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The BLITHE SPIRIT Cocktail Contest
“Anybody can write books, but it takes an artist to make a dry martini that’s dry enough.” — Blithe Spirit As spirited comedies go, the work of Noël Coward tends to take the boozy cake. The current Cal Shakes script for Blithe Spirit, … Continue reading
Dance Jamming with Traci Bartlow and the Cast of SPUNK
Artistic Intern Andrea Safar gives a report from inside the Spunk rehearsal room. Spunk rehearsals. How to even begin to describe them? They are a vortex of laughter, comfort, and warmth. The ensemble converts the chilly white-walled room into … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Spunk, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", Anthony Michael Peterson, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare, Spunk, Tru
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Music Is Like Breathing: An Interview with SPUNK’s Guitar Man
Anthony “Tru” Peterson as discusses his views on life, music, and the extraordinary Cal Shakes production of Spunk directed by Patricia McGregor. Interview by Marketing Intern Jessica Reinhardt. I was seated in Jonathan Moscone’s office, anxiously waiting for Spunk’s “Guitar Man” Anthony “Tru” … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", Anthony "Tru" Peterson, Anthony Peterson, blues, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, music, Music in Spunk, Patricia McGregor, Shakespeare, Spunk, Spunk Cast, Tru
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Ask Philippa: SPUNK Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Spunk, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Spunk runs July 4–29, 2012. To honor … and adapt … Black southern dialect forms the living heartbeat of … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "L. Peter Callender", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Chic Street Man, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, George C. Wolfe, Margo Hall, outdoor theater, Patricia McGregor, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, Spunk, Zora Neale Hurston
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Original Music from SPUNK
Here are a couple of original musical compositions by Anthony Michael Peterson, a.k.a. Tru, who plays Guitar Man in our upcoming production of Spunk. These tracks, recorded by Will McCandless, are similar to the original music Tru is adding to Chic Street … Continue reading
Posted in Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", acoustic guitar, Anthony Michael Peterson, blues, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Chic Street Man, George C. Wolfe, Orinda, outdoor theater, Patricia McGregor, Spunk, Tru, ukulele, Will MCCandless, Zora Neale Hurston
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Spunk Cocktail Contest
Spunk will grace the Bruns stage with joyous poetic language, powerful movement, and the wailing sounds of the blues this July. What similarly flavorful and fulfilling cocktail would you wish to sip while soaking up the Spunk experience? Invent a … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "theater", bourbon, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, cocktail contest, contest, George C. Wolfe, Orinda, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Spunk, young professionals party, Zora, Zora Neale Hurston
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The Tempest Brings Out the Best in Student Audience … and Local Cows
Director of Artistic Learning Trish Tillman gives us an inside look at the first Student Matinee of The Tempest. We had our first Tempest matinee today, with a brand new group of Artistic Learning interns, and a really excited, … Continue reading
Posted in By Trish Tillman (Director of Artistic Learning), Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "theater education", artistic learning, arts education, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, SMAT, Student Mattinee, The Tempest
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High School Drama… Naughty or Nice?
Marketing Intern Jessica Reinhardt sits in on her first in-school residency at Dougherty Valley High School’s drama class in San Roman, CA. As my second week at Cal Shakes began, I was antsy with anticipation for my first classroom residency … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "New Works/New Communities", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", "Trish Tillman", arts education, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, Dougherty Valley High, In-School Residency, internship, San Roman, Shakespeare
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Meeting and Greeting the Story Inside Us All
Marketing Intern Jessica Reinhardt offers a look into the Spunk meet and greet with Director Patricia McGregor and cast. “There is no agony like hearing the untold story inside of you.”—Spunk The rehearsal space at Cal Shakes was abuzz with … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Spunk, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "meet and greet", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater", Anthony Peterson, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Patricia McGregor, Poloma McGregor, Spunk, Spunk Cast, Tru, Tru "Guitar Man", Zora Neale Hurston
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The Inspiration for THE TEMPEST
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly reveals real-world inspiration for one of Shakespeare’s final plays. The Tempest has an unclear setting: We know simply that it takes place somewhere in the Mediterranean, since Alonso and Antonio are on their way back from … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Erika Chong Shuch, Michael Winters, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, shipwreck, shipwrecks, The Sea Venture, The Tempest
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