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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
It’s Summer Camp Time and the Living is Easy
By Anna Kritikos, Marketing intern. I spent last Tuesday at the Five-Week Summer Shakespeare Conservatory, wandering around and observing the multitude of activities; it made me realize how much I miss summer camps. I had a bast just moseying around … Continue reading
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Tagged "Catherine Castellanos", "conservatory", "fun summer camp", "Heidi Abbott", "improv", "Jenna Goodman", "movement", "Profesional Immersion Program", "Shakespeare Conservatory", "Shakespeare history", "stage combat training", "stage combat", "summer camp bay area", "summer camp", "T, "Teaching Artist Fellowship", "teaching theater", "theater camp", "theater education", "theater internship bay area", "Vince Rodriguez", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare, Susannah Martin
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Clowning in China, by Joan Mankin PART 2
I am learning so much about clowning by being in a place where I understand no one, and no one understands me. When I say I understand no one, I am referring to words, of course, verbal interactions (which for … Continue reading
Did you see the Bruns cat?
Did you see this little guy? The stray cat suddenly, mysteriously appeared at our amphitheater two weeks before Twelfth Night (and our season) ended, clearly lost but clean and definitely cared for. The actors, house and box office staff, and … Continue reading