncategorized
Tagged disability, melissa hillman
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Notes from the Road: Othello tour part 3
House manager Jane Eisner joined the crew of Othello on the community tour, and has been keeping notes during every performance. She has written previously about her unique perspective on the audience response to Othello—read on to see how the tour is faring, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Season, Artistic Engagement, Othello, Uncategorized
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Notes from the Road: Othello Tour part 2
House manager Jane Eisner joined the crew of Othello on the community tour, and has been keeping notes during every performance. She has written previously about her unique perspective on the audience response to Othello—read on to see how the tour is faring, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Season, Artistic Engagement, Othello, Uncategorized
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#ThrowbackThursday: The Triangle Lab Wall at the Bruns
December 17, 2015 Before they enter the Bruns amphitheater to watch one of Cal Shakes’ mainstage productions, we invite our audiences to interact with themes from the work on our Triangle Lab wall. Here is a look back at the … Continue reading
#ThrowbackThursday: A Look Back at LIFE is LIVING
October 29, 2015 For the last eight years, Youth Speaks has presented the LIFE is LIVING Festival in West Oakland, a free celebration of urban life through art, wellness, and environmental action. The festival has served as an incubator for a multigenerational … Continue reading
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Tagged #ThrowbackThursday, Laney College, life is living, tempest, Triangle Lab, youth speaks
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All The Bay’s a Stage With a Touring Tempest
October 22, 2015 | Rebecca Novick We’re deep in rehearsal for The Tempest, Cal Shakes’ upcoming All The Bay’s a Stage touring production (which I’m directing). With eight actors and one musician, plus a vanload of props and costumes, this show will tour to … Continue reading
A Teen Night to Remember
By Marketing Intern Anna Kritikos It was The Verona Project Teen Night last night in the beautiful Upper Grove at the Bruns Amphitheater. And good times were indeed had by all. On the agenda for the evening: a dinner—a feast, … Continue reading