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Tag Archives: Cal Shakes Artistic Learning
Getting to Know Carrie Foster
Cal Shakes Marketing & Communications Director Janet Magleby introduces you to one of the minds behind this summer’s Conservatories. Carrie Foster joins Brett Jones at Cal Shakes this year as one of our Summer Shakespeare Conservatory coordinators. She was the … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, catawba college, color run san francisco, jimmy's famous seafood, Shakespeare, Summer Shakespeare Conservatory, tartuffe
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Getting to Know Brett Jones
Cal Shakes Marketing & Communications Director Janet Magleby introduces you to one of the minds behind this summer’s Conservatories. One of two new Summer Shakespeare Conservatory coordinators joining us this summer is Brett Jones. A recent Theater Performance graduate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications)
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater camp", "theater education", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare, Summer Shakespeare Conservatory. summer theater camp
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Jumping Into the Fire: An Understudy’s Tale
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
Posted in Artistic Learning, Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "theater education", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Nicholas Pelczar, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philip Goleman, Shakespeare, Zainab Jah
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Listen to Trish Tillman Talk About 32-Second Shakespeare
Here’s our own Director of Artistic Learning Trish Tillman on the air at FOX 101.1 FM in Salinas yesterday, talking with Mark Carbanaro about her 32-second Shakespeare at the Carmel Authors & Ideas Fest and our production of Hamlet.
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Trish Tillman (Director of Artistic Learning), Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Salinas", "Trish Tillman", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, Carmel, Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival, Mark Carbanaro, Shakespeare
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Death and Revenge in Hamlet
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on grief and vengeance in Hamlet and beyond. Hamlet returns from Wittenberg to honor his father’s death, and is suddenly confronted with his father’s ghost. Immediately, it seems, he is roused (or provoked) to an act … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Professional Immersion Program", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Igniting a Spark
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly offers more contextual information on the writing of Blithe Spirit, on our stage now through September 2, 2012. Despite its having nothing to do with war, Noël Coward very much saw Blithe Spirit as a war … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, World War, WWII
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Food for Thought: Blithe Spirit Rehearsal Blog July 18
The following was written by Director of Marketing and Communications Janet Magleby, after sitting in on rehearsals this week. Stay tuned for weekly dispatches from the room! As the Blithe Spirit rehearsal picks up after a ten-minute break in the … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Anthony Fusco, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, corrie bennett, Domenique Lozano, Jessica Kitchens, Orinda, outdoor theater, Rebekah Brockman, Rene Augesen, Will MCCandless
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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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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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From Romance to Revenge
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on Prospero’s and other’s journeys in The Tempest. The Tempest is a “Romance” play, best illustrated in relationship to King Lear, written six years before in 1605. Lear is a tragedy that leaves its audiences in a diminished Britain … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "King Lear", "Stefanie Kalem", "Word for Word Performing Arts", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Michael Winters, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Prospero, Shakespeare, The Tempest
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